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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Parliament">Canadian Parliament</a></span><br />for <a href="/wiki/Miramichi%E2%80%94Grand_Lake" title="Miramichi—Grand Lake">Northumberland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1872–1878</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jabez_Bunting_Snowball" title="Jabez Bunting Snowball">Jabez Bunting Snowball</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1882–1891</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jabez_Bunting_Snowball" title="Jabez Bunting Snowball">Jabez Bunting Snowball</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Adams_(Canadian_politician)" title="Michael Adams (Canadian politician)">Michael Adams</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1824-01-24</span>)</span>January 24, 1824<br /><a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_Brunswick" title="Newcastle, New Brunswick">Newcastle, New Brunswick</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 25, 1899<span style="display:none">(1899-10-25)</span> (aged 75)<br /><a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Isabella Gough, née Carvell</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="9 March 1853">1853</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1 daughter (d. 24 October 1899)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cabinet</th><td class="infobox-data">Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1873)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter Mitchell</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (January 4, 1824 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian lawyer, shipbuilder, and politician from <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New 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He was the sixth and last <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Colony_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick">Premier of the Colony of New Brunswick</a> before <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" title="Canadian Confederation">Canadian Confederation</a> in 1867. After confederation, Mitchell represented New Brunswick in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate of Canada</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> until his resignation in 1872 to serve as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a> representing <a href="/wiki/Miramichi%E2%80%94Grand_Lake" title="Miramichi—Grand Lake">Northumberland</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a>; he described himself as an "<a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a>" during this time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Mitchell_(politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Peter Mitchell was born on January 4, 1824, in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_New_Brunswick" title="Newcastle, New Brunswick">Newcastle</a> (present-day <a href="/wiki/Miramichi,_New_Brunswick" title="Miramichi, New Brunswick">Miramichi</a>), <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>, to Scottish-born immigrant parents. His father was also named Peter Mitchell, and his mother's name was Barbara Grant.<sup id="cite_ref-TCE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was educated at a local <a href="/wiki/Grammar_school" title="Grammar school">grammar school</a> and afterwards spent four years working for George Kerr's law office. He became an attorney on October 14, 1847.<sup id="cite_ref-DoCB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Mitchell_(politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitchell joined a legal partnership with <a href="/wiki/John_Mercer_Johnson" title="John Mercer Johnson">John Mercer Johnson</a> in October 1847,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with both practicing law in their respective locations.<sup id="cite_ref-TCE_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCE-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 7, 1849, Mitchell was called to the bar of New Brunswick.<sup id="cite_ref-DoCB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell's partnership with Johnson later ended in 1852, as Mitchell sought to pursue himself in the lumbering and shipbuilding business, later entering a shipbuilding partnership with John Haws, a relative of his wife, the following year. The two built a minimum of 12 vessels throughout their partnership, which lasted until 1861.<sup id="cite_ref-DoCB_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoCB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell ran again in 1856 as an opponent of <a href="/wiki/Prohibition_in_Canada" title="Prohibition in Canada">Prohibition</a>, which had been proposed by the government. He carried a pistol for protection during the campaign and rum for his supporters. He was successful in this election. In the legislature, Mitchell opposed <a href="/wiki/Separate_school" title="Separate school">denominational schools</a> and supported the creation of municipal government. He became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_(Commonwealth_countries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive Council (Commonwealth countries)">Executive Council</a> in 1859, and introduced the colony's first <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> act in order to make things easier for debtors. Mitchell did not run for re-election in 1861, but was soon appointed to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_New_Brunswick" title="Legislative Council of New Brunswick">Legislative Council of New Brunswick</a> (the colony's <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a>) and rejoined the Executive Council. </p><p>While attending the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Conference,_1864" title="Quebec Conference, 1864">Quebec Conference</a> of 1864, Peter Mitchell was a strong supporter of <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" title="Canadian Confederation">Canadian Confederation</a>. He resigned from the Executive Council in 1865 when the pro-Confederation government of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Leonard_Tilley" title="Samuel Leonard Tilley">Samuel Leonard Tilley</a> was defeated, and helped <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governor_of_New_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick">lieutenant-governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Hamilton-Gordon,_1st_Baron_Stanmore" title="Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore">Arthur Hamilton Gordon</a> force the resignation of the anti-Confederation government of <a href="/wiki/Albert_James_Smith" title="Albert James Smith">Albert James Smith</a> in 1866. Gordon appointed Mitchell as the new <a href="/wiki/Premier_(Canada)" title="Premier (Canada)">premier</a>. Mitchell asked Gordon to call an election, and he and his <a href="/wiki/Confederation_Party" title="Confederation Party">Confederation Party</a> were returned with a majority that approved the participation of the colony in the Canadian Confederation in 1867. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell attended the <a href="/wiki/London_Conference_of_1866" title="London Conference of 1866">London Conference</a>, which drafted the <a href="/wiki/British_North_America_Act,_1867" class="mw-redirect" title="British North America Act, 1867">British North America Act</a>. He was appointed to the new <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Canada" title="Senate of Canada">Senate of Canada</a> for its inaugural session in July 1867. Mitchell became a member of Sir <a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a>'s first <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Canada" title="Cabinet of Canada">cabinet</a> as minister of marine and fisheries. He was an aggressive defender of Canadian interests, and contested foreign fishing in Canadian waters to the extent of using gunboats to seize American vessels. