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David Mills

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David Mills

1831–1903

A Canadian statesman, jurist, author, and poet, David Mills built a remarkable career that carried him from rural Ontario classrooms to Parliament and the Supreme Court of Canada. His published works combined political analysis with thoughtful, inspirational verse.

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The Canadian view of the Alaskan boundary dispute as stated by Hon. David Mills, Minister of Justice : In an interview with the correspondent of Chicago Tribune on the 14th August, 1899

The Canadian view of the Alaskan boundary dispute as stated by Hon. David Mills, Minister of Justice : In an interview with the correspondent of Chicago Tribune on the 14th August, 1899

by David Mills

About the author

Born on March 18, 1831, in Orford Township, Upper Canada, David Mills began his career as a teacher and served as superintendent of schools for Kent County from 1856 to 1865. He later studied law at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1867.

Mills entered public life as a Liberal member of Parliament and served as Minister of the Interior from 1876 to 1878. He also wrote extensively on Canadian politics, including The Present and Future Political Aspects of Canada and The Blunders of the Dominion Government in connection with the North-West Territory.

Appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1899, Mills continued writing poetry alongside his legal and political work. Some of his poems were collected in Poems written at spare moments, published in 1901. He died in Ottawa on May 8, 1903.