Smallwood*, and it reprinted scientific intelligence from abroad. The scientific news in the Canadian Journal had a strongly utilitarian bent, as it did in the contemporary Scientific

Dickens* from making an arrest, Crozier and 20 men arrived at the crossing on 6 January. Despite strong and angry protests from Chief

government of Samuel Leonard Tilley* had passed an act subsidizing railway building, he was one of those Fredericton entrepreneurs anxious to

maintained an interest in exploration. He joined the council of the Royal Geographical Society in 1869, and he played a prominent role in the organization of George Strong Nares’s voyage to the Arctic in 1875

-curer in Hamilton, he ranked well below Samuel Nash, whose 23 employees contributed to an output of

. Prominence had been thrust upon Thorburn, and it cannot be claimed that he was a successful political leader. He was, rather, a decent man with a strong sense of public duty who as a result found himself used

order for Wallace, who had continued as controller of customs, to resign from office in protest. Wallace, however, assured his supporters that a strong Protestant presence was necessary to alter the

were compounded by a lawsuit brought against him by Sir Samuel Spry. Spry sued Crease for £700, contending that he had failed to develop mining properties entrusted to him. The shareholders of Great

Reformers would not support Catholic institutions. The Freeman strongly favoured the union of

 Scott Street. Guided by a strong sense of what was practical and profitable, he soon realized that the wholesale industry was experiencing diminishing returns and that the retail trade offered greater

 Dufferin [Blackwood], had created “a very strong party in favour of a protectionist or I might say a re-actionary policy . . . which the Government cannot wholly ignore.” Early in the 1876 session

church’s unique services and practices distinguished it from the other Protestant churches and helped to build a strong sense of identity. Machray

. Macdonald* and the Conservative party to power, he won a narrow victory. He would hold the seat until 1882 and again from 1884 to 1896. Mills took strong exception to Macdonald’s view that, by the terms

. Macdonald*. The following February in Saint-Hyacinthe, Tardivel married Henriette Brunelle, the daughter of Antoine-Ambroise Brunelle, a prominent notary in the Rouville region who had strongly opposed

appointment had long been expected and was favourably received. Chief Justice Sir Samuel Henry Strong

a major part as well in the debate over the abolition of the Legislative Council, which he strongly favoured. As treasurer, he was of course interested in the financial savings of a single-chamber

Commons on matters relating to the west. In politics Laurie supported the Conservative party and especially its National Policy [see Sir Samuel Leonard

Ames*, and Samuel John Moore*. As well, Massey served as a vice

. Peachy’s early output was strongly influenced by Baillairgé. The evidence can be seen in the work he did for the Séminaire de Québec, the Ursuline convent, and the fabrique of Notre-Dame at Quebec

remarkable. Private studies until he was 18 nurtured his orderly mind, insatiable intellectual curiosity, broadly perceptive intelligence, and attractive personality with strong leadership qualities