attempts. Believing that their interests were not represented in the government of Sir John A. Macdonald*, in 1888 they

Robertson*, the principal of Macdonald College at Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que. Jamie Benidickson

business competitor from nearby Baden. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* appointed Merner to the Senate on 12 Jan

. Macdonald* in 1885 that Ferguson “is by far the ablest man we have in provincial politics. . . . His judgement is really sound and he has more discretion and tact than any of his colleagues

. Macdonald*, as president of both. Gooderham, who was a vice-president in each firm, took out the first life-insurance policy, worth $50,000, issued by Manufacturers’ Life. He became president of this

A chronological list of Chapman’s scientific publications, excluding book reviews, can be found in Science and technology biblio. (Richardson and MacDonald); listings for his non-scientific

, P.E.I., eldest son of Henry Gordon, a farmer, and Margaret MacDonald; m. first 27 June 1854 Bridget E. Kearney (d. 1884) of Georgetown, P.E.I., and they had two daughters and two sons; m

. Macdonald* to adopt public health programs. This group, made up of both physicians and lay persons, had called for the creation of a permanent provincial board of health in Ontario, which was formed in

 John A. Macdonald*, and Jones was one of those to whom he turned for advice in framing his response to Macdonald’s overtures

Macdonald*, to study such colleges in the United States and submit a scheme for setting one up. In his report the following year Clarke recommended that a college be situated at a “country town of

dsc in 1904, naming him Macdonald professor of botany. His career is remarkable for his work as an outstanding North American plant physiologist

. Macdonald*’s government, which had been re-elected on a protectionist platform, asked for his advice on implementing the National Policy. The new tariff

withdraw from a royal commission on canals, to which he was appointed in November 1870 by Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald

Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* began to suspect that Walsh was lukewarm in his efforts to persuade the Sioux to leave, and

. Macdonald*, suggesting that the latter might like to support his bid to be appointed governor of Newfoundland. After all, he wrote

uncomfortable for him, however, for in dominion politics he was a partisan of Sir John A. Macdonald*’s Conservatives and the support

Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* wavered only when the export market for barley to the United States dropped. He ran twice for

. Macdonald* had helped create a strong market for this wood-based industry, which was served by the same lumber mills as the contracting operations. In 1893 Rhodes, Curry acquired the Harris Car Works and

. Macdonald* were cemented by the National Policy, which placed no duty on imported wool but protected producers of woollen clothing. In 1891 Rosamond won the federal by-election in Lanark North; he sat in

Robertson* and philanthropist Sir William Christopher Macdonald*. Improvements to school grounds – the planting of