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		Mining.—The mineral districts occur from Cape Breton to the islands in the Pacific and the Yukon district.
		The chief fruit-growing districts have long been in southern and western Ontario and in Nova Scotia; but recently much attention has been devoted to fruit-growing in British Columbia, where large areas of suitable land are available for the cultivation of apples, pears and other fruits.
		In some parts of the semi-arid districts in the interior of the province irrigation is being successfully practised for the purpose of bringing land under profitable cultivation for fruit.
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	Encyclopedia: Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
		Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.
		Regina Walsh Acres is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.
		The Battlefords is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan (2780 words)

	The Fathers of the North West Territories
		As magistrate his jurisdiction extended over both criminal and civil cases, and it was due to his wisdom and justice that law and order were established so successfully on the western prairies, and the treaty with the plains Indians concluded so satisfactorily.
		He was elected for the Kootenay district in the B.C. legislature in 1868 and re-elected in 1878.
		Viscount Boyle (number 4) was elected from the Macleod district where he was engaged in the ranching business on a large scale.
	www.rootsweb.com /~abwcobit/NewsExtract/1930Calgary/Lists/FathersoftheNorthWest13Dec1930nhjp0969.htm (2088 words)

	Louis Riel - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the electoral district of Lorne, a meeting of the south branch Métis was held in the village of Batoche on March 24, and thirty representatives voted to ask Riel to return and represent their cause.
		A provisional government was declared at Batoche on March 19, with Riel as the political and sprititual leader and with Dumont assuming responsiblity for military affairs.
		The outcome of the ensuing Battle of Batoche which took place from May 9 – May 12 was never in doubt, and on May 15 a disheveled Riel surrendered to Canadian forces.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Louis_Riel (5904 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Joan Beatty, NDP - Cumberland (Saskatchewan electoral district)
		Buckley Belanger, NDP - Athabasca (Saskatchewan electoral district)
		Maynard Sonntag, NDP - Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district)
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan (208 words)

	Lorne (N.W.T. electoral district) at AllExperts
		Lorne was the first electoral district created in the history of the Northwest Territories.The district was created in 1881 and saw the first election, and elected member to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
		The district was named after Marquess of Lorne who toured through the Northwest Territories in 1881.
		The district ceased to exist in 1888, and became part of the district of Batoche.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/lo/lorne_(n.w.t._electoral_district).htm (197 words)

	Ecclectica - "By a Union of Effort We Effect a Great Deal:" The English-Speaking Métis and the Anglican Mission ...
		While the retired British born heads of families in the community were, to a degree, influenced by Church sanctions, the response of their mixed-blood families was varied and uneven.
		His long-time country marriage to Jane Flett, a Native woman, was sanctioned by the Anglican clergy in 1828 and she eventually bore a total of seven children.
		In the electoral re-organization of 1879 the English-speaking Métis were left in control of only one seat in the twenty-four seat legislature -- Norquay's riding at St. Andrew's.
	www.ecclectica.ca /issues/2003/2/coutts.asp (13519 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Louis Riel
		In the electoral district of Lorne, a meeting of the south branch Métis was held in the village of Batoche on March 24, and thirty representatives voted to ask Riel to return and represent their cause.
		A provisional government was declared at Batoche on March 19, with Riel as the political and spiritual leader and with Dumont assuming responsibility for military affairs.
		The outcome of the ensuing Battle of Batoche which took place from May 9 – May 12 was never in doubt, and on May 15 a disheveled Riel surrendered to Canadian forces.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Louis_Riel (6290 words)

	Louis Riel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following the Red River Rebellion, large numbers of Métis travelled west and settled in the Saskatchewan Valley, especially along the south branch of the river in the country surrounding the Saint-Laurent mission (near modern Grandin, Saskatchewan).
		On May 6 a joint "Settler's Union" meeting was attended by both the Métis and English-speaking representatives from Prince Albert, including William Henry Jackson, an Ontario settler sympathetic to the Métis and known to them as Honoré Jackson, and James Isbister of the Anglo-Metis.
		A provisional government was declared at Batoche on March 19, with Riel as the political and spiritual leader and with Dumont assuming responsiblity for military affairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_Riel (5990 words)

	Territorial Evolution - The Atlas of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The province claimed the District of Ungava: all the territory between its northern boundary and Hudson Strait, and between Hudson Bay in the west, and the Atlantic Ocean or to the limits of Newfoundland in the east.
		The District of Mackenzie was described as the area bounded by the Yukon Territory, the Arctic Ocean, 102th west longitude, and the 60th parallel of latitude.
		The boundaries of the District of Keewatin were defined as being 102th west longitude, the Arctic Ocean, a line across the Melville Peninsula, through Frozen Strait to the northern tip of Quebec, the shores of Hudson and James Bays, and the 60th parallel of latitude.
	www-gad1.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca /newtexts/map_texts/english/te_Longtexte_e.html (9138 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography
		He attended the Midland District Grammar School in 1827—28 and also a private co-educational school in Kingston where he was given a “classical and general” education which included the study of Latin and Greek, arithmetic, geography, English reading and grammar, and rhetoric.
		Macdonald’s famous remark in his electoral address on the 7th of that month, “I am a British subject and British born, and a British subject I hope to die,” has to be read more as an expression of Canadian nationalism than as any lofty imperial sentiment.
		While he was in bed recovering from a cold, a severe stroke overtook him on the afternoon of 29 May. He never spoke again.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBioPrintable.asp?BioId=40370 (17674 words)

