 sir charles hibbert tupper, kcmg, pc (august 3, 1855 â march 30, 1927) was a canadian lawyer and politician. ==family, early career== tupper was the second son of sir charles tupper, a physician, leading conservative politician, and canadian diplomat. the elder tupper served as premier of nova scotia, was a father of confederation, and served briefly as prime minister of canada in 1896. the younger tupper practiced law in halifax, nova scotia, after articling to learn the profession; at the time there was no formal legal education in atlantic canada. he formed a successful partnership with wallace graham, and the two invited the young robert borden, a future prime minister who was one year older than tupper, to join them in the late 1870s. a decade later, borden became the firm's senior partner after graham was appointed a judge and tupper entered politics. tupper's younger brother william johnston tupper also became a conservative politician. ==mp, cabinet minister== he was elected as a conservative mp in 1882. he was appointed minister of marine and fisheries by sir john a. macdonald in 1888, and kept that position in subsequent conservative cabinets until 1894, under pms sir john abbott and sir john sparrow david thompson. he then became [[minister of justice (canada)|m
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