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Alexander James McPhail
Alexander James McPhail (December 23, 1883 – October 21, 1931) was a Scottish-Canadian agricultural reformer, and the first president of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. The Canadian government designated him a Person of National Historic Significance in 1971. Early life Alexander McPhail was born in Paisley, Ontario, the eldest of eight or nine siblings. In 1902, when he was nineteen, his parents died. He eventually took his homestead West, settling in Bankend, Saskatchewan in 1906. In 1913, McPhail joined the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture. There he promoted various political and economic changes for prairie farmers. After the dismissal of P.F. Brendt, because of his German nationality as of tension caused by the Great War, McPhail resigned his position in 1918. Concurrently, he had been enlisted in the military as a member of the domestic militia. He then became a livestock drover in Elfros, Saskatchewan. During this period he became involved with the Progressiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Alexander Macphail
James Alexander Macphail (January 25, 1870 – January 13, 1949) was a Canadian engineer, educator and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 4th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1911 to 1915 as a Conservative. He was born in Orwell, Prince Edward Island, the son of William Macphail and Catherine E. Smith, and was educated at Prince of Wales College, McGill University and Queen's University. In 1910, he married Agnes Mary Moray MacMorine. He was a professor in the School of Mining and then the Department of Civil Engineering at Queen's, later becoming department head. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during World War I. He led a company of engineers as a major, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. During the war, Macphail received the Distinguished Service Order, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1919 New Year Honours, for services rendered in connection with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Droving
Droving is the practice of walking livestock over long distances. It is a type of herding. Droving stock to market—usually on foot and often with the aid of dogs—has a very long history in the Old World. An owner might entrust an agent to deliver stock to market and bring back the proceeds. There has been droving since people in cities found it necessary to source food from distant supplies. Description Droving is the practice of moving livestock over long distances by walking them " on the hoof". Droving is used for moving large herds over long distances, sometimes several hundred kilometers. It was carried out by shepherds. The earliest written evidence about shepherds and their dogs dates back to the 14th century. Thousands of cattle were moved along the roads of Europe and Great Britain, and later sheep, goats, pigs and even geese and turkeys. The journey from pasture to market, slaughterhouse, or buyer could take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months. The herd moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Scottish People
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Deaths
Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia. * January 25 – Mohandas Gandhi is again released from imprisonment in India. * January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France. February * February 4 – Soviet leader Joseph Stalin gives a speech calling for rapid industrialization, arguing that only strong industrialized countries will win wars, while "weak" nations are "beaten". Stalin states: "We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us." The first five-year plan in the Soviet Union is intensified, for the industrialization and collectivization of agriculture. * February 10 – O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Births
Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * January 16 – The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States civil service, is passed. * January 19 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service in Roselle, New Jersey, United States, installed by Thomas Edison. * February – ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' by Carlo Collodi is first published complete in book form, in Italy. * February 15 – Tokyo Electrical Lightning Grid, predecessor of Tokyo Electrical Power (TEPCO), one of the largest electrical grids in Asia and the world, is founded in Japan. * February 16 – The '' Ladies' Home Journal'' is published for the first time, in the United States. * February 23 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPhail Photograph
McPhail is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Addie McPhail (1905–2003), American film actress *Alastair McPhail, British diplomat, the first British ambassador to South Sudan *Andy McPhail, Scottish rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s *Billy McPhail (1928–2003), Scottish footballer *Bob McPhail (1905–2000), Scottish international footballer * Bob McPhail (rugby), English rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s *Bruce McPhail (1937–2020), New Zealand rugby player * Dan McPhail (1903–1987), Scottish professional footballer * David McPhail (rugby league) (1886–?), New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s *David McPhail (1945–2021), New Zealand actor *Donna McPhail, British comedian, TV presenter, journalist *Douglas McPhail (1914–1944), American actor and singer *George Wilson McPhail (1815–1871), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College, and Davidson College. * Hal McP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Innis
Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 – November 9, 1952) was a Canadian professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory, and Canadian economic history. He helped develop the staples thesis, which holds that Canada's culture, political history, and economy have been decisively influenced by the exploitation and export of a series of "staples" such as fur, fish, lumber, wheat, mined metals, and coal. The staple thesis dominated economic history in Canada from the 1930s to 1960s, and continues to be a fundamental part of the Canadian political economic tradition.Easterbrook, W.T. and Watkins, M.H. (1984) "The Staple Approach." In ''Approaches to Canadian Economic History''. Ottawa: Carleton Library Series, Carleton University Press, pp. 1–98. Innis's writings on communication explore the role of media in shaping the culture and development of civilizations. He argued, for example, that a balance betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPhail Plaque
McPhail is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Addie McPhail (1905–2003), American film actress *Alastair McPhail, British diplomat, the first British ambassador to South Sudan *Andy McPhail, Scottish rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s *Billy McPhail (1928–2003), Scottish footballer *Bob McPhail (1905–2000), Scottish international footballer * Bob McPhail (rugby), English rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s *Bruce McPhail (1937–2020), New Zealand rugby player * Dan McPhail (1903–1987), Scottish professional footballer * David McPhail (rugby league) (1886–?), New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s *David McPhail (1945–2021), New Zealand actor *Donna McPhail, British comedian, TV presenter, journalist *Douglas McPhail (1914–1944), American actor and singer *George Wilson McPhail (1815–1871), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College, and Davidson College. * Hal McP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McPhail Telegram
McPhail is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Addie McPhail (1905–2003), American film actress *Alastair McPhail, British diplomat, the first British ambassador to South Sudan *Andy McPhail, Scottish rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s *Billy McPhail (1928–2003), Scottish footballer *Bob McPhail (1905–2000), Scottish international footballer * Bob McPhail (rugby), English rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s *Bruce McPhail (1937–2020), New Zealand rugby player * Dan McPhail (1903–1987), Scottish professional footballer * David McPhail (rugby league) (1886–?), New Zealand rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s *David McPhail (1945–2021), New Zealand actor *Donna McPhail, British comedian, TV presenter, journalist *Douglas McPhail (1914–1944), American actor and singer *George Wilson McPhail (1815–1871), Presbyterian minister, president of Lafayette College, and Davidson College. * Hal McP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Party Of Canada
The Progressive Party of Canada, formally the National Progressive Party, was a federal-level political party in Canada in the 1920s until 1930. It was linked with the provincial United Farmers parties in several provinces, and it spawned the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan, and the Progressive Party of Manitoba, which formed the government of that province. The Progressive Party was part of the farmers' political movement that included federal and provincial Progressive and United Farmers' parties. The United Farmers movement in Canada rose to prominence after World War I. With the failure of the wartime Union government to alter a tariff structure that hurt farmers, various farmers movements across Canada became more radical and entered the political arena. The United Farmers movement was tied to the federal Progressive Party of Canada and formed provincial governments in Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba. It rejected the National Policy of the Conservatives, and felt that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elfros, Saskatchewan
Elfros ( 2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Elfros No. 307 and Census Division No. 10. It is northeast of Regina and southeast of the Quill Lakes at the junction of Highway 16 and Highway 35. It was the hometown of the protagonist in the 2018 Canadian horror film ''Archons''. History Elfros was first settled by Icelandic immigrants, and many of the present inhabitants are of Icelandic descent. A post office was opened in 1909. Elfros incorporated as a village on December 1, 1909. From the Icelandic Pioneer Memorial in Elfros comes the following quotation. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Elfros had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Elfros recorded a population of living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historica Canada
Historica Canada is a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to promoting the country's history and citizenship. All of its programs are offered bilingually and reach more than 28 million Canadians annually. A registered national charitable organization, Historica Canada was originally established as the Historica-Dominion Institute following a 2009 merger of two existing groups—the Historica Foundation of Canada and The Dominion Institute—and changed to its present name in September 2013. Anthony Wilson-Smith has been president and CEO of the organization since September 2012, with the board of directors being chaired () by First National Financial-co-founder Stephen Smith. Some of the organizations best-known programs include its collection of ''Heritage Minutes''—60-second vignettes re-enacting important and remarkable incidents in Canada's history—and ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. Historica Canada regularly conducts public opinion polls and creates educational ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
