Christopher Dunkin, 1811-81: born in London, England: went to Canada, 1836: he was at first an opponent, but later a strong supporter, of Confederation: passed the Canada Temperance Act: became a Judge of the Supreme Court of Quebec.
Lord Strathcona (Donald Smith), born in 1820 in Elginshire: entered the service of the Hudson Bay Co. in 1838: Governor of its territories, 1868: on the rebellion at the Red River in 1870, he succeeded in maintaining peace until the arrival of troops under Lord Wolseley: financially responsible for the making of the Canadian Pacific Railway: Governor of the Hudson Bay Co. in London, 1889: raised to the peerage, 1897.
Garnet, Lord Wolseley, 1833-1913: Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1895-1900: served in the Crimea and in India and China: commanded in Ashanti and Egypt as well as in the Red River expedition.
George Monro Grant, 1835-1902: Principal of Queen's University, Kingston, 1877: President of the Imperial Federation League, Ontario, 1889.
Miss E. Pauline Johnson, "Tekahionwake," the descendant of Indian chiefs, who were the loyal allies of the British, has published several volumes of Canadian poetry.
Sir Wilfred Laurier, born 1841, in Quebec: leader of the Liberal party, 1887: Prime Minister, 1896-1911.
Robert Laird Borden, born 1854, in Nova Scotia: leader of the Conservative party, 1901: Prime Minister, 1911.
Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet, historian and novelist, born in New Brunswick, 1860: has been a Professor in Nova Scotia and an editor in New York.
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