parishioners. As with Gunn and Tuttle, the Presbyterian interest in Red River is emphasized by Alexander Ross* in Red River Settlement (1856
“fine art” and to identify him as an artist alongside Emily Carr*, Paul Kane*, and Alexander
student and those of John Alexander Macdonald* in Kingston after graduation
union. Although he was disappointed that unification of the eastern provinces had been brushed aside, he was reassured when Alexander Tilloch
direction of Alexander Neil Bethune* at the Diocesan Theological Institution in Cobourg, Upper Canada, but in the autumn of 1845, with
bided his time until, in 1876, Potter’s authority was shaken by a conflict between himself and the prime minister of Canada, Alexander
Booth Good and at Victoria by Alexander Charles Garrett, and missions were set up on the lower mainland and at Lillooet. The bishop toured his diocese, including the interior, putting in place rudimentary
resolutions condemning Administrator Alexander Croke*’s rejection of the appropriation bill, he followed without question the administrator’s
LANGMUIR, JOHN WOODBURN, businessman, politician, and civil servant; b. 6 Nov. 1835 in Ayrshire, Scotland, son of Alexander
their father was virtually bankrupt. In 1833 John immigrated to Upper Canada and took up residence on Sturgeon Lake, near such other genteel settlers as Thomas Alexander
country. Meanwhile he spent some time and letters musing on his Scottish origins; according to his father, he told Gaelic scholar Alexander MacLean
solicitor and from 1879 to 1888 he was first president of the Middlesex Law Association. In 1888 he left his practice in London to head the Toronto firm of the late William Alexander
beckoned as an alternative. In 1875 the government of Alexander Mackenzie had created the position of general
, in concert with the lieutenant governor, Sir Alexander Bannerman*, by the local liberals when they had been in power, granted rank
in council on 30 June 1915 and chaired by James Alexander Lougheed*; historians Desmond Morton and Glenn Wright have described
countries. To no avail. The Aroostook “war,” and the incident in which Alexander McLeod was implicated, gave them a
appear on any other known records.
John Joseph O’Gorman’s publications include a biography of Alexander
Conservative, Robertson supported Alexander Tilloch Galt and adopted a political stance that was more Liberal
advised the project’s benefactors, Sir Donald Alexander Smith* and Sir George
.
The AASB holds at least 176 letters to or from Royal in the Fonds Taché and Fonds Langevin. At the PAM, the papers of four lieutenant governors – Archibald (MG 12, A), Alexander Morris (MG