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Robert Forke, (later Senator Forke) the sponsor of the Bill, moved that the House go into Committee on the Bill, No.
Forke, of Brandon, pointed out that the Presbyterians who were opposing union were the Presbyterians who were finding fault with the courts of their own Church.
Forke asked what would happen if the court decided against the power of the General Assembly to enter union, would two churches be united.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Progressive Party of Canada
The Progressive Party was founded in 1920 by Thomas Crerar, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Unionist government of Robert Borden.
He was replaced by Robert Forke, another ex-Liberal who agreed with Crerar on most issues.
Moderates like Forke returned to the Liberal party (as Liberal-Progressives), and the remaining Progressives reconstituted themselves as parliamentary representatives of the United Farmers of Alberta.
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 Robert Did You Mean robert?
The name Robert means "bright fame", derived from the Germanic elements hrod (fame) and beraht (bright).
Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England
Robert A. Taft II Robert A. Taft I
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 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Dr William James Roche*, the mp for Marquette since 1896, and Robert Rogers*, the master of the province's Conservative machine and a member of Premier Rodmond Palen Roblin*'s cabinet, stood ahead of him, and both became ministers.
Proud of the Union government's record, he was committed to broadening the base of the old Conservative Party, much as John A. Macdonald* had done in 1854 and 1867 and Borden in 1911 and 1917.
The Progressives, now led by Manitoban Robert Forke*, were a much diminished force compared to 1921, and they limited their focus to the prairies.
www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=42122   (9222 words)

  
 Chapter 6 Starting Again - Gordon Murchison Memoirs
Robert Forke had been elected to Parliament as a Progressive.
McKenzie King was having some trouble and to strengthen his control of Parliament he appointed Forke as Minister of Immigration, and in this department the parliamentary responsibility for Soldier Settlement administration was centered.
Good old Forke had some political forces of his own to keep in order and insisted upon appointment of his nephew as District Superintendent for Soldier Settlement in Manitoba.
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 Robert Forke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Forke (April 6, 1860 – February 2, 1934) was a Canadian politician.
In his classic study of the Progressive Party in Canada, historian W.L. Morton described Forke as "a bluff amiable Scots Canadian of transparent honest and transcendent modesty", and "a western agrarian Liberal who hoped to redeem the federal Liberal party but who thought continued Progressive independence a necessary means to that end".
An article containing primary documents relating to Robert Forke
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 Civilization.ca - The History of Canada's Public Pensions
This parliamentary unity allowed the government to assume an unprecedented level of control over the country's economy in order to supply the war effort.
Labour Members James S. Woodsworth and