Alfred Gilpin Jones

The Hon.
Alfred Gilpin Jones
The Hon. Alfred Gilpin Jones
8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; July 26, 1900 – March 15, 1906
Monarchs	Victoria; Edward VII
Governors General	The Earl of Minto; The Earl Grey
Premier	George Henry Murray
Preceded by	Malachy Bowes Daly
Succeeded by	Duncan Cameron Fraser
Personal details
Born	September 28, 1824; Weymouth, Nova Scotia
Died	March 15, 1906 (aged 81); Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal

Alfred Gilpin Jones, PC (September 28, 1824 – March 15, 1906) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and eighth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.^[1]

Biography

Born in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Guy Carleton Jones and Frances Jones, he was a merchant and established his own firm, A. G. Jones and Company, in 1872.

St. Paul's Church (Halifax)

In

Minister of Militia and Defence from January to October. He was defeated in the 1878 election and in 1882. He was re-elected in 1887 as a Liberal but was defeated in 1891

. From 1900 until his death in

Halifax

in 1906, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.

Family

Jones was married twice: to Margaret Wiseman Stairs, the aunt of

Halifax, Nova Scotia, and studied languages in France and Italy. She wrote for the Toronto Week, and contributed a serial, "A Hazard of Hearts," to Frank Leslie's Monthly. She published a novel "The Night Hawk" in 1902 and "Bubbles We Buy" in 1903.^[2]^[3]

Electoral history

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Conservative	Thomas Edward Kenny	5,274	27.69	Y
	Conservative	John Fitzwilliam Stairs	5,262	27.63	Y
	Liberal	Alfred Gilpin Jones	4,335	22.76
	Liberal	Edward Farrell	4,174	21.92
Total valid votes			19,045	100.00

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal	Alfred Gilpin Jones	4,243	25.53	Y
	Conservative	Thomas Edward Kenny	4,181	25.15	Y
	Conservative	John Fitzwilliam Stairs	4,099	24.66
	Liberal	H.H. Fuller	4,098	24.66
Total valid votes			16,621	100.00

v t e 1874 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Independent Liberal	Patrick Power	3,186	45.52	Y
	Independent	Alfred Gilpin Jones	2,979	42.56	Y
	Unknown	G. Robb	834	11.92
Total valid votes			6,999	100.00

v t e 1872 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Liberal–Conservative	William Johnston Almon	2,528	25.55	Y
	Liberal	Stephen Tobin	2,486	25.12	Y
	Independent Liberal	Patrick Power	2,452	24.78
	Independent	Alfred Gilpin Jones	2,430	24.56
Total valid votes			9,896	100.00
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[4]

v t e 1867 Canadian federal election: Halifax
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Elected
	Anti-Confederation	Alfred Jones	2,381	26.28	Y
	Anti-Confederation	Patrick Power	2,367	26.13	Y
	Unknown	John Tobin	2,158	23.82
	Unknown	S. Shannon	2,154	23.77
Total valid votes			9,060	100.00
Source: Canadian Elections Database^[5]

References

^ McConnell, Brian. "The Hon. Alfred Gilpin Jones & the Loyalists of Nova Scotia" (PDF). United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada.
^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 183.
^ Alice Jones - image
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1867 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024.

Alfred Gilpin Jones – Parliament of Canada biography
Beck, J. Murray (1994). "Jones, Alfred Gilpin". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for Halifax 1867–1872 With: Patrick Power	Succeeded by William Johnston Almon Stephen Tobin
Preceded by William Johnston Almon Stephen Tobin	Member of Parliament for Halifax 1874–1878 With: Patrick Power	Succeeded by Matthew Henry Richey Malachy Bowes Daly
Preceded by Malachy Bowes Daly John Fitzwilliam Stairs	Member of Parliament for Halifax 1887–1891 With: Thomas Edward Kenny	Succeeded by Thomas Edward Kenny John Fitzwilliam Stairs

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Ministers of Militia and Defence (1867–1923)		Cartier Langevin (acting) McDonald Ross Vail Jones Masson Campbell Caron Bowell Patterson Dickey Bowell Desjardins Tisdale Borden Hughes Kemp Mewburn Calder (acting) Guthrie G. Graham
Ministers of National Defence (1923–)	G. Graham E. Macdonald Guthrie Robb (acting) Ralston Sutherland Stirling Mackenzie Rogers Power (acting) Ralston McNaughton Abbott Claxton Campney Pearkes Harkness Churchill Hellyer Cadieux Drury (acting) D. Macdonald Benson Dubé (acting) Drury (acting) Richardson Danson McKinnon Lamontagne Blais Coates Clark (acting) Nielsen Beatty McKnight Masse Campbell Siddon Collenette Young Eggleton McCallum Pratt B. Graham O'Connor MacKay Nicholson Kenney Sajjan Anand Blair
Associate Ministers of National Defence (1953–2013, 2015–)	Power Campney Hellyer Sévigny Cardin Cadieux Andre Dick Collins Guarnieri Bélanger Fantino Valcourt Findlay Fantino Hehr O'Regan Wilson-Raybould Sajjan (acting) MacAulay Petitpas Taylor
Ministers of the Naval Service (1910–22)	Brodeur Lemieux Hazen Ballantyne G. Graham
World War I	Ministers of the Overseas Military Forces (1916–20) Perley Kemp
World War II	Ministers of National Defence for Air (1940–46) Power Macdonald (acting) Gibson Ministers of National Defence for Naval Services (1940–46) Macdonald Abbott Ministers of National War Services (1940–48) Gardiner Thorson Laflèche McCann

v t e Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke ) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.

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