The New International Encyclopædia/Fisher, Charles (statesman)

FISH′ER, Charles (1808-80). A Canadian statesman, born in New Brunswick, Canada. In 1837 he entered the Provincial Cabinet. He was a member of the Executive Council from 1848 to 1857, was a commissioner to consolidate and codify the statute law of the province in 1852, and was Attorney-General from 1854 to 1861 and again in 1866. In 1867 he attended the conference of the representatives of British North America in London, which arranged the terms of union.