DRUMMOND, GEORGE EDWARD (known as George Edward Drumm)
McGREGOR, JAMES DRUMMOND, businessman, politician, and office holder; b
Drummond*. Smith, a friend of Clouston’s family, came to view the young man “like his son.” Their antecedents in the fur trade were similar and after Smith became Canada’s high commissioner in London in
. Drummond et al., Progress without planning: the economic history of Ontario from confederation to the Second World War
became affiliated with the Royal Edward Institute. After the institute’s first president, Sir George Alexander Drummond*, died in
and frugal administrator, erecting several churches and a convent, and during the mine disaster of 1873 at the Drummond mine in Westville, was a sensitive pastor to the bereaved families
. 31 March 1852 in Halifax, son of the Reverend Peter Gordon MacGregor and Caroline McColl; grandson of the Reverend James Drummond
Company. In 1873, with Andrew Allan*, George Alexander Drummond*, and several
(Morgan; 1912). I .M. Drummond et al., Progress without planning: the economic history of Ontario from confederation to the Second World War
[Arthur*], and then to meet Laurier’s desire to have vice-regal continuity through a federal election. The year cannot have been easy for Grey. During the much-publicized by-election in Drummond and
, 1988); Michael Bliss, Northern enterprise: five centuries of Canadian business (Toronto, 1987); I. M. Drummond, “Canadian life insurance companies and the capital market, 1890–1914
1954.
In 1894 Meighen had moved into the mansion on Rue Drummond which Stephen had built in 1880–83 at a cost of $600,000. Meighen first
Drummond McGregor, a New Glasgow merchant and president of Scotia, over whether the company should purchase
process at George Alexander Drummond*’s Canada Sugar Refinery. While there he heard much about Vancouver, the terminus of the
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This day came in the summer of 1871, a crucial year that marked the turning-point in his life. From 28 May Laurier conducted an intense campaign for the riding of Drummond and Arthabaska. He had
Drummond*, and on many occasions delighted friends with flawless recitations from a wide range of literary works. A Presbyterian, he attended St Andrew’s Church
Drummond* acted as de facto president for much of Smith’s tenure. In 1904 Smith asked to be replaced and the following year he was appointed honorary president, a title he held until his death
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