monarch death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place profession order term_start spouse name occupation predecessor birth_place alongside party office lieutenant_governor successor article_title
victoria 7 march 1892 9 canadian august 16 , 1820 saint john , new brunswick may 25 , 1870 may 25 , 1870 fredericton collegiate school fredericton , new brunswick politician 1st august 16 , 1867 march 4 , 1865 louisa elizabeth lansdowne 1848 andrew rainsford wetmore lawyer and judge peter mitchell charles watters fredericton , new brunswick jacob valentine troop , samuel leonard tilley conservative premier of new brunswick mla for saint john city charles hastings doyle francis pym harding lemuel allan wilmot george e. king aaron alward andrew rainsford wetmore

andrew rainsford wetmore

andrew rainsford wetmore -lrb- august 16 , 1820 -- march 7 , 1892 -rrb- was a new brunswick politician , jurist , and a member of a prominent united empire loyalist family .
wetmore entered politics in 1865 with his election to the colonial legislature as an anti-confederate .
his opposition to canadian confederation dissolved when he did n't get the appointment he expected as attorney-general in the anti-confederate party 's government .
wetmore crossed the floor and joined the confederation party which formed the government in 1866 .
when new brunswick joined canada in 1867 many prominent pro-confederation politicians assumed positions in the canadian house of commons , the courts or other offices .
wetmore was able to assume the leadership of the remaining confederation party forces in the legislature becoming premier in 1867 .
wetmore 's government helped finance extensions to rail lines in the province .
his government also incorporated the college of saint joseph and granted full property rights to all married women living apart from , or deserted by , their husbands .
on may 25 , 1870 he retired from politics to accept a position on the new brunswick supreme court .
