Francis Hincks* had returned to Canadian politics as minister of finance and ostensibly as a leader of Reform opinion. To bolster Reform

. It was the minister of finance, Francis Hincks, who in August 1871 told Allan that Northern Pacific Railroad

., 1970). D. C. Harvey, An introduction to the history of Dalhousie University (Halifax, 1938). R. S. Longley, Sir Francis Hincks; a study of Canadian politics

they wished. Even Francis Hincks*’s

Hincks*, La Fontaine offered him a post as judge to make room for Blake: “. . . if Aylwin were to go on the bench,” wrote Hincks, “I think it would remove the difficulty with Blake

Young* in the Montreal City riding. Over the next few years he ardently opposed Inspector General Francis Hincks

Hincks* inspector general of public accounts. His hopes that Hincks would bring with him the support of moderate reformers and that Henry Sherwood

Hincks*, cautioned that, unlike the charters of English life insurance companies, which made each shareholder liable for the full value of a company’s capital, Canada Life’s charter limited the

important to reform. That status was enhanced by his reputation as a man of principle. Francis Hincks*, a neighbour, intimate friend, and banker to

, no doubt at the urging of a neighbour, Francis Hincks*, Baldwin joined the executive committee of the Constitutional Reform Society of Upper

Hincks* and University of Toronto professor Charles Kirk Clarke*, along with Dr Helen

had its office in a house he owned. In these ventures he came into close contact with Francis Hincks*. Beaty was important enough in boosting

financially by, among others, Delisle and Francis Hincks* of Lower Canada and John Hillyard

Hincks* in Canada that an imperial act be passed enabling the provincial legislature to make a final settlement on the clergy reserves. Nor did he receive the response to his appeal for funds which he

Hincks*. In 1843 Baldwin, then attorney general for Canada West, entrusted Blake with “the Crowns business on the Eastern Circuit.” Blake had a significant role in the bitter and divisive election of

Montreal Pilot, Francis Hincks

investment and his interest in the expansion of Toronto’s commerce led to his involvement, with Francis Hincks*, in a celebrated conflict of interest

, a Reform newspaper founded in 1841; he contributed also to the Pilot and Journal of Commerce, founded by Francis Hincks* in

Hincks*, and Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine*. George Brown, moreover, began to travel up to Canada in the service of his

governor than his new definition of the office implied. Fortunately, La Fontaine, Baldwin, and Francis Hincks* desired the same ends as he did