	Debates - Issue 34 - April 28, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Bell of Batoche was the clarion call for the Metis to attend mass.
		The Bell of Batoche, brought by Ed McCurry and Ira Nattress, was deposited in Millbrook, in the heart of the Orange belt, and put on display as one of the semi-sanctified spoils of war.
		Finally, I believe that to hear the Bell of Batoche ringing again in the Metis heartland from its rightful home in the church would be the truly moving culmination of a significant chapter in our nation's history.
	www.parl.gc.ca /37/3/parlbus/chambus/senate/deb-e/034db_2004-04-28-E.htm?Language=E&Parl=37&Ses=3 (13567 words)

	Articles - Batoche (electoral district) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It is located in north central Saskatchewan, has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing.
		This is also the land where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885.
		Batoche National Historic Site is located in this constituency.
	www.pointgathering.com /articles/Batoche_%28electoral_district%29 (103 words)

	Saskatchewan Act
		Until the said Legislature otherwise determines, all the provisions of the law with regard to the constitution of the Legislative Assembly of the North-west Territories and the election of members thereof shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Legislative Assembly of the said province and the election of members thereof respectively.
		The province of Saskatchewan shall be divided into twentyfive electoral divisions which shall respectively comprise and consist of the parts and portions of the province hereinafter described.
		Excepting and reserving out of the said electoral division of South Regina all that portion thereof comprised within the limits of the city of Regina as incorporated by ordinance of the Northwest Territories.
	www.solon.org /Constitutions/Canada/English/sa_1905.html (1372 words)

	STRATHCONA (Alberta) 1883 - 1886
		This year the District of Alberta is named after Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria, who is married to the Marquees of Lorne- Canada's Governor General, from 1878 to 1883.
		November 12: Strathcona, (Alberta), birth, Agatha (Chile) Garneau, Metis is born November 12, 1883 Strathcona, District of Alberta, died 1918, daughter Lawrence Garneau, Metis (1840-1921) and Eleanor Thomas, Metis (1850/52-1912).
		After the battle was lost, the Ontario troops stormed the church of St Antoine de Padoue at Batoche, stealing the the bell from the steeple as a war trophy.
	www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/alberta7.htm (8178 words)

	Welcome to Back to Batoche
		The 1885 Resistance occurred because the Métis were frustrated that the federal government did not address their many petitions regarding their lack of formal title to their lands and their desire for proper political representation.
		In 1881, the electoral District of Lorne – which included Prince Albert, Carlton, Duck Lake, St. Laurent and Batoche – was created.
		The Métis in the Saskatchewan District (and in the Assiniboia District in what is now southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta) did not have formal title to their lands.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /~batoche/html/resources/proof_why_did_the_1885_res.php (1238 words)

	Alberta Online Encyclopedia - Treaty 6 - Treaty 6 Past and Present - Glossary
		George established and oversaw missions in all of the Saskatchewan District, including the present-day provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and was charged by the Dominion government to announce treaty plans to the First Nations peoples in the area.
		On May 15, shortly after the fall of Batoche, Riel surrendered to Canadian forces and was taken to Regina to stand trial for treason.
		At the outbreak of the violence, the government of Sir John A. Macdonald asked Strange to organize a field force for the District of Alberta.
	www.albertasource.ca /treaty6/glossary.html (10455 words)

	Trent University Archives: City of Peterborough Records
		There are clippings of her articles in local newspapers, historical maps (drawn by Gerald Marryat) and other materials relating to settlement of Hastings and district such as education and nursing.
		Also included are the correspondence and photograph collections of her brothers, Donald and Eric (mostly from World War I), and material on Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), navy captain and novelist.
		Description: This item is a minute book of an Orange Lodge; the Royal Scarlet Chapter of County of West Peterborough, District number 1 from April 14, 1923 to May 15, 1962.
	www.trentu.ca /library/archives/city.htm (6814 words)

	[NN-Dialogue] Wotanging Ikche--nanews11.023
		Cherokees in District 3 (Sequoyah County) re-elected David Thornton to the Tribal Council and chose Phyllis Yargee as a new council member, both with 22 percent of the vote.
		The only other race to result in a runoff was in District 4 which includes portions of Wagoner, Muskogee and MacIntosh counties.
		But in order to be accepted, they must be of our own making and reflect our culture and values -- not the prescription of a minister or prime minister stuck in a colonial mindset where only they know what is good for us.
	www.biochem.uthscsa.edu /pipermail/nn-dialogue/2003-June/000445.html (15584 words)

