HOWLAND, Sir WILLIAM PEARCE, businessman, politician, and office holder; b
. 7 April 1840 in Crosby Township, Upper Canada, son of the Reverend William Young and Amanda Waldron; m
Lindsey, William McDougall, and others associated with the Clear Grit faction of the reformers
McDougall* in the autumn of 1867 on the need for missionaries in the northwest. Young resigned his posts as minister of Richmond Street Church, Toronto, chairman of the Toronto district, and
Toronto law offices of William McDougall to discuss issues of the day. From these meetings emerged the Clear
formal education in Toronto and in his early teens he worked there as a newsboy. At age 16 he became a printer’s apprentice to his cousin William
COWAN, WILLIAM, physician, fur trader, and politician; b. 1818 in Scotland; d. 20 June 1902 in St
lost decisively to William McDougall. In the federal election of 1872, the Perth Courier reported
bâtonnier, or president, of the district lawyers’ association. Along with Napoléon Bureau and William McDougall, he sat on the Trois-Rivières section of the board of examiners that evaluated candidates
Governor William Mcdougall’s ill-fated expedition to Pembina (N.Dak.). When anti-Canadian settlers at the Red
governor of Assiniboia and Rupert’s Land, William Mactavish*), and the unfair nature of company-dominated courts. Thus, both he and Schultz
1855. He was to work under the authority of Gustavus William Wicksteed, the law clerk of the Legislative Assembly, with a view to preparing an index that would facilitate revision of the statutes. An
the lieutenant governor designate, William McDougall. Dennis had been given the authority to raise an army
Howland. His presence would continue Ontario Reform representation while William McDougall was in
government. Mowat supported Brown in caucus; however, when it overruled them, he, Brown, and William McDougall
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