prices to be charged for the poor man’s bread. Once again he thought the voters’ decision incomprehensible. After 1884 Blackadar lavished praise upon Nova Scotia’s Liberal premier, William Stevens
Irvine*. Speaking before the local bar in 1897 he laughingly said that no man in the country had obtained as many public offices as he, refused as many, and been dismissed as often
commerce with the Red River settlement (Man.), first as a purveyor of vegetables through his firm, the International Vegitable House, and later as a fur trader in association with John Christian
, his son-in-law Solomon Barish, and the Barishes’ three children. Klenman had substantial experience in agriculture, having farmed rented land as a young man and overseen an estate for an absentee
, Masson was “the man who could most easily contribute to unity and harmony,” and events proved him right. On 3 Sept. 1867 Masson was elected to the House of Commons by acclamation. Thus began a 33
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“Tall, well built, . . . extremely intelligent,” Charles-Polycarpe, a man “circumspect in his words,” lived only for his business; political life held little attraction for him. However, as
contest in the history of the Halifax constituency. Facing certain defeat, leading Conservatives did not nominate candidates of their own but allegedly entered into a conspiracy with working man’s candidate
the land was unproductive and where they underwent an extremely difficult period of resettlement.
A tall, handsome young man, McGregor replaced Peter
Folster, “Apple blossom time and the man who made Eden,” Daily Gleaner, 23 May 1984: 16. Press (Woodstock), 4 Jan. 1904: 4. M. B. [Sharp] Adney, “Minnie Bell
other associates of Brown, had acquired a contract to carry mail between Canada and Red River (Man.), but in July 1859 the Macdonald-Cartier ministry revoked the contract and gave it to a
victory in 1896, Rathbun became a Laurier man, partly because of his continuing need for patronage. The shift also reflected Rathbun’s growing role as a lobbyist for the Ontario Lumberman’s Association
meaning of the superstitions and festivals of civilized man could be gleaned by looking at the similar customs of the “unchanged savage.” Haliburton’s ultimate motive in attempting to prove the unity of
). Joseph Schull, Edward Blake, the man of the other way (1833–1881) (Toronto, 1975). D. C. Thomson, Alexander Mackenzie, Clear Grit (Toronto, 1960). Willison
excited young man”; he in turn placed them in the “ice age” of the church. He was ordained on 19 Sept. 1871 and left Toronto one month later, “like Abraham, not knowing whither he went.” His
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In many ways Ferguson was Sullivan’s right-hand man. When the province, frustrated by Ottawa’s failure to provide efficient communication with the mainland, appealed in 1886 to the British government
active, if untrained, intellect had shown itself as early as his Craigflower Farm days when he had lectured his fellows on the nobility of man, the phases of the moon, and the Anglo-Saxon race. His later
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Lord Dufferin arrived in Canada on 25 June 1872, succeeding Baron Lisgar [Young*] as governor general. How did a man with
poisoned relations between him and his staff. The commissioners were particularly concerned that a feud between DeWolf, whom one witness described as “a man difficult to get along with,” and the assistant
Macphail*, an eminent man of letters. In that volume the values and customs of the Scottish pioneer community of Orwell, where William had acquired a house in 1864, come to life. The “master” of the
