Andrew Wetmore had a lot to celebrate on August 16, 1867. Not only was it his birthday, it also happened to be the date he became New Brunswick’s first post-Confederation Premier. Wetmore had been against Confederation when he entered the Legislature, but switched to the pro-Confederation forces and found success. He would hold the post of Premier until he stepped down in 1870 to serve on his province’s Supreme Court.
You can learn more about NB’s first Premier at his entry at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography on-line at this link: www.biographi.ca/en/bio/wetmore_andrew_rainsford_12E.html
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.
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.