coercion bill introduced by the government of British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone. Within months of Conmee’s election as mayor of Port Arthur in December 1884, the division of Algoma into two

had been lodged by William Ewart Gladstone’s government for advocating rent strikes in Ireland. On the day before the resolutions were to be introduced, in a move which recalled his action at the time

EWART, JAMES, farmer and politician; b. 13 Aug. 1859 in Hoddam parish

Duke of Newcastle and William Ewart Gladstone. He entered parliament in a by-election in 1854 but forfeited his seat in the general election three

. In 1886 he split with William Ewart Gladstone over Home Rule for Ireland and became a Liberal Unionist. By this time, inspired by the theory of Italian nationalist Giuseppe Mazzini for world

prime minister William Ewart Gladstone, who was proposing to grant home rule to Ireland. He denounced a bill to broaden the franchise and give workers time off for political activities. Leblanc’s speeches

Ewart*, he began an annotated version of the Ontario Judicature Act of 1881, which appeared that year. Although overloaded with work, he succeeded both in improving the expeditiousness of the court