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mitchell resigned from the Senate in 1872 to run for a <a href="/wiki/Legislative_seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative seat">seat</a> in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> where he felt he would have more influence. He was acclaimed in a <a href="/wiki/By-election" title="By-election">by-election</a>, but in 1873 the Macdonald government fell due to the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Scandal" title="Pacific Scandal">Pacific Scandal</a>. Mitchell abandoned the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Liberal-Conservative</a> Party of Macdonald and declared himself an independent <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(Canada)" title="Member of Parliament (Canada)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP). He had little influence as an independent and was distrusted by both Conservatives and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberals</a>. </p><p>Mitchell resigned his seat in 1878 after being accused of violating the Independence of Parliament Act by leasing a building to the government while he was a senator. He re-offered in the subsequent by-election and was returned to parliament. </p><p>He ran in the <a href="/wiki/1878_Canadian_federal_election" title="1878 Canadian federal election">1878 federal election</a> as an "<a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a>" who supported Macdonald's <a href="/wiki/National_Policy" title="National Policy">National Policy</a>. Mitchell was defeated by independent candidate <a href="/wiki/Jabez_Bunting_Snowball" title="Jabez Bunting Snowball">Jabez Bunting Snowball</a>. </p><p>Mitchell returned to the Commons in the <a href="/wiki/1882_Canadian_federal_election" title="1882 Canadian federal election">1882 election</a> and was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/1887_Canadian_federal_election" title="1887 Canadian federal election">1887 election</a> as an independent Liberal, but was defeated in the <a href="/wiki/1891_Canadian_federal_election" title="1891 Canadian federal election">1891 election</a>. </p><p>In 1885, Mitchell purchased the <i>Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette</i>, and used it to attack the policies of both Liberals and Conservatives. He also called for mercy for <a href="/wiki/Louis_Riel" title="Louis Riel">Louis Riel</a>, and blamed Macdonald for causing the <a href="/wiki/North-West_Rebellion" title="North-West Rebellion">Riel Rebellion</a> by not dealing with <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9tis_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Métis in Canada">Métis</a> complaints. He became a supporter of Sir <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a> and ran as a Liberal in the <a href="/wiki/1896_Canadian_federal_election" title="1896 Canadian federal election">1896 election</a> but lost. Laurier made him general inspector of fisheries for Quebec and the Maritime provinces, and Mitchell held that position until his death in 1899. </p><p>In July 1899, as he was leaving the parliamentary buildings, Ottawa, he was stricken by paralysis. He seemed to recover, but on 25 October 1899, he was found dead in his rooms in the Windsor Hotel, Montreal. <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Mitchell_(politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1853, he married Isabella Gough, a widow from St. John, New Brunswick. They had one daughter together before Isabella died in 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrowning1901-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nephew was <a href="/wiki/Charles_R._Mitchell" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles R. Mitchell">Charles R. Mitchell</a> a former provincial Cabinet Minister and leader of the <a href="/wiki/Alberta_Liberal_Party" title="Alberta Liberal Party">Alberta Liberal Party</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Mitchell_(politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output 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Robinson</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,225</td> <td style="text-align:right;">48.34</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.71 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,718</td> <td style="text-align:right;">37.32</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-6.63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Morrissy" title="John Morrissy">John Morrissy</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">660</td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.34</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Ø </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">4,603</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00 </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1891_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Template:1891 Canadian federal election/Northumberland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1891_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" 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<td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Adams_(Canadian_politician)" title="Michael Adams (Canadian politician)">Michael Adams</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,192</td> <td style="text-align:right;">56.05</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+15.88 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;">Independent Liberal</td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,719</td> <td style="text-align:right;">43.95</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-15.88 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">3,911</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.00</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1887_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Template:1887 Canadian federal election/Northumberland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1887_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Template talk:1887 Canadian federal election/Northumberland"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a 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<td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,271</td> <td style="text-align:right;">59.83</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Adams_(Canadian_politician)" title="Michael Adams (Canadian politician)">Michael Adams</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,525</td> <td style="text-align:right;">40.17</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Ø </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">3796</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.00</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1882_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Template:1882 Canadian federal election/Northumberland"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:1882_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Template talk:1882 Canadian federal election/Northumberland"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1882_Canadian_federal_election/Northumberland" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1882 Canadian federal 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style="text-align:right;">acclaimed</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9">Canadian