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  Sir Alexander Campbell - Canadian Confederation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Alexander Campbell articled with John A. Macdonald and became his partner at law for several years beginning in 1843.
Campbell was elected to the Legislative Council as the representative for Cataraqui (now Kingston and the Islands, Ontario) from 1858 to 1867.
Appointed to the Senate in 1867, Campbell acted as government leader from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1887, and as leader of the opposition from 1873 to 1878.
www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2312-e.html   (199 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC (March 9, 1822 24 May 1892) was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.
Campbell studied law and was called to the bar in 1843.
He was elected to the Legislative Council in 1858 and 1864, attended the Quebec City Conference in 1864, and at Confederation was appointed to the Canadian Senate.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Campbell_(Canadian_politician)   (237 words)

  
 Alexander Campbell: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Alexander Campbell is one of the most prevalent personal names in Scotland and among Scottish emigrant populations.
Alexander Campbell (protestant reformer)[?], one of the founders of the Disciples of Christ
Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician), one of the fathers of Confederation
www.encyclopedian.com /al/Alexander-Campbell.html   (269 words)

  
 Campbell, Sir Alexander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell, Sir Alexander, lawyer, politician (b at Hedon, Eng 9 Mar 1822; d at Toronto 24 May 1892).
At age 17 Campbell became John A. MACDONALD's second articled student; he was admitted to the bar in 1843.
From the 1860s to the 1880s, Campbell was a leader in the Ontario wing of the federal Conservative Party.
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 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Later in the campaign Campbell dealt with a remarkable incident in which Macdonald borrowed $10,000 for electoral purposes on a banknote co-signed by John Shedden* and Campbell’s brother Charles.
Campbell was useful, safe, and able; he could not threaten Macdonald’s leadership, but he could further it.
Alexander Campbell is the author of Speeches on divers occasions ([Ottawa?], 1885).
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40135   (2704 words)

  
 The Death Penalty Debate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This Canadian study investigates the effects of argument position (for or against the death penalty) and type of justification for punishment (deterrence, morality, rehabilitation, incapacitation, economic, and possibility of mistake) on participants' sentence recommendations for a defendant found guilty of first degree murder.
Mill was a prominent utilitarian philosopher and politician.
Campbell and Fanning were major figures in the nineteenth century Restoration Movement which resulted in the founding of the Churches of Christ, the Disciples of Christ, and others.
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 Campbell, Alexander Bradshaw   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell, Alexander Bradshaw, lawyer, politician, premier of PEI 1966-78 (b at Summerside, PEI 1 Dec 1933).
In 1966 Campbell became one of the youngest (age 33) premiers ever elected.
In 1978 Campbell was appointed to the PEI Supreme Court.
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 Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
Sir Alexander Campbell (1822-1892) was an English-born Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation.
He was appointed to the legislative council in 1858, attended the Quebec City Conference in 1864, and at Confederation was appointed to the Canadian Senate.
He later held a munber of ministerial posts and was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1887 to 1892.
www.encyclopedian.com /si/Sir-Alexander-Campbell.html   (129 words)

  
 Castine Historical Society
When Campbell arrived at Fort George in September, 1782, he came from an organic, extraordinarily complex network sustained by endogamy, loyalty, trust, tribalism, shared intelligence (often illegally gained), multiple and "sleeping" or inactive partnerships, influence peddling, and transgressions of legal public/private boundaries-in short a mercantile arena virtually independent of external economic, political and social forces.
Colin John Campbell, who returned to Scotland in the fall of '83 and then, with his family, resettled in St. Andrews in 1784, quickly separated himself from the Pagan clique, e.g., he steadfastly refused to borrow money from them unlike virtually everyone needing capital for developing and expanding their business ventures in western New Brunswick.
Campbell Sr.'s final "scheme of business," completing the development of the St. Croix at the head of the tide, would be fully realized by his youngest son, Colin Jr.
www.castinehistoricalsociety.org /newsletter.html   (2706 words)

  
 The Canadian Senate In Focus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell served in Upper Canadian Parliament, elected to the Legislative Council in 1858.
Campbell was appointed to the Senate in May 1867 and held several Cabinet posts through the years.
Thomas Alexander Crerar (Prog.) - Born in 1876 in Molesworth, Ontario, Crerar was raised on a farm.
www.parl.gc.ca /information/about/process/senate/legisfocus/focus-e.htm   (10822 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alexander Campbell (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sir Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician), one of the fathers of Confederation
Alexander Campbell (shipbuilder), a Canadian shipbuilder and office holder.
Alexander Campbell (Upper Canada politician), member of the 1st Parliament of Upper Canada
www.reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/Alexander_Campbell   (156 words)

  
 Welcome to Founders' Hall -- Meet the Fathers of Confederation
Cartier was a key advocate of confederation as he was convinced it would benefit French Canadians.
Alexander Galt, who had advocated federal union for years, worked out the financial details of Confederation.
D’Arcy McGee, the only Canadian delegate who had previously visited the Maritimes, was a famed orator who spoke eloquently in favour of a new nationality.
www.foundershall.ca /meet   (331 words)

  
 Brief Biographies of Jackson Era Characters (C)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Brought from Scotland to the U.S. as a child, he graduated from Princeton, became a lawyer, and served as U.S. secretary of the treasury (1814), Senator from Tennessee from 1815-18, and minister to Russia from 1818-21.
Campbell, Rev. John M. Pastor of the Presbyterian church in Washington DC during Jackson Admin.
He became a judge, and a mostly behind the scenes politician -- though a congressman from 1795-7 and 1799-1801.
www.jmisc.net /BIOG-C.htm   (7500 words)

  
 Campbell Family Crest
In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
In the Campbell coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
We encourage you to study the Campbell genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/campbell-family-crest.htm?a=54323-224   (622 words)

