Alfred Gilpin Jones

The Hon. Alfred Gilpin Jones
8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office July 26, 1900 – March 15, 1906
Monarch	Victoria Edward VII
Governor General	The Earl of Minto The Earl Grey
Premier	George Henry Murray
Preceded by	Malachy Bowes Daly
Succeeded by	Duncan Cameron Fraser
Personal details
Born	(1824-09-28)September 28, 1824 Weymouth, Nova Scotia
Died	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Political party	Liberal

Alfred Gilpin Jones, PC (September 28, 1824 – March 15, 1906) was a Canadian businessman, politician, and eighth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Born in Weymouth, Nova Scotia, the son of Guy Carleton Jones and Frances Jones, he was a merchant and established his own firm, A. G. Jones and Company, in 1872.

In 1867, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Halifax. One of 18 members elected of the Anti-Confederation Party, he became an independent in 1869 and was defeated in 1872. He was re-elected in 1874 but was forced to resign in 1878 due to an alleged breach of the Independence of Parliament Act. He was re-elected in the resulting 1878 by-election and was appointed Minister of Militia and Defence from January to October. He was defeated in the 1878 election and in 1882. He was re-elected in 1887 as a Liberal but was defeated in 1891. From 1900 until his death in Halifax in 1906, he was the Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia.

Family

Jones was married twice: to Margaret Wiseman Stairs, the aunt of John Fitzwilliam Stairs, in 1850 and to Emma Albro in 1877.

Miss Alice Jones by Gauvin & Gentrel, Halifax

Jones and his first wife, Margaret Wiseman had a daughter Alice Jones, who was a writer known under her nom de plume" Alix John." Miss Alice Jones was born and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and studied languages in France and Italy. She wrote for the Toronto Week, and contributed a serial, "A Hazard of Hearts," to Frank Leslie's Monthly. As Alix Jones, she published a novel "The Night Hawk" in 1902 and "Bubbles We Buy" in 1903. Alice lived with her father in Government House, Halifax, N.S.

References

• Alfred Gilpin Jones – Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for Halifax with Patrick Power 1867–1872	Succeeded by William Johnston Almon Stephen Tobin
Preceded by William Johnston Almon Stephen Tobin	Member of Parliament for Halifax with Patrick Power 1874–1878	Succeeded by Matthew Henry Richey Malachy Bowes Daly
Preceded by Malachy Bowes Daly John Fitzwilliam Stairs	Member of Parliament for Halifax with Thomas Edward Kenny 1887–1891	Succeeded by Thomas Edward Kenny John Fitzwilliam Stairs