▁ 1 8 7 2 ) ▁was ▁a ▁lawyer , ▁journalist ▁and ▁political ▁figure ▁in ▁Nova ▁Scot ia , ▁Canada . ▁He ▁represented ▁Hal if ax ▁County ▁in ▁the ▁Nova ▁Scot ia ▁House ▁of ▁Assembly ▁as ▁a ▁Liberal ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 1 ▁to ▁ 1 8 7 2 . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁John ▁Gar vie , ▁of ▁Scottish ▁descent , ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁Hal if ax ▁with ▁his ▁parents . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 3 , ▁with ▁Edmund ▁Mort imer ▁Mc Donald , ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁Hal if ax ▁Cit izen , ▁a ▁newspaper ▁opposed ▁to ▁Confeder ation . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁Gar vie ▁retired ▁from ▁the ▁paper , ▁studied ▁law ▁at ▁Lincoln ' s ▁Inn ▁and ▁was ▁called ▁to ▁the ▁bar ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 9 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 0 , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Nova ▁Scot ia , ▁setting ▁up ▁practice ▁in ▁Hal if ax . ▁The ▁following ▁year , ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁commission er ▁of ▁public ▁works ▁and ▁mines ▁in ▁the ▁province ' s ▁Executive ▁Council . ▁Ill ▁with ▁t uber cul osis , ▁he ▁was ▁only ▁able ▁to ▁appear ▁once ▁in ▁the ▁provincial ▁assembly , ▁speaking ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁the ▁government . ▁Gar vie ▁died ▁at ▁Hy ères ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁France ▁while ▁attempting ▁to ▁recover ▁from ▁the ▁disease . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 8 3 7 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 7 2