from Quebec, and appointed him to Langevin's old job as Minister of Public Works. Ouimet stayed in that position under the succession of Prime Ministers who attempted to keep the Conservative government together. He also served as Acting Minister of Agriculture and Acting Secretary of State for Canada under Sir Mackenzie Bowell. Bowell faced a caucus revolt over his handling of the Manitoba Schools Question and was forced to resign. The issue split the party as English Protestant Conservatives rejected Bowell's proposal to create a new Catholic School Board in Manitoba. With the fall of Bowell's cabinet, the opposition of Tory MPs to French Catholic rights in Manitoba further hurt the party's prospects among Catholic Quebecers. Perhaps sensing that the Conservative government was doomed and that his prospects of keeping his seat were dim as Quebecers turned against the Tories, Ouimet decided not to run in the 1896 election. He declined to serve in the short lived Cabinet of the Sir Charles Tupper, the final Tory Prime Minister prior to the election. He instead accepted a judicial appointment that he held until his death in 1916. Legacy He holds the current record for being acclaimed to parliament 5 times. Ouimet Canyon near Thunder Bay in north-western Ontario is named for him. References 1848 births 1916 deaths Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada Quebec lieutenants Lawyers in Quebec Canadian Ministers of Railways and Canals Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Laval, Quebec Canadian Militia officers Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal officers