The New Student's Reference Work/Aikins, Hon. James C.

Aikins, Hon. James C., born in Ontario in 1823. Educated at Upper Canada College. Elected to the Legislature for the County of Peel (his native county) in 1854, and remained in the Assembly until 1861. From 1869 to 1873 he was Secretary of State and a member of the Administration of Sir John A. Macdonald, and was a second time Secretary of State in 1878. Resigned in 1882 and was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. At the expiration of his term of office he returned to Toronto and was again appointed to the Senate of Canada.