Canada’s chief veterinary inspector. As a senior civil servant, he was required to spend most of his time in Ottawa. He maintained his Victoria farm as an agricultural showplace but no longer managed it

. Turgeon’s talents – his eloquence, his breadth of knowledge, his business and administrative sense – were recognized in Ottawa. In 1906 Sir Wilfrid

conceding the idea of provincial assemblies for Ontario and Quebec and a legislative committee to lobby in Ottawa. In a determined effort to keep his rival off this committee, O’Donoghue suggested that

celebrities invited by the Conservatives in October 1876 to the gala opening of the Montreal-to-Saint-Jérôme section of the railway (amalgamated with another and renamed the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and

by-election in Colchester in 1869. Although Archibald did not like Ottawa, he had time to improve his French and to indulge his taste for

Quebec parliament. In October 1867 he accordingly issued an ultimatum to his friends in Ottawa: he wanted “the lucrative post of senator and speaker of the senate.” This explicit demand precipitated the

turned him down, bluntly. In February 1916 McGregor went to Ottawa to talk to officials about the federal budget, specifically the proposed tax on

delegation to Ottawa to negotiate terms of entry into confederation. The dominion government gave the Island generous treatment, considering the circumstances: there would be “continuous communication” with

daughters, one of whom was adopted; d. 24 Feb. 1986 in Ottawa and was buried there in Beechwood Cemetery. In 2004 the Canadian Broadcasting

constitutional history. Creighton was intrigued. He could write a short book and, at the same time, earn a doctorate (he was never, in fact, to do so). He spent the summer of 1930 in Ottawa, but he found the going

representatives to consider Smith’s instructions. On 7 February Smith invited the convention to send a delegation to Ottawa to negotiate. In the meantime Schultz, Charles

some $400,000 to build. Five years later they sold it to the Ottawa River Navigation Company for a “handsome profit.” Abbott also held shares in the Montreal Northern Colonization Railway, Nova Scotia’s

ma, univ. d’Ottawa, 1967). J.-C. Bonenfant, La naissance de la confédération (Montréal, 1969). Ludovic Brunet, La province du Canada: histoire politique de

, John Hare, édit. (1v. to date, Ottawa, 1971–  ), I: 168–92. Doutre also wrote “Du meilleur emploi qu’un citoyen peut faire de son existence tant pour la société que pour sa

from Glengarry: a tale of the Ottawa (1901) draws on the author’s memories of life in pioneer Ontario, and Glengarry school days: a story of the early days in Glengarry (1902) is an idyll

descriptive catalogue of all Légaré’s works, put out by the National Gallery of Canada, The works of Joseph Légaré, 1795–1855 (Ottawa, 1978). The two works, the first to deal comprehensively with

, County Louth (Republic of Ireland), fifth child of James McGee and Dorcas Catherine Morgan; assassinated 7 April 1868 in Ottawa. Thomas D’Arcy

its handling of the rebellion in 1869–70 and its policies on subsidies to railways; once, Robertson pointedly ignored a call from Ottawa asking the paper to “call off its dogs.” Convinced of Robertson’s

Laurier* finally came to power in Ottawa in June 1896, Roy was hired as a government agent to welcome newly arrived settlers at Immigration Hall in Winnipeg and help them get

Argall; m. first 25 April 1856 Emmeline Jackson, and they had one child; m. secondly 25 April 1866 Harriet Sophia Vaux in Ottawa, and they had two sons and two daughters; drowned 10

. . . (Toronto, 1907). C. R. R. Hayter, “William H. B. Aikins: forgotten pioneer of Canadian radiotherapy,” Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Annals (Ottawa), 31 (1998

., 1788–1843/17–23; 14, 1. “Board of land office, District of Hesse,” AO Report, 1905. Canada, Indian treaties and surrenders . . . [1680–1906] (3v., Ottawa, 1891–1912; repr

. In creating the position, the city had taken the first step in setting up a professional and disciplined fire department. Such departments were already in existence in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto

au Canada français (Ottawa, 1958), 96. Brooks Bushnell, Directors and their films: a comprehensive reference, 1895–1990 (Jefferson, N.C., 1993), 98, 203. Denis Carrier, “Le premier

), 1896. W. E. L. Smith, The navy chaplain and his parish (Ottawa, 1967).

