John Graham Haggart

The Hon. John Graham Haggart


Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lanark South
In office 1872–1913
Preceded by	Alexander Morris
Succeeded by	Adelbert Edward Hanna
Personal details
Born	(1836-11-14)14 November 1836 Perth, Upper Canada
Died	13 March 1913(1913-03-13) (aged 76) Ottawa, Ontario
Political party	Conservative

John Graham Haggart, PC (14 November 1836 – 13 March 1913) was a Canadian politician.

Haggart served as a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1913. This forty-year period of service in the Commons is the second-longest in Canadian history, exceeded only by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, whose period of service (1874-1919) mostly overlaps with Haggart's.^[1] He was appointed as Postmaster General, serving in the cabinets of Sir John A. Macdonald and Sir John Abbott until 1892, when he switched portfolios, serving as Minister of Railways and Canals until the defeat of the Conservative government in 1896.

Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Haggart was elected Mayor of Perth, Ontario three times: in 1867, 1869 and 1871.

References

↑ http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/compilations/parliament/YearsOfService.aspx?Parliament=&Section=03d93c58-f843-49b3-9653-84275c23f3fb&Name=&YearsOfService=40_45&Continuous=False&Current=False

John Graham Haggart – Parliament of Canada biography
"John Graham Haggart". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

Ministers of Transport

Ministers of Railways and Canals (1879–1936)	Tupper Pope Macdonald Bowell (acting) Haggart Ouimet (acting) Haggart Blair Fielding (acting) Emmerson Fielding (acting) Graham Cochrane Reid Stewart Kennedy Graham Dunning Drayton (acting) Black Dunning Crerar Manion Howe

Ministers of Transport (1936–2006)	Howe Cardin Howe (acting) Michaud Chevrier Marler Hees Balcer McIlraith Pickersgill Hellyer Richardson (acting) Jamieson Marchand Lang Mazankowski Pépin Axworthy Mazankowski Crosbie Bouchard Lewis Corbeil Young Anderson Collenette Valeri Lapierre

Ministers of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (2006–2015)	Cannon Baird Strahl Lebel Raitt

Ministers of Transport (2015-present)	Garneau

Dean of the House

John Costigan John Haggart Wilfrid Laurier John Reid William MacLean Rodolphe Lemieux Charles Marcil Ernest Lapointe Arthur Cardin Charles Power William Rowe Azellus Denis Paul Martin Sr. John Diefenbaker Walter Dinsdale Robert Coates Herb Gray Charles Caccia Bill Blaikie Louis Plamondon

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 104477456

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