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Sifton may refer to: Places: * Rural Municipality of Sifton,a rural municipality in the Virden region of Manitoba, Canada * Sifton, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in the Virden region * Sifton, Washington, an unincorporated community * Sifton Ranges, a mountain range in British Columbia, Canada * Sifton Park, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta People: * Arthur Sifton (1858–1921), Canadian politician and second Premier of Alberta * Charles Proctor Sifton (1935–2009), American federal judge * Sir Clifford Sifton (1861–1929), Canadian politician and Minister of the Interior of Canada * John Wright Sifton (1833–1912), Canadian businessman and later a politician in Manitoba * Sam Sifton Sam Sifton (born June 5, 1966) is an American journalist and food editor at ''The New York Times.'' He was previously the paper's national editor. Sifton has also worked as deputy dining editor (2001); dining editor (2001–04); deputy culture edi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Municipality Of Sifton
The Rural Municipality of Sifton is a rural municipality (RM) in the south-west portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated in 1883. The former town of Oak Lake, located within Sifton, annexed by the RM on January 1, 2015 as a requirement of ''The Municipal Amalgamations Act'', which required municipalities with a population less than 1,000 to amalgamate with neighbouring municipalities. The Government of Manitoba initiated these amalgamations in order for municipalities to meet the 1997 minimum population requirement of 1,000 to incorporate a municipality. Geography The most prominent geographical feature in the RM is Oak Lake. Other lakes include Plum Lakes and Maple Lake. The Assiniboine River runs near the northern border of the RM and at the extreme south-east corner of the RM is the Souris River. Other notable rivers include Pipestone Creek and Plum Creek. Communities * Algar * Belleview * Deleau * Findlay * Griswold * Oak L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifton, Manitoba
Sifton is an unincorporated community located in the Rural Municipality of Dauphin in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The community is approximately 20 km north of Dauphin in the Parkland area. History Large influxes of Ukrainians settled this region in the mid-1890s, part of a mass immigration undertaken by the federal government. Sifton is named after Minister of the Interior Clifford Sifton, who viewed farmers from Eastern Europe as ideal for settling and opening the Canadian West. About 250 families both in town and in the surrounding countryside today call Sifton, Manitoba their home. A spinning wheel mounted on a cairn in town is the only visible reminder today that Sifton is also the birthplace of Canada's iconic fashion item of the 1950s, the Mary Maxim sweater. Sifton was once a hub of woolen milling in Manitoba. Local residents still speak of the village blacksmith, John Weselowski, in the early 1930s, going broke trying to shoe horses for a living, who, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifton, Washington
Vancouver is a city on the north bank of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington, located in Clark County. Incorporated in 1857, Vancouver has a population of 190,915 as of the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Washington state. Vancouver is the county seat of Clark County and forms part of the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area, the 25th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Originally established in 1825 around Fort Vancouver, a fur-trading outpost, the city is located on the Washington–Oregon border along the Columbia River, directly north of Portland, and is considered a suburb of the city along with its surrounding areas. History The Vancouver area was inhabited by several Native American tribes, most recently the Chinook and Klickitat nations, with permanent settlements of timber longhouses. The Chinookan and Klickitat names for the area were reportedly ''Skit-so-to-ho'' and ''Ala-si-kas,'' respectively, meaning "land of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifton Ranges
The Sifton Ranges are a mountain range along the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 1823 km2 and is a subrange of the Cassiar Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mountains The Interior Mountains or Northern Interior Mountains are the semi-official names for an expansive collection of mountain ranges that comprises much of the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia and a large area of southern Yu .... in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Sub-ranges * Cormier Range * Ruby RangeReferences *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sifton Park, Edmonton
Sifton Park is a residential neighbourhood in the Clareview area of north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood was named for Arthur Sifton, who served as the second premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917. The neighbourhood is bounded on the north by 137 Avenue, on the west by 50 Street, and on the east by 40 Street. To the south the neighbourhood backs onto Kennedale Ravine. Demographics In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Sifton Park had a population of living in dwellings, a -3.2% change from its 2009 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012. Residential development According to the 2001 federal census, four out of five (78.8%) of all residences were constructed during the 1970s. Most of the remaining residences were built during the 1960s (8.8%) and the early 1980s (10%). The most common type of residence in the neighbourhood, according to the 2005 municipal census, is the rented apartment. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Sifton
Arthur Lewis Watkins Sifton (October 26, 1858 – January 21, 1921) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician who served as the second premier of Alberta from 1910 until 1917. He became a minister in the federal cabinet of Canada thereafter. Born in Canada West (now Ontario), he grew up there and in Winnipeg, where he became a lawyer. He subsequently practised law with his brother Clifford Sifton in Brandon, where he was also active in municipal politics. He moved west to Prince Albert in 1885 and to Calgary in 1889. There, he was elected to the 4th and 5th North-West Legislative Assemblies; he served as a minister in the government of premier Frederick Haultain. In 1903, the federal government, at the instigation of his brother (who was then one of its ministers), made Sifton the Chief Justice of the Northwest Territories. After Alberta was created out of a portion of the Northwest Territories in 1905, Sifton became the first Chief Justice of Alberta in 1907 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Proctor Sifton
Charles Proctor Sifton (March 18, 1935 – November 9, 2009) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1977 to 2009 and its Chief Judge from 1995 to 2000. Education and career Born in New York City, New York, Sifton received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in 1957 and a Bachelor of Laws from Columbia Law School in 1961. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Göttingen in Göttingen, Germany from 1957 to 1958. Sifton worked as an attorney in private practice in New York City from 1961 to 1962 and as staff counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1962 to 1964. He returned to private practice from 1964 to 1966, and again from 1969 to 1977. From 1966 to 1969, Sifton served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. Federal judicial service On August 16, 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated Sifton to a seat on the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clifford Sifton
Sir Clifford Sifton, (March 10, 1861 – April 17, 1929), was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician, best known for being Minister of the Interior under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for encouraging the massive amount of immigration to Canada which occurred during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1905, he broke with Laurier and resigned from cabinet over the issue of publicly funded religious education in the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Early life Sifton was born in Middlesex County, Canada West (now Ontario). Sifton's father, John Wright Sifton, was a contractor and businessman who moved with his family to Manitoba when Sifton was a boy. Sifton trained as a lawyer and graduated from Victoria University in the University of Toronto, where he was the founding manager of ''Acta Victoriana''. Political career Manitoba provincial politics: Attorney General for Manitoba Sifton worked on his father's political campaigns before be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wright Sifton
John Wright Sifton (August 10, 1833 – September 19, 1912) was a 19th-century Manitoba politician and the founder of an important political family in Western Canada. Life and career Sifton was the son of Bamlet Sifton (1793–1876) and his wife Mary (née Evans), members of the Anglo-Irish gentry who arrived in Upper Canada in 1832 from County Tipperary, Ireland. Members of the Sifton family, including Sifton's grandparents, Charles Sifton (1752–1842) and his wife Rebecca (née Wright), had already established themselves around present-day London, Ontario, in 1818 and 1819. Born in London Township, Upper Canada, Sifton was educated at local schools. In October 1853, he married Kate Watkins (d. March 1909), third daughter of James Watkins of Parsonstown, Kings County, Ireland. He became a farmer and oil producer in Lambton County. Following the birth of his son Clifford in 1861, Sifton became a railway contractor in Brant County and then a businessman in London, Ontar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