. J. T. Walbran, British Columbia coast names, 1592–1906 . . . (Ottawa, 1909; repr. Vancouver, 1971), 20–21. H. H. Bancroft, History of British Columbia, 1792–1887

be. Desmond Morton with Terry Copp, Working people (Ottawa, 1980). Ont., Bureau of Labour, Report (Toronto), 1905–10 (the reports for 1906 and 1910 contain photographs of

in 1896. In 1881, after brief ministerial charges in Prescott and Ottawa, Austin moved with his wife to St Thomas, where he became the first principal of Alma Ladies’ College, opened that year by

; he was mayor of Joliette in 1872 and 1873; and he married in 1873. For six years (having won three more consecutive elections) he travelled back and forth between Joliette and Ottawa. Attached to the

.: xiv—xv. Morris Zaslow, Reading the rocks: the story of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1842—1972 (Toronto and Ottawa, 1975).

the Rideau Canal. Eight days later, at Bytown (Ottawa), arrangements were made for him to replace John Mactaggart* as clerk of works on the

education, Mary decided that Ruby, who was older, would take a job as a teacher at a Presbyterian college in Ottawa – Mary had embraced Presbyterianism after her marriage – and send a large portion

historical and descriptive account of the dairying industry of Canada,” Can., Dept. of Agriculture, Dairy and cold storage commissioner’s branch, Bull. (Ottawa), no.28 (1911).

editor, Charles-Auguste Saint-Arnaud. When Saint-Arnaud accepted a position with Le Droit in Ottawa, he suggested that Marchand and Douville take his place at Le Mauricien. Barnard

). A. J. Kerry and W. A. McDill, The history of the corps of royal Canadian Engineers (2v., Ottawa, 1962–66), I. J. C. Long, Lord Jeffrey Amherst: a soldier of the

Greenway*]. He lobbied in Ottawa for the appointment of more Catholic senators as well. It was in the grain business that Bawlf made his mark and his

(pamphlet enclosing microfiche, Ottawa, 1985; copy at AO). His horticultural writings also include “Dwarf apple trees,” Canadian Agriculturist (Toronto), 13 (1861): 174–76, and “Prize essay: the

Booth*, the Ottawa lumber baron, and his Canada Atlantic Railway in 1893. William Beatty died in Parry Sound in 1898 after a lingering illness. The

(Ottawa, 1976). [Elizabeth Lyle], Hamilton Local Council of Women, 1893–1919, a record of twenty-six years of activity (Hamilton, 1920; copy in HPL). “Military fête” and “Monument sites, with

: ‘little brother of war,’ the Indians called it,” Canadian Geographic (Ottawa), 104 (1984), no.5: 36–43.

position defending Canadian interests that was based on an 1825 treaty between Russia and Britain. Despite lengthy submissions he made to Ottawa and Victoria, his efforts met with disappointment in 1903 with

]. In 1904 Bell was a delegate to the annual convention of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis in Ottawa and asked Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid

Edward Island, 1720–1964 (Ottawa, Ont., and Hull, Que., 1964). MacMillan, Catholic Church in PEI, 115–16, 264–65, 305–6. Morice, Hist. of the Catholic Church, I. J

. Charland, Histoire de Saint-François-du-Lac (Ottawa, 1942), 233–50; Histoire des Abénakis d’Odanak (1675–1937) (Montréal, 1964), 179–80, 193–218. Meilleur, Mémorial de

Detroit, 1812, ed. E. A. Çruikshank (Ottawa, 1912), 106–7. “Minutes of Court of General Quarter Sessions, Home District,” AO Report, 1932: 54, 69, 77, 81–82, 84, 116–17, 129

(Ottawa) has in his possession a copy of George Spratt, “A history of the church and congregation meeting for worship in St. John’s Chapel, St. Francis St., Quebec.” AP, Chalmers-Wesley United

. C. Hewson, “A history of the Lake Winnipeg fishery for whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, with some reference to its economics,” Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Journal (Ottawa

., Quebec City: architects, artisans and builders (Ottawa, 1984), 101. A.-B. Routhier, Québec et Lévis à l’aurore du XXe

McCarthy*, was a lawyer and Liberal-Conservative mp. Mary was privately educated and introduced into high society in Ottawa and London, England. In 1882 she married Clare

(Montréal, 1945). Roger Le Moine, Deux loges montréalaises du Grand Orient de France (Ottawa, 1991). Mariages du comté de Saint-Jean (1828–1950), comp. Irenée Jetté et al