Alfred Gilpin Jones [SEP] position held
Alfred Gilpin Jones
Alfred Gilpin Jones, (September 28, 1824 – March 15, 1906) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and eighth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
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.
In 1867, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Halifax. One of 18 members elected of the Anti-
McKeagney, Hugh McDonald, Edmund Mortimer McDonald, Joseph Howe, Thomas Coffin and Hugh Cameron
- Liberal: James William Carmichael, William Henry Chipman, James Fraser Forbes, William Ross, William Hallett Ray, Patrick Power,
- Independent: Alfred Gilpin Jones
- October 9, 1869: Richard John Cartwright, formerly a Liberal-Conservative MP, he became a Liberal MP after being denied a position in the cabinet.
1870s.
- 1873: Newton LeGayet MacKay leaves the Conservatives for the Liberals.