John Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of Historical Records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Royal Artillery, the unit he commanded from 1907 to 1912. He also had a keen interest in genealogy and in 1943 the New Brunswick Museum published his book titled Simon Baxter - The first United Empire Loyalist to settle in New Brunswick, (Canada).

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  • John Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of Historical Records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Royal Artillery, the unit he commanded from 1907 to 1912. He also had a keen interest in genealogy and in 1943 the New Brunswick Museum published his book titled Simon Baxter - The first United Empire Loyalist to settle in New Brunswick, (Canada). Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, John Baxter served on the municipal council for eighteen years from 1892 to 1910. A Conservative Party member, he was elected to the 32nd New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in 1911. He was appointed Attorney-General of the province, holding that office from 1915 to 1917. He entered federal politics and served as Minister of Customs and Excise under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen in 1921 before taking over the leadership of the provincial Conservative party and leading it to victory in 1925. Baxter was a leader of the Maritime Rights Movement which expressed the discontent felt by the maritime provinces concerning their loss of influence in the Canadian confederation dominated by the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. He left politics in 1931 and was appointed Chief Justice of the New Brunswick Supreme Court in 1935 serving until his death. His son, John B. M. Baxter, Jr. , later served in the cabinet of Richard Hatfield.
  • L'honorable John Babington Macaulay Baxter, C.P. était un homme politique néo-brunswickois. Baxter naît le 16 février 1868 à Saint-Jean, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Membre du Parti conservateur, Baxter est procureur-général de la province de 1915 à 1917. Il se lance en politique fédérale et est élu député de la circonscription de Saint-Jean-Albert le 6 décembre 1921. Entre temps, Il avait été nommé ministre des Douanes sous le gouvernement Meighen le 21 septembre de la même année. Il prend ensuite la direction du Parti conservateur provincial et le mène à la victoire en 1925. Baxter était un dirigeant du mouvement Maritime Rights (Droits maritimes) qui exprimait le mécontentement des provinces maritimes face à leur perte d'influence lors de la confédération canadienne. Il quitte la politique en 1931 et est nommé juge en chef de la Cour suprême du Nouveau-Brunswick en 1935, poste qu'il occupe jusqu'à sa mort, le 27 décembre 1946. Son fils, John B.M. Baxter, fils, est plus tard ministre au sein du cabinet de Richard Bennett Hatfield.
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  • John Babington Macaulay Baxter, PC was a New Brunswick lawyer, jurist and Premier of the Canadian Province of New Brunswick. Baxter served in the Canadian Army and was the author of Historical Records of the New Brunswick Regiment, Royal Artillery, the unit he commanded from 1907 to 1912. He also had a keen interest in genealogy and in 1943 the New Brunswick Museum published his book titled Simon Baxter - The first United Empire Loyalist to settle in New Brunswick, (Canada).
  • L'honorable John Babington Macaulay Baxter, C.P. était un homme politique néo-brunswickois. Baxter naît le 16 février 1868 à Saint-Jean, au Nouveau-Brunswick. Membre du Parti conservateur, Baxter est procureur-général de la province de 1915 à 1917. Il se lance en politique fédérale et est élu député de la circonscription de Saint-Jean-Albert le 6 décembre 1921. Entre temps, Il avait été nommé ministre des Douanes sous le gouvernement Meighen le 21 septembre de la même année.
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