a large central training base near Petawawa, Ont., and in 1909 it was from this base that John Alexander Douglas

commitment, he took out American citizenship on 18 Oct. 1880, three days before the syndicate signed a contract with the government of Sir John A

years, was a long-time friend of John A. Macdonald

* and Miriam Lowe, née Lockhart; m. 8 Oct. 1846 Frances Amelia

, would express a low opinion of his financial abilities. The fall of the Joly government relegated Langelier to the opposition benches. At Quebec he was spoken of as a replacement for Joly, but his

serious handicaps in his profession. He had difficulty expressing himself in public. This disadvantage he overcame by practising law in partnership, first with Joseph-Évariste Prince in 1882–83, John