Manitoba [see Alexander Morris*].
In 1889 Beck left Winnipeg to join the Calgary
the Canadian militia and he was in a contingent sent to the Red River settlement in Manitoba to maintain order [see Alexander Morris
. . . , ed. Morris Zaslow and W. B. Turner (Toronto, 1964), 191–204.
. den Otter, Civilizing the west: the Galts and the development of western Canada (Edmonton, 1982). J. L. Morris, “Early days of the S.P.S
Morris, “if he would only put on the dignity & impartiality of the Judge, and confine himself to his own sphere.” Wood failed, however, to adjust his temperament to the neutrality demanded
criticism (Toronto, 1895). Morris, Treaties of Canada with the Indians. Standard dict. of Canadian biog. (Roberts and Tunnell).
Greenway*. After winning by a large margin in the rural constituency of Morris, he moved swiftly to the front ranks of the provincial caucus: he served first as minister without portfolio from January to
recognition in 1815 when he became solicitor general. Defeated for the speakership in 1812 by Lewis Morris Wilkins*, he secured it in 1817
Merritt*, and Ryerson all foundered, and William Morris*, who wielded great influence with the Presbyterians, was the only notable accession to
the Mackenzie missions, 1870–1921,” For purposes of dominion: essays in honour of Morris Zaslow, ed. K. S. Coates and W. R. Morrison (North York [Toronto], 1989), 73–85
regarding land. In 1795, alleging that the laying out of lots (done by Charles Morris*) almost 30 years before was in error, he had had the
out of a complement of six. Draper was appointed attorney general west and was government leader; William Morris*, a moderate conservative and
polemicist by temperament and his writings often evoked sharp responses. When he advanced the common 19th-century opinion that “man has his sphere; woman has hers,” one Maud Morris retorted that this was the
[see James Rainstorpe Morris*]. Wallace also began to acquire lucrative government patronage. In 1791, for example, Lieutenant
Morris*, deferred to a premier, Marc-Amable Girard*. Girard chose Davis for the position of provincial treasurer. In three months the
miles with a turn before 25,000 spectators in Toronto bay. The following year he took the American title from Pittsburgh’s highly regarded Ephraim (Evan) Morris over a five-mile course with a turn on the
Morris]. He was a trustee of the new Marché Saint-Paul in 1829 and 1830. In 1837 he was appointed a justice of the peace. That same year, as a candidate opposed to the policies of Louis-Joseph
Morris appointed assistant judges of the Supreme Court. This attempt to curtail Belcher’s powers was frustrated when he drafted the assistants’ commissions so narrowly as to ensure his own pre
Jones, another prominent tory James Morris*, and the sitting member David Jones. The latter threatened to divide the conservative vote but withdrew