Thomas Dickson Archibald

Thomas Dickson Archibald

Thomas Dickson Archibald (8 April 1813 – 18 October 1890) was a Canadian businessman and politician.

Born in Onslow, Nova Scotia, Archibald had by the early 1830s established himself as businessman in the area surrounding Sydney, on Cape Breton Island. In 1854 he was appointed to a seat on the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, upon the recommendation of William Young. He retained this position until Canadian Confederation in 1867. On 23 October, 1867, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by royal proclamation, where he sat as a Liberal-Conservative representing the senatorial division of North Sydney until his death.

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5344 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1937&s=M Political biography from the Library of Parliament]


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