Hilary McIsaac

MCISAAC, HILARY, farmer, shipbuilder, justice of the peace, probate commissioner, customs collector, and controller of navigation laws; b. 1 November 1820 in St. Peters Bay, son of Dougald Mclsaac; m. 1852, Sophia MacDonald, and they had nine children, James, Isabella, John A., Catherine F., Mary E., Sarah S., Bennet F., Clarah W., and Archibald; Roman Catholic; d. 23 August 1901 in Head of St. Peters Bay. Mclsaac, a Conservative, was first elected to the House of Assembly in the general election of 1873 for 2nd Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1876. He was defeated in the general election of 1879. He served the Island as a member of the Board of Works. Mclsaac was educated in St. Peters Bay. His father had emigrated with his family to the Island from the Highlands of Scotland as a young boy, and they were early settlers of St. Peters. Mclsaac was a farmer and, by one account, a prosperous and progressive agriculturalist. His success on the land did not prevent him from becoming a shipbuilder in partnership with members of his family. Prior to Confederation, Mclsaac was a customs collector and controller of navigation laws at the St. Peters Bay port. He also served as a Justice of the Peace and as a Commissioner for Probate of Wills. Mclsaac lived in St. Peters Bay. Hilary Mclsaac died 23 August 1901. Sophia Mclsaac was born in Little Pond ca. 1838 and died ca. 1894.