federal by-election, 5 February 1878 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Mitchell resigned his seat and re-offered after being accused of violating the Independence of Parliament Act by leasing a building to the government while he was a senator. </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th 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<tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,384</td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.62</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-14.92 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">2,969</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.00 </span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Lake">Northumberland</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,312</td> <td style="text-align:right;">61.54</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #696969; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;">Unknown</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jabez_Bunting_Snowball" title="Jabez Bunting Snowball">Jabez Bunting Snowball</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">820</td> <td style="text-align:right;">38.46</td> <td style="text-align:right;">Ø </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">2,132</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.00</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/ElectionsRidings/Elections/Profile?election=1874-01-22">lop.parl.ca</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:668px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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href="/wiki/Miramichi%E2%80%94Grand_Lake" title="Miramichi—Grand Lake">Northumberland</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Peter Mitchell</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">acclaimed</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: Canadian Elections Database<sup 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"<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1901_supplement/Mitchell,_Peter" class="extiw" title="s:Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement/Mitchell, Peter">Mitchell, Peter</a>". In <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Lee" title="Sidney Lee">Lee, Sidney</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography" title="Dictionary of National Biography">Dictionary of National Biography</a> (1st supplement)</i>. 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oceans</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers of Marine and Fisheries (1867–1930)<sup>1</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_James_Smith" title="Albert James Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Colledge_Pope" title="James Colledge Pope">Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_McLelan" title="Archibald McLelan">McLelan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Eulas_Foster" title="George Eulas Foster">Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hibbert_Tupper" title="Charles Hibbert Tupper">Tupper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Costigan" title="John Costigan">Costigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Henry_Davies" title="Louis Henry Davies">Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sutherland_(Canadian_politician)" title="James Sutherland (Canadian 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(acting)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers of Fisheries (1930–69)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cyrus_Macmillan" title="Cyrus Macmillan">Macmillan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Nelson_Rhodes" title="Edgar Nelson Rhodes">Rhodes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Duranleau" title="Alfred Duranleau">Duranleau</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grote_Stirling" title="Grote Stirling">Stirling</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Gordon_Ernst" title="William Gordon Ernst">Ernst</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph-Enoil_Michaud" title="Joseph-Enoil Michaud">Michaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bertrand" title="Ernest Bertrand">Bertrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hedley_Francis_Gregory_Bridges" title="Hedley Francis Gregory Bridges">Bridges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bertrand" title="Ernest Bertrand">Bertrand</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton_Fowler_Gregg" title="Milton Fowler Gregg">Gregg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Angus_MacKinnon" title="James Angus MacKinnon">MacKinnon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Mayhew" title="Robert Mayhew">Mayhew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sinclair_(politician)" title="James Sinclair (politician)">Sinclair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_MacLean" title="Angus MacLean">MacLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9dard_Robichaud" title="Hédard Robichaud">Robichaud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(Canadian_politician)" title="Jack Davis (Canadian politician)">Davis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Minister of Fisheries and Forestry (1969–71)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Davis_(Canadian_politician)" title="Jack Davis 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LeBlanc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Ban%C3%A9" title="Pierre de Bané">de Bané</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Breau" title="Herb Breau">Breau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Allen_Fraser" title="John Allen Fraser">Fraser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erik_Nielsen" title="Erik Nielsen">Nielsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Siddon" title="Tom Siddon">Siddon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Valcourt" title="Bernard Valcourt">Valcourt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Crosbie" title="John Crosbie">Crosbie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Reid_(politician)" title="Ross Reid (politician)">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Tobin" title="Brian Tobin">Tobin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Dingwall" title="David Dingwall">Dingwall</a> (acting)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Mifflin" title="Fred Mifflin">Mifflin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Anderson_(British_Columbia_politician)" title="David Anderson (British Columbia politician)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herb_Dhaliwal" title="Herb Dhaliwal">Dhaliwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thibault" title="Robert Thibault">Thibault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoff_Regan" title="Geoff Regan">Regan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyola_Hearn" title="Loyola Hearn">Hearn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Shea" title="Gail Shea">Shea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Ashfield" title="Keith Ashfield">Ashfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gail_Shea" title="Gail Shea">Shea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Fisheries,_Oceans_and_the_Canadian_Coast_Guard" title="Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard">Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard</a> (2015–)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Tootoo" title="Hunter Tootoo">Tootoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominic_LeBlanc" title="Dominic LeBlanc">D. 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