Joseph Howe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph Howe

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1804

Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date of Death: 01-Jun-1873

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Joseph Howe

  • Joseph Howe, (December 13, 1804 – June 1, 1873) was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician, public servant, and poet.
  • Howe is often ranked as one of Nova Scotia's most admired politicians and his considerable skills as a journalist and writer have made him a provincial legend.He was born the son of John Howe and Mary Edes at Halifax and inherited from his loyalist father an undying love for Great Britain and her Empire.
  • At age 23, the self-taught but widely read Howe purchased the Novascotian, soon making it into a popular and influential newspaper.
  • He reported extensively on debates in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and travelled to every part of the province writing about its geography and people.
  • In 1835, Howe was charged with seditious libel, a serious criminal offence, after the Novascotian published a letter attacking Halifax politicians and police for pocketing public money.
  • Howe addressed the jury for more than six hours, citing example after example of civic corruption.
  • The judge called for Howe's conviction, but swayed by his passionate address, jurors acquitted him in what is considered a landmark case in the struggle for a free press in Canada.The next year, Howe was elected to the assembly as a liberal reformer, beginning a long and eventful public career.
  • He was instrumental in helping Nova Scotia become the first British colony to win responsible government in 1848.
  • He served as premier of Nova Scotia from 1860 to 1863 and led the unsuccessful fight against Canadian Confederation from 1866 to 1868.
  • Having failed to persuade the British to repeal Confederation, Howe joined the federal cabinet of John A.
  • Macdonald in 1869 and played a major role in bringing Manitoba into the union.
  • Howe became the third Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia in 1873, but died after only three weeks in office.

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