Sydney Arthur Fisher

Sydney Arthur Fisher

Sydney Arthur Fisher (June 12 1850 – April 9 1921) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at McGill University and Trinity College, Cambridge.

A farmer, he first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in a 1880 by-elections for the riding of Brome. Although defeated, he was elected in 1882 and 1887. A Liberal, he lost to the Conservative candidate Eugène Alphonse Dyer by 3 votes in the 1891 election. He was elected again in the 1896 election and was re-elected in 1900, 1904, and 1908. He was defeated in 1911 and in a 1913 by-election. From 1896 to 1911, he was the Minister of Agriculture.

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* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=15086&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.agr.gc.ca/bios/index_e.php?page=fisher Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture profile]


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