  
 Early History of the Glenora Ferry
Peter Van Alstine, built the early mills at Lake on the Mountain and the stone mills at the Marysburgh ferry landing and was the earliest ferry owner at Glenora.
Henry was an ambitious and quick tempered lawyer, office holder, judge and politician during his career.
Alexander Fisher was a Loyalist who served in the Commissariat at Carleton Island, settled in Adolphustown and was appointed the first District judge and Chairman for the Quarter Sessions of the Midland District.
www.aandc.org /research/glenora_early.html   (6433 words)

  
 IAGenWeb: Pott. Co. - 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie Co.
ALEXANDER KENEDY, an enterprising and well-known citizen of Center Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, has resided on a farm in section 1 since 1880.
Alexander grew to manhood on a farm in Pennsylvania, receiving a somewhat limited education.
She was a daughter of Rev. John Prichard, who was a predestinarian or old-school Baptist minister and baptized Alexander Campbell.
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 John Thompson (politician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Like many Canadian leaders, he married a strong-willed wife — Annie Thompson had the same kind of spirit that had driven Agnes Macdonald to ride the cowcatcher of the CPR train through the British Columbia mountains.
His first major speech as PM was given in Toronto in January 1893 covering the topics of tolerance and Canadian nationalism in conjunction with loyalty to the British crown.
He was the second of two Canadian prime ministers to die in office (the first was Sir John A. Macdonald), and the first of three who did not die in Canada.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson   (1095 words)

  
 Louis Riel - The Trial of Louis Riel
Riel is a symbol of the alienation that Western Canadians frequently feel as a result of the disregard or meddlesome policies towards the West of the Eastern-dominated federal government.
The Bills recited that their purpose was to reverse the conviction of Louis Riel for high treason and to commemorate his role in the advancement of Canadian Confederation and the rights and interests of the Metis people and the people of Western Canada.
He added that Riel lacked credentials as a hero to all Canadians and that his life should not be taught in schools as if he was such a hero.
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 Scots and Scots Descendants - McD-Mu
Alexander McNaughton) and their daughter Catherine with the first of Captain Lauchlan Campbell's Highland Scotch colonists in 1738 and settled in Kikiate, Orange County, NY.
Alexander died young at 34 on February 17, 1793 and his funeral was attended by representatives of Spain, Britain and the US.
On April 10, McLean reported to Alexander that Lee had surrender to Grant in his new home, fences were down, and his crops were trampled.
www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Names-McD-Mu.htm   (13129 words)

  
 Campbell Coat of Arms, Family Crest
A Strathclyde-Briton family from the Scottish/English Borderlands was the first to use the surname Campbell.
It is a name for a person with a crooked mouth, or crooked smile.
This nickname surname is derived from the Gaelic words "cam" and "beul," meaning "crooked" and "mouth." Nicknames were a common source for surnames; in general, they came from the physical characteristics, behavior, mannerisms and other attributes of the bearer.
www.houseofnames.com /coatofarms_details.asp?sId=&s=Campbell   (1166 words)

  
 http://geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/3950/ScotlandinHistory.html
As an Ontario politician, he favoured a federation of the British Colonies in North America and spoke against the French Canadians, developing the deep divisions which persist today.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1764 - 1820) Born on the Isle of Lewis.
Alexander Monro (Primus) (1697 - 1767) Anatomist and Professor of Anatomy at the University of Edinburgh.
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 Francis N Alexander Arrest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
West, Alexander -- Private in Co. I often envision to myself, francis n alexander arrest, what an amazing concept.
I heard indian river county arrests information could continue being easy enough to try and understand with some great Alexander Cockburn.
David Sheehan Alexander C. Stutt: 15164: Emergency Serv.
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 Canadian historical figures impacted by C-36
A very incomplete "directory" of Canadian historical figures whose papers will be removed from the public domain until at least 2018--and up to 2038--by Bill C-36 and its Copyright Act amendments.
Alexander McKay Edwards, MP Waterloo South (Ontario) (1938); Gordon Edwards, Lumber merchant, MP Ottawa City (Ontario) (1946);
Alexander Young, MP Saskatoon City (Saskatchewan) (1935); Archibald Young, historian (1935); F.T.B. Young, New Brunswick MLA; (1940)
www.geocities.com /kenemish/c36figures.htm   (1550 words)

  
 March 4 - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
1877 - Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Russian composer (d.
1238 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Scotland, wife of King Alexander II of Scotland (b.
1866 - Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder of the Disciples of Christ (b.
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 Canadian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces.
He was knighted in 1609, granted the plantation of Nova Scotia in 1621 and made Viscount of Canada.
Principal of Knox (Presbyterian) College, Toronto, was born in the Parish of Kirkcolm, Wigtonshire, Scotland.
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 Economist's View: Paul Krugman's Introduction to Keynes' General Theory
A politician who promises that his tax cuts will create jobs by putting spending money in peoples’ pockets is a Keynesian, even if he claims to abhor the doctrine.
The first introductory textbook to present Keynesian thinking, written by the Canadian economist Lorie Tarshis, was targeted by a right-wing pressure campaign aimed at university trustees.
As a result of this campaign, many universities that had planned to adopt the book for their courses cancelled their orders, and sales of the book, which was initially very successful, collapsed.
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 12 Sep History: This Date
But, because he was outgoing and trusting and incapable of dissembling, he was always a bad politician.
The pomp of the Reims coronation, the sumptuous cortege of the solemn entry into Paris, and the lavish feasts revealed his love of ceremony and also pleased the people of Paris, who had been disheartened by a long succession of morose and sickly sovereigns.
Nineteen years old, secretive, cool-headed, and a clever politician, the Emperor had his mind set on a universal monarchy.
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