. 27 Dec. 1847 in Toronto, second daughter of George Black Wyllie and Mary Ann Reid; m. there 1 June 1865 Samuel Fenton McMaster

], had created “a very strong party in favour of a protectionist or I might say a re-actionary policy . . . which the Government cannot wholly ignore.” Early in the 1876 session, Minister of

identified by its eight-foot sign in the form of a fiddle. Lumber exporter Samuel Robert Briggs was president of the former with R. S. Williams as managing director. The new company failed within two

partnership with James Samuel Brierley and Edmund Ernest Sheppard*, established the first daily paper in St Thomas, the Evening

order for Wallace, who had continued as controller of customs, to resign from office in protest. Wallace, however, assured his supporters that a strong Protestant presence was necessary to alter the

equalled only by his skill in sometimes extricating himself from difficult situations. He enjoyed strong political support, including that of Chauveau, and had the backing of Archbishop Elzéar-Alexandre

. Prominence had been thrust upon Thorburn, and it cannot be claimed that he was a successful political leader. He was, rather, a decent man with a strong sense of public duty who as a result found himself used

. Macdonald*. The following February in Saint-Hyacinthe, Tardivel married Henriette Brunelle, the daughter of Antoine-Ambroise Brunelle, a prominent notary in the Rouville region who had strongly opposed

every parish where he ministered, Tanguay earned a reputation as a builder, a man of action who along the way sometimes aroused strong opposition. In Saint-Germain-de-Rimouski, for example, the plan to

STRONG, Sir SAMUEL HENRY, lawyer and judge; b

the 1860s he joined with his brother Sheldon Samuel Stephens to oversee the vast property holdings amassed by their family. He obtained a law degree from McGill College in 1863, was admitted to the bar

. However, as a strong Conservative, Sedgewick got no commissions from the Liberals provincially or federally. He was virtually bankrupt by 1878, when his partner, John James

Mowat]. Upon the promotion of Samuel Henry Strong

. Peachy’s early output was strongly influenced by Baillairgé. The evidence can be seen in the work he did for the Séminaire de Québec, the Ursuline convent, and the fabrique of Notre-Dame at Quebec

maintained an interest in exploration. He joined the council of the Royal Geographical Society in 1869, and he played a prominent role in the organization of George Strong Nares’s voyage to the Arctic in 1875

Scarborough Township, just east of Toronto. The family was associated with the local Presbyterian church where Alexander, who possessed a strong baritone voice, served as precentor; he had little musical

Reformers would not support Catholic institutions. The Freeman strongly favoured the union of

. Macdonald* and the Conservative party to power, he won a narrow victory. He would hold the seat until 1882 and again from 1884 to 1896. Mills took strong exception to Macdonald’s view that, by the terms

Ames*, and Samuel John Moore*. As well, Massey served as a vice