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Donald McMillan (Quebec MP)
Donald McMillan (1807 – July 15, 1876) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Vaudreuil in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative member. He was born in Scotland in 1807, the son of Hugh McMillan, and came to Glengarry County in Upper Canada in 1823. He married Olympe Mongenais. McMillan later moved to Rigaud, where he sold flour and feed. He also served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. He died at Rigaud in 1876. His son Hugh Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ... also later represented Vaudreuil in the House of Commons.Entry for Hugh McMillan''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1889''JA Gemmill Electoral record References 1807 births 1876 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudreuil (electoral District)
Vaudreuil was a federal electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1914, and from 1968 to 1997. History It was originally created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867, and existed until 1914, when it was merged into Vaudreuil—Soulanges riding. Vaudreuil riding was recreated in 1966, and existed until 1997, when it was renamed "Vaudreuil—Soulanges". (''See Vaudreuil—Soulanges''.) Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: Geography It initially consisted of Isle Perrot, the Seigniories of Vaudreuil and Rigaud, and the first, second, third and fourth ranges of the Township of Newton and augmentation adjacent. When it was re-created in 1966, it was defined to consist of: * that part of the City of Pierrefonds situated southwest of the Town of Roxboro; * the Towns of Baie-D'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Dorion, Île-Cadieux, Île-Perrot, Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert William Harwood
Robert William de Lotbini̬re-Harwood (October 27, 1826 РJune 29, 1897) was a landowner and political figure in Lower Canada and Quebec. He represented Vaudreuil in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1872 to 1878. Career Harwood was born in Montreal, Lower Canada, the son of Robert Unwin Harwood and Marie-Louise-Josephte de Lotbiniere, daughter of Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbini̬re. He was a brother of Antoine Chartier de Lotbini̬re Harwood and Henry Stanislas Harwood, and a first cousin of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbini̬re served as the Prime Minister of Quebec and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. He was educated at the Coll̬ge Saint-Sulpice in Montreal, and became a Captain in the Vaudreuil Militia, also serving as a warden for the County of Vaudreuil. Harwood ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1871. He was defeated in a bid for re-election to the federal seat in 1878 by Jean-B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglophone Quebec People
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Scottish Emigrants To Pre-Confederation Quebec
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Members Of The House Of Commons Of Canada From Quebec
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Conservative Party Of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) and the Canadian Alliance, the latter being the successor of the Western Canadian-based Reform Party. The party sits at the centre-right to the right of the Canadian political spectrum, with their federal rival, the Liberal Party of Canada, positioned to their left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party, practising "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members, including "Red Tories" and " Blue Tories". From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the original Conservative Party of Canada participated in numerous governments and had multiple names. However, by 1942, the main right-wing Canadian force became known as the Progressive Conservative Party. In the 1993 federal elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1876 Deaths
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1807 Births
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Member Of Parliament (Canada)
In Canada, member of Parliament (MP; ) is a term typically used to describe an elected politician in the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons. The term can also less be used to refer to an appointed member of the Senate of Canada, Senate. Terminology The term's primary usage is in reference to the elected members of the House of Commons, as the unelected members of the Senate are titled ''Senator'' (), whereas no such alternate title exists for members of the House of Commons. A less ambiguous term for members of both chambers is Parliamentarian. There are 338 elected MPs, who each represent an individual electoral district, known as a Electoral district (Canada), riding. MPs are elected using the First-past-the-post voting, first-past-the-post system in a Elections in Canada, general election or byelection, usually held every four years or less. The 105 members of the Senate are appointed by the Crown on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, prime minister. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Canadian Parliament
The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867, until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867. It was prorogued prior to the 1872 election. It was controlled by a majority coalition between the Conservative Party and the Liberal-Conservative Party under Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and the 1st Canadian Ministry. The Official Opposition was the Liberal Party, led by Edward Blake from 1869 to 1871, followed by a vacancy in the Liberal leadership. The Speaker was James Cockburn. See also List of Canadian electoral districts (1867–1871) for a list of the ridings in this parliament. Members of Parliament Following is a full list of members of the first parliament by province. Cabinet members are bolded. Electoral districts denoted by an asterisk (*) indicates that district was represented by two members. Nova Scotia Note: 1 – The Anti-Confederate Party dissolved after failing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh McMillan (politician)
Hugh McMillan (December 19, 1839 – October 31, 1895) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Vaudreuil in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1883 to 1891 and from 1892 to 1893. McMillan was born in Rigaud, Lower Canada, the son of Donald McMillan and Olympe Mongenais. He served on the county council and was a captain in the local militia. In 1862, he married Agnes Mongenais, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Mongenais, who was then representing Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C .... From 1865 to 1873, McMillan ran the grain and feed business established by his father at Rigaud, later building and operating a sawmill there. He died in Rigaud at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rigaud, Quebec
Rigaud () is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality in Vallée-du-Haut-Saint-Laurent region. It is located at the junction of the Ottawa River and the Rigaud River, about west of downtown Montreal and east of Ottawa. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 7,854. History Rigaud is located on the traditional territory of the Algonquin people, Algonquins, who fled the region before the arrival of the French, due to violent attacks by the Iroquois people, Iroquois. Étienne Brûlé was the first European colonization of the Americas, European to travel on the Ottawa River,in 1615 in Quebec, 1615. The :fr:Seigneurie de Rigaud, Seigneury of Rigaud was granted in 1732 to the brothers Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial, Pierre and François-Pierre Rigaud de Vaudreuil, François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, governors in New France, and was sold in 1763 to Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinià ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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