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d. 27 April 1799 at the Hôtel-Dieu in Montreal (Que.)
that bought the capital stock of the department store founded by Robert Simpson*. An early automobile enthusiast and owner, he was a founding
was defeated. In 1912 Asselin temporarily left his job at the Crédit Métropolitain and went to Europe on behalf of the new federal Conservative government of Robert Laird
Wilfrid Laurier fonds, R10811-0-X; the Sir Robert Borden fonds, R6113-0-X
places.
On a trip to Nelson in 1894 Barnard met merchant banker Robert Montgomery Horne-Payne of the English firm of Sperling and Company. He was
the legislation (Logan v. the City of Winnipeg) [see Robert Machray*] in an effort to undermine the Barrett case, and
. Ward (C), div. 2: 10; MG26-H, vol.142, F. McK Bell to Sir Robert L. Borden, 6 June 1919
, which destroyed most of the municipality, he used his engineering training to design some of the community’s early structures, such as the residence of Robert Garnett
Quebec’s Liberal Party, affirmed on 10 December that “the few newspapers likely to become party organs for Mr Borden [Sir Robert Laird
BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD, lawyer and politician; b
federal Conservative government of Robert Laird Borden, elected on 21 Sept
Robert Laird Borden
crisis of 1917, Bureau was one of the most powerful voices in the province of Quebec. On every platform he accused Sir Robert Laird
colleague Robert Alexander Ross, Butler had large ideas about the role of
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