. John Boyle, like his blacksmith father before him, greatly valued education, and saw to it that young David attended Mason’s Hall School in Greenock and, later, St Andrew’s School in Birkenhead

; b. 7 Jan. 1827 in Kirkcaldy, Scotland, son of Andrew Greig Fleming, a

. likely 1 Aug. 1819 in or near St Andrews, N.B., son of John Gibson and Jane Neilson; m

the call for better terms was popular in British Columbia. Indeed, Liberal leader James Alexander Macdonald* had seconded a

federal election in the summer of 1872 did not, however, measure up to the hopes of the youthful members. Sir John A. Macdonald

Andrew Stuart*, a lawyer and subsequently chief justice of the Quebec Superior Court

contested Albert for the Liberals, losing to Richard Chapman Weldon*. Six days later Premier Andrew George

. Macdonald*, and enjoyed cordial business relations with George Stephen*, who would become the first president of the Canadian Pacific Railway

had been completed. Andrew Onderdonk*, another American engineer, had signed or taken over contracts to build some of the most difficult