western part of Upper Canada, and John Sandfield Macdonald*’s supporters in the east. Howland was one of the handful of Toronto
John A. Macdonald* reappointed him to the Senate in March. In 1894 Howlan was finally invited to become lieutenant governor of
June 1829 in Hinchinbrook Township, Lower Canada, son of Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel James Hingston and Eleanor McGrath; m. 16 Sept. 1875 in Toronto Margaret Josephine Macdonald, daughter of
Reg., and Science and technology biblio. (Richardson and MacDonald). Harvey also served as editor of the St John’s Evening Mercury in 1882–83
. Macdonald* and was attentive to his claims to patronage. Harrison’s rise to influence within the Norquay administration was meteoric. Norquay might complain that his colleague’s political style was
in developing the plans for the Macdonald Chemistry Building, opened in 1898, of which he was the proud director until his death in 1907. He devoted his spare time to gardening, woodworking, and, above
by supporting civic workers in their appeal for a nine-hour day. At the same time he kept independent of labour and the reform ticket. In 1900 reformer Ernest Albert MacDonald won the mayoralty, but
Connor* defended J. G. Bowes, Gwynne’s railway companion, in the litigation arising from the scandal known as the “£10,000 job”; in Macdonell v. Macdonald (1858) he
the Pacific Scandal [see Sir John A. Macdonald*], Greenway contested the federal constituency of South Huron for
Morin*. This was the work that caught the eye of John A. Macdonald*, the conservative attorney general for Upper Canada in
, P.E.I., eldest son of Henry Gordon, a farmer, and Margaret MacDonald; m. first 27 June 1854 Bridget E. Kearney (d. 1884) of Georgetown, P.E.I., and they had two daughters and two sons; m
. Macdonald*, as president of both. Gooderham, who was a vice-president in each firm, took out the first life-insurance policy, worth $50,000, issued by Manufacturers’ Life. He became president of this
. Macdonald* introduced its National Policy, the tariff on bleached and unbleached cotton cloth jumped from 17.5 per cent ad valorem to an average of 27 per cent; by order in council the
Canada, son of Robert Gaskin and Margaret Burton; m. first 14 April 1867 Mary McAlister (d. 1875), and they had two sons and two daughters; m. secondly 1890 Stella Macdonald, and they
recognized. Island lawyer Edward Jarvis Hodgson wrote to Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald* in 1885 that Ferguson “is by far
establishing an early connection with John Macdonald*, a leading Toronto wholesaler and a fellow Methodist. (Eaton had converted to Methodism in 1858
[Dustan’s correspondence with Sir John A. Macdonald*, 1875–85, and with Sir John Sparrow David
. Macdonald*’s cabinet, all of whom had received titles from the Holy See. The bishop’s determination paid off: Leo XIII raised Ottawa to the status of metropolitan see on 8 June 1886 and the
new refining processes in Germany. On his return in 1878, Sir John A. Macdonald*’s government, which had been re-elected