Thomas MacNutt

Infobox CanadianMP
name =Thomas MacNutt


cabinet =1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
term_start =March 29, 1906
term_end =July 20, 1908
predecessor =None. First Speaker.
successor =William Charles Sutherland
birth_date =August 3, 1850
birth_place =Campbeilton, New Bruswick, Canada
death_date =February 5, 1927
death_place =
profession =farmer and stock raiser
party =Independent party
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residence =
riding =Saltcoats, Saskatchewan
portfolio =Member of the Legislative Assembly then Member of Parliament
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term_start2=1905 - 1908 MLA
term_end2=1908-1921 MP
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religion =Presbyterian then Union church
spouse= Miss Margaret McFayden

Thomas MacNutt (August 3, 1850 - July 20, 1908) was a Canadian politician who held national as well as province-wide office, as a former member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He won a number of significant recognized awards and honours in his career. Thomas MacNutt was one of the original eight people who comprised the Independent party, the precursor to the Progressive Party of Canada.

Early life and family

MacNutt was born in Eastern Canada in Campbellton, New Brunswick on August 3, 1850 to Charles Stewart MacNutt and Emily Allison (nee Sims) MacNutt. Thomas MacNutt attended elementary school on Prince Edward Island, and thereafter attended Ottawa grammar school and commercial college. [cite web
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title =Saskatchewan Gen Web Project - SASKATCHEWAN AND ITS PEOPLE by JOHN HAWKES
work =HON. THOMAS MACNUTT.
publisher =Sask Gen Web
date = 6 January 2003
url =http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/SaskatchewanAndItsPeople/VolumeIII/MacNuttThomas.html
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accessdate = 2007-05-01 ] Thomas MacNutt completed his schooling and served in the military as well as timber agent, surveyor, Indian agent, and colonization agent before entering politics. Many early immigrants felt that Thomas MacNutt was guide, and friend.

Upon marrying Miss Margaret McFayden, Thomas and Margaret started a family in the Saltcoats area of Saskatchewan. Four children made up their family, Charles Arthur Macnutt, Thomas Russell MacNutt, Mary Lamont MacNutt, and Everett Alexander MacNutt. [cite web
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Military service

*In 1866, Thomas MacNutt served with the Ottawa Rifles in the Cornwall Fenian raids or "Irish Invasion of Canada".

*In 1885, Thomas MacNutt served with the Minnedosa Home Guards during the North West Rebellion. [cite web
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Politics

MacNutt was a member of the Territorial Assembly from 1902 until 1905. He was then a member of the Saltcoats constituency when he was the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1906. As a Speaker, the office required knowledge of the rules of the house and impartiality. [cite web
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title =Saskatchewan's Top News Stories: Beginnings And Landmarks
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accessdate = 2007-05-01 ] He continued on in politics, becoming a member of the House of Commons at Ottawa, Ontario from 1908 until 1921. MacNutt entered politics as a Liberal Party of Saskatchewan supporter until 1917. He was elected in the 1905 Saskatchewan election as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Saltcoats. [Saskatchewan general election, 1905] He served with Premier Walter Scott of the Liberal Party. He resigned as MLA and served as a Member of Parliament (MP). He served in the House of Commons after the 1908 federal election, and represented the federal Saltcoats district. After the 1908 Saskatchewan election, MacNutt again represented the provincial Saltcoats and served with Premier Walter Scott. [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-05-01 ] MacNutt subsequently won the 1911 and the 1917 federal elections in Saltcoats (electoral district). The Unionist Party was formed in 1917 by Members of Parliament who supported the "Union government" formed by Sir Robert Borden during World War I. MacNutt was a Liberal-Unionist between 1917 to 1920. There were eight who came together to form the Independent party which later became known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. [cite web
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Awards

The early Saskatchewan District of Landestreu was named in honour of the Honorable Thomas MacNutt Esq., and is now known as MacNutt [cite web
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*The May 1935 Jubilee medal was issued to commemorate the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King George V was awarded to those of the Royal Household, and other deserving recipients, of which the Honourable Thomas MacNutt, Esq. is one of them. [cite web
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first =The Island Register
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title =The 1935 Jubilee Medal and Recipients
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year = 2001
url =http://www.islandregister.com/1935jubileemedal.html
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ee also

*Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
*Speaker (politics)

References

External links

* [http://www.gr.gov.sk.ca/protocol/Art/macnutt.htm Government Relations | Office of Protocol and Honours]
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~cansk/SaskatchewanAndItsPeople/VolumeIII/MacNuttThomas.html Saskatchewan Gen Web Project - SASKATCHEWAN AND ITS PEOPLE by JOHN Hawkes]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=cd4bd043-2fae-4ee3-9b90-63677506a57a&Language=E PARLINFO - Parliamentarian File - Federal Experience - MACNUTT, Thomas]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/Infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=173&art=1183 Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article]

s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Saltcoats
years=1908–1921