Scott*, an Irish Orangeman from Hastings whose execution stirred passions there. In 1878, after the Conservatives’ electoral victory, Sir John A

CARLING, Sir JOHN, businessman and politician; b. 23 Jan. 1828 in London Township, Upper Canada, youngest son of Thomas

Allan*; Sir John A. Macdonald*], he ran as the Conservative candidate in his riding of Rouville, where he was soundly

. In the 1880s, during the second Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald*, Lowe managed a tremendous campaign

the force sent to quell the trouble. His enthusiasm and characteristic interest in military preparedness were marked, in April 1885 prior to his leaving, by his petition to Prime Minister Sir John

direction of Carl Zerrahn, and in September of that year he gave an organ recital at the New England Conservatory of Music, of which he was a faculty member from at least 1871. As a recitalist, he performed

Langevin*. Therefore, he strongly supported the Canadian proposals for a highly centralized federal union [see Sir John A

his death ([Toronto], 1917). It contains reminiscences of him by Sir John Willison, Arthur Hugh Urquhart