Politicos often joke that Canada’s Senate is the place many politicians go to die. Well, for Senator Henry Kaulbach, who served in the Red Chamber starting in 1872, this observation is literally true.On this date in 1896, Senator Kaulbach, a proud Nova Scotian, died suddenly in a Senate corridor. He was 65.Prime Minister (and fellow Senator) Sir Mackenzie Bowell paid tribute to his fallen colleague in the Red Chamber the next day.“Last night,” Bowell said, “about 10 o’clock, Mr. Kaulbach met with half a dozen gentlemen who were standing about and in his usual jocular manner, asked me if they were all applying for the vacant portfolios. Little did any think that the Senate would be called upon in less than 20 hours afterwards to lament his death.”[caption id="attachment_601187" align="alignleft" width="204"]
Senator Henry Kaulbach[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Senator Henry Kaulbach[/caption]Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.