James Cranswick Tory
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| honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] |
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| name |
| name = James Cranswick Tory |
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| image |
| image = James Cranswick Tory.png |
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| caption |
| caption = Portrait of J.C. Tory in 1914 |
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| order |
| order = 14th |
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| office |
| office = Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia |
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| term_start |
| term_start = September 14, 1925 |
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| term_end |
| term_end = November 19, 1930 |
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| predecessor |
| predecessor = [[James Robson Douglas]] |
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| successor |
| successor = [[Frank Stanfield]] |
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| monarch |
| monarch = [[George V]] |
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| governor_general [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|The Viscount Willingdon]] |
| governor_general = [[Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy|The Viscount Byng of Vimy]] [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|The Viscount Willingdon]] |
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| premier [[Gordon Sidney Harrington]] |
| premier = [[Edgar Nelson Rhodes]] [[Gordon Sidney Harrington]] |
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| office1 |
| office1 = [[Nova Scotia House of Assembly|MLA]] for [[Guysborough (provincial electoral district)|Guysborough County]] |
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| term_start1 |
| term_start1 = June 14, 1911 |
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| term_end1 |
| term_end1 = June 25, 1925 |
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| predecessor1 [[William Whitman (politician)|William Whitman]] |
| predecessor1 = [[James F. Ellis]] [[William Whitman (politician)|William Whitman]] |
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| successor1 [[Howard Amos Rice]] |
| successor1 = [[Simon Osborn Giffin]] [[Howard Amos Rice]] |
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| alongside1 |
| alongside1 = [[James F. Ellis]], [[Clarence W. Anderson]] |
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| birth_date |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1862|10|24}} |
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| birth_place |
| birth_place = [[Port Shoreham, Nova Scotia|Port Shoreham]], Nova Scotia |
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| death_date |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|06|26|1862|10|24}} |
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| death_place |
| death_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], Nova Scotia |
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| spouse = {{marriage|Caroline Whitman|1894}} |
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| party = [[Nova Scotia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |
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| party = [[Nova Scotia Liberal Party|Liberal]] |
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| alma_mater = [[McGill University]] |
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| occupation = Businessman |
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| profession = Politician |
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| parents = [[Robert Kirk Tory]] Anorah Fergusson |
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| profession = Politician |
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| parents = [[Robert Kirk Tory]] Anorah Fergusson |
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'''James Cranswick Tory''' (October 24, 1862 – June 26, 1944) was a [[Nova Scotian]] businessman and politician. He was born in 1862 to [[Robert Kirk Tory]] and Anorah Ferguson in [[Port Shoreham, Nova Scotia]] and later lived in the village of [[Guysborough, Nova Scotia (community)|Guysborough]], attending school there. He later moved to [[Montreal]] and attended [[McGill University]]. Tory joined the [[Sun Life Assurance Company]] as an insurance agent in 1891 and quickly moved through up the ranks of the company. He worked the [[West Indies]], [[Michigan]], and later at head office in Montreal, where he held one of the highest executive positions in the company. |
'''James Cranswick Tory''' (October 24, 1862 – June 26, 1944) was a [[Nova Scotian]] businessman and politician. He was born in 1862 to [[Robert Kirk Tory]] and Anorah Ferguson in [[Port Shoreham, Nova Scotia]] and later lived in the village of [[Guysborough, Nova Scotia (community)|Guysborough]], attending school there. He later moved to [[Montreal]] and attended [[McGill University]]. Tory joined the [[Sun Life Assurance Company]] as an insurance agent in 1891 and quickly moved through up the ranks of the company. He worked the [[West Indies]], [[Michigan]], and later at head office in Montreal, where he held one of the highest executive positions in the company. |
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