William Macarmick
Encyclopedia
William Macarmick Lieutenant-Governor of Cape Breton
, MP
.
When the British had taken final control of the island of Cape Breton
, a greater attention was focused on the working of the mines on a commercial basis, which were thought to provide an inexhaustible source of revenue for the new colony
. Cape Breton Island
was given separate colonial status from that of Nova Scotia
in 1784, when an order forbidding the granting of land in Cape Breton, issued in 1763, was removed. William Macarmick became colonial governor of Cape Breton in 1787, formerly running the mines for personal profit.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Truro in 1784.
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
, MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
.
When the British had taken final control of the island of Cape Breton
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
, a greater attention was focused on the working of the mines on a commercial basis, which were thought to provide an inexhaustible source of revenue for the new colony
Colony
In politics and history, a colony is a territory under the immediate political control of a state. For colonies in antiquity, city-states would often found their own colonies. Some colonies were historically countries, while others were territories without definite statehood from their inception....
. Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America. It likely corresponds to the word Breton, the French demonym for Brittany....
was given separate colonial status from that of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
in 1784, when an order forbidding the granting of land in Cape Breton, issued in 1763, was removed. William Macarmick became colonial governor of Cape Breton in 1787, formerly running the mines for personal profit.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Truro in 1784.