Wolseley* was organizing an expedition to the Red River settlement (Man.) in the aftermath of the resistance led by Louis Riel*. Butler had

dishonorable methods of some of his opponents in the trial of cases.” His American lawyer, and business-man’s form-book . . . was published in New York in 1851, with editions in both

man governed by his passionate nature. Given leave in the summer of 1894 to come to Canada, he decided to stay on. He sent for his wife and two children and, full of optimism and enthusiasm, plunged

well. Harvey was a man of unusually rich attainments. He gained recognition as a preacher, drawing many to hear his “carefully prepared

was considered an ideal family man. When he fell ill in December 1907, most thought it a case of the influenza then common in town, and expected the vigorous 54-year-old premier back in his office

had resulted in the establishment in 1876 of a three-man commission that was to set boundaries. Two years later the trio was replaced by a single commissioner, Gilbert Malcolm

distinguish himself in debate, he was an excellent committee man. Stairs’s shortcomings as a constituency politician were revealed when he faced the

in Port Arthur and Rainy River in 1902. A principled man, he earned the reputation of being “clean, fearless and honest.” King’s career illustrates

had lived with him at 30 Spadina Avenue. He left an estate valued at about $150,000. A man of great energy and competence, McCabe was dogmatic

Conservative convention at Moose Jaw (Sask.). Tweed died of heart failure in Montreal, after a holiday abroad. An attractive man with a commanding presence, he

joined the HBC as an apprentice clerk and, recommended by various company officials in London, he sailed for York Factory (Man.) in June 1843. After a winter learning the trade at Upper Fort Garry

wide public respect. A political opponent, former premier Neil McLeod*, called him “a thrifty farmer and a shrewd business man” in 1891. These

Warden was educated at Madras College, St Andrews, Scotland, and after moving to Upper Canada as a young man began the study of law in Toronto. In 1863 he abandoned this project to enter Knox College

atmosphere of the time, however, his opponents continued to see him as a man not to be trusted. To Mr

, as the “outside man” of Isbester and Reid, he worked on subcontracts with the Grand Trunk in Canada and the United States, and then on bridges along the Ottawa River for the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa

American group, played Toronto and needed a comic end-man on short notice. Cool was recommended and hired at $50 a week. Throughout the 1860s and 1870s he led and toured with a succession of leading American

Westminster, 1881–83. R. E. Cail, Land, man and the law: the disposal of crown lands in British Columbia, 1871–1913 (Vancouver, 1974). Fraser port

trade. Early self-interest and his later experience in the west would make him a convinced anti-tariff man. Greenway was not an active member of the

, Canniff helped organize Ontario’s opposition to the murder of Thomas Scott* at Red River (Man.) and became president of the North West

. In January 1858 he was described by its agents as “a single man, about 30 years of age [he was 24] . . . highly respectable