Colin Francis McIsaac

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Colin Francis McIsaac (February 14, 1854 – March 14, 1927) was a Nova Scotia lawyer and political figure. He represented Antigonish in the Canadian House of Commons from 1895 to 1905 and Antigonish—Guysborough from 1922 to 1925 as a Liberal member.

He was born in South River, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia in 1854. He was educated at Saint Francis Xavier College and was called to the Nova Scotia bar in 1880. McIsaac served as a governor of Saint Francis Xavier College. He was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Antigonish in 1886, was reelected in 1890 and served as a minister without portfolio in the provincial Executive Council.

His brother Angus represented Antigonish in the House of Commons.

[edit] External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography, HJ Morgan (1898)
• The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891, JA Gemmill