Christie, Robert National Historic Person
Windsor, Nova Scotia
Plaque
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Address :
78 Thomas Street, Windsor, Nova Scotia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1938-05-19
Life Date:
1788 to 1856
Other Name(s):
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Christie, Robert
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Politician and historian, wrote six volume "History of Lower Canada"
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 78 Thomas Street, Windsor, Nova Scotia
Born at Windsor, N.S., Christie was admitted to the Québec bar in 1817. Elected in 1827 to represent Gaspé in the Legislative Assembly, he was expelled for alleged partisanship while Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of Québec. Between 1829 and 1834 he was five times elected to the Assembly and five times expelled. He was again elected in 1841 to represent Gaspé in the Parliament of United Canada and held his seat until 1854. He devoted much of his time to historical research and published a series of political memoirs which were incorporated in his History of the Late Province of Lower Canada. He died at Québec.