Colin Francis McIsaac

Colin Francis McIsaac, KC (February 14, 1854 – March 14, 1927) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and political figure. He represented Antigonish in the House of Commons of Canada from 1895 to 1905 and Antigonish—Guysborough from 1922 to 1925 as a Liberal member.[1]

He was born in South River, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia in 1854,[1] the son of Donald McIsaac and Catherine McGillivray.[2] He was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College[3] and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1880. McIsaac served as a governor of Saint Francis Xavier College.[4] He practised law in Antigonish. In 1892, he married Mary Helena Houlett. McIsaac was named King's Counsel in 1905.[2]

He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Antigonish in 1886, was reelected in 1890 and served as a minister without portfolio in the provincial Executive Council.[1]

McIsaac served as a member of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission from 1905 to 1912. He died in Antigonish at the age of 73.[2]

His brother Angus represented Antigonish in the House of Commons.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Colin Francis McIsaac – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ a b c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1898). The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Handbook of Canadian Biography (first ed.). Toronto: William Briggs.
  4. ^ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1891). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son.