dominion’s representative in negotiations with British Columbia regarding a number of native grievances. By September he had reached an understanding with Premier Richard
Scott*. Made in the legislature, the accusations were extravagant, sometimes vague, and supported by minimal evidence, but they aroused a complacent government accustomed to torpid opposition and
]); At the Mermaid Inn: Wilfred Campbell, Archibald Lampman, Duncan Campbell Scott in the “Globe” 1892–3, ed. Barrie Davies (Toronto, 1979); “The collected poems of William Wilfred
WATTS, JOHN WILLIAM HURRELL, architect, designer, artist, and civil servant; b
ALEXANDER, RICHARD HENRY, businessman; b. 26 March 1844 in Edinburgh
. 21 July 1826 in London, England, son of Richard Richardson and Elizabeth Sarah Miller; m
induced him to switch to treasurer. For balance, given the continuing tensions created by the Scott affair, Blake persuaded the Catholic, Conservative-leaning Richard William
, Sir RICHARD, lawyer and politician; b. 15 Dec. 1870 in
. Isabella Sophia Hardisty, sister of Richard Charles* and
support of prohibition, in 1877 he opposed a similar motion on the grounds that “steady work” outside parliament would advance the cause more effectively. He therefore defended Richard William
office in Arthabaskaville, where he would practise for 30 years with four different partners: Eugène Crépeau (1867–69), Édouard Richard* (1869
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