	The Glenbow Museum > Dewdney Papers- Table of Contents
		They were sent to me by Lawrence Clark of the HBC who is obtaining from his officers in the Peace River district similar information.
		Riel may have great influence, but he is political dynamite and your enemies would have the best possible weapon against you.
		Don't forget to agitate for additional representation in the North West for your district.
	www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/dewdney.cfm (9565 words)

	TurtleIsland.org :: View topic - Turtle Island Native Network News Briefs June 2005
		The preliminary conclusions indicate that the electoral process took place in a fair and democratic manner and without irregularities.- - The AFNQL delegated four observers who were present during the course of the election.
		In 2004, the department announced that the school district had complied with the terms of the agreement and closed the case.
		In a report submitted to the department in May 2003, for example, the district claimed that there were no racial disparities in the way in which it disciplined its high school students.
	www.turtleisland.org /discussion/viewtopic.php?p=5857&sid=ebcd4314970e67d7ff269d29a3acb752 (17418 words)

	MHS Transactions: An Early Manitoba Diary: Extracts from J. W. Harris's Private Account
		Tait slept in my bed in consequence of which I was not very cold myself.
		The arrest of Cornish and Thibadeau, appears to have been made in connection with an unsuccessful attempt to steal the poll book in the West Ward, during which the lamp was blown out and the stove knocked over, evidently standard procedure with these electoral commandos.
		August 21 he says: "Proceed to have various articles of goods taken to house, viz., stove, bed and dishes, all of which were carefully selected at stores," and the next day: "No more boarding please." In the future he would have a little more control over the porridge.
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/manitobadiary.shtml (6481 words)

	Crowsnest Highway
		Order-in-Council establishes the provisional Districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabaska in the N-WT.
		Robert Beaven elected premier of B.C. Robert Leslie Thomas Galbraith remains MPP for the Kootenay Electoral District.
		Sheep prohibited from ranging south of the Highwood River in the District of Alberta, N-WT Dr. George Mercer Dawson of the Geological Survey of Canada again examines the Crowsnest Pass area.
	www.crowsnest-highway.ca /timeline.pl?page=5 (3181 words)

	1The Mystery of the French Language Ordinances:
		Provision was also made for additional members to be elected as population increased: section 13 empowered the lieutenant-governor to erect electoral districts in areas populated by 1,000 adult inhabitants "exclusive of aliens or unenfranchised Indians." The maximum number of elected councillors was set at 21.
		In the meantime, the total number of councillors continued to increase as new electoral districts were created to meet the flood of immigrants from Ontario.
		Levasseur, the new assistant clerk of the North-West legislative assembly, was, it was announced, "a man of education and instructed in French and English."
	www.ualberta.ca /~eaunger/pubs/mystery1998.htm (6942 words)

	One Language and One Nationality:
		, encompassing the former District of Assiniboia, the most settled part of Rupert’s Land, had used English and French in its government and courts for more than two decades and, as part of the Confederation bargain, the Canadian government agreed to constitutionally entrench this language regime.
		The North-West Legislative Assembly, convened on October 31, 1888, was composed of 22 elected legislators returned in 19 electoral divisions.
		Municipal District Act, as amended on April 6, 1945, also established English-language competence as a condition for eligibility to elected office.
	www.ualberta.ca /~eaunger/pubs/OneLanguage2005.htm (6969 words)

	Batoche (electoral district) at AllExperts
		Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.
		It is located in north central Saskatchewan, has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing.
		This is also the land where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/batoche_(electoral_district).htm (195 words)

	A Bit Of History...
		A schedule followed the main body of the act that defined the initial electoral divisions for the province.
		The original 25 electoral divisions were defined in a schedule following the main body of the act.
		Prior to European settlement, Saskatchewan was settled by Athabaskan, Algonquian, and Sioux tribes.
	gbmoviemadness.heavenforum.com /ftopic21.A-Bit-Of-History.htm (1042 words)

	MHS Transactions: The life and times of Archbishop Tache
		In 1844, this vast district became an apostolic vicariate and Bishop Provencher brought to the Red River region the first four Grey Nuns, Sisters, Valade, Lagrave, Coutlee and Lafrance.
		Upon the invitation of the Lieutenant-Governor, Bishop Tache, who knew the territory so well, was requested to devise a plan of sub-division in electoral districts for the new government.
		It is reported that the Archbishop reconstituted, from memory and from documents on hand, the estate of the deceased Bishop, a feat which only Tache could perform "proving to be a significant service to the Church and the missions of the North".
	www.mhs.mb.ca /docs/transactions/3/tache.shtml (6798 words)

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