Today in Canada's Political History - May 11, 1869: Sir John Abbott’s maiden address in the Commons

  • National Newswatch

The voice of the man who would go on to become the nation’s third Prime Minister was heard in the Commons for the first time on this date in 1869. One of Canada’s most skilled corporate lawyers, John Abbott was participating in discussion about the new Dominion’s bankruptcy laws. You can read his very detailed remarks at this link.

Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.





Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.