John Sutherland (August 21, 1821 – April 27, 1899) was a Canadian farmer and politician from

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Biography

Sutherland was born in

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in what was then the

Red River Colony The Red River Colony (or Selkirk Settlement), also known as Assiniboia, was a colonization project set up in 1811 by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk, on of land in British North America. This land was granted to Douglas by the Hudson's Bay ...

, and was educated at St. John's College, Following the flood of 1852, he moved to East Kildonan where he operated a

general store A general merchant store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) is a rural or small-town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, someti ...

and farmed. Later in life, Sutherland helped found

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Political career

In 1866, Sutherland was appointed to the

Council of Assiniboia The Council of Assiniboia () was the first appointed administrative body of the District of Assiniboia, operating from 1821 until 1870. It was this council who is credited for the arrival of a functioning legal system, a local police force, and a m ...

which had been created by the

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to govern the territory until it was dissolved in 1870. During the

Red River Rebellion The Red River Rebellion (), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by Métis leader Louis Riel and his f ...

, Sutherland was a leader of the "loyalists" and was a delegate to the Convention of Forty in 1870. In February 1870, the Provisional Government of the Red River Colony appointed Sutherland Collector of Customs. When Manitoba entered

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on July 15, 1870, Sutherland was appointed the first High Sheriff of Manitoba and held the office until December 1871, when he was appointed to the

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by Sir

John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald (10 or 11January 18156June 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 until his death in 1891. He was the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, and had a political ...

. He sat on the Senate as an Independent Conservative until his death in 1899.

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Manitoba Historical Society biography
1821 births 1899 deaths People of the Red River Rebellion Canadian senators from Manitoba Independent Canadian senators 19th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Manitoba-politician-stub