to win some backing from this group Davis offered a cabinet seat to John Norquay*, leader of the opposition. Norquay dropped his demand for the

, New Brunswick Museum (3v., Saint John, N.B., 1939–49), 3. Moncrieff Williamson, Robert Harris, 1849–1919; an unconventional biography (Toronto, 1970).

in Dundee, Scotland, son of John Alexander and Murina Mudie; m. first 1838 Margaret Kyle in Dundee, and they had five sons and two daughters; m secondly 22 May 1884 Mary Ann Patton in

, feminist, and office holder; b. 26 Feb. 1863 in L’Île-Verte, Lower Canada, daughter of John Edmond Barry and Aglaée Rouleau; d. unmarried 7 Jan. 1910 in Montreal

. 1873 the government of Sir John A. Macdonald* resigned, and in the election of January 1874, the Conservatives were

under the direction of James Ross* and John Keir*. Ross provided Grant with the solid

Furnace Company Limited, in which his brothers George Edward*, John James, and Thomas Joseph, all of whom were to become influential

. In April 1888 Dumont went to Montreal at the behest of Laurent-Olivier David*, president of the Association Saint-Jean-Baptiste de

. secondly 1872 Catherine Anne Davies of Pictou, N.S., and they had six children; d. 24 June 1908 in St John’s. Since the Whiteway

. When Smith was at Oxford the university was racked with religious controversy which focused on John Henry Newman and the Oxford Movement. Smith apparently admired Newman’s style but he was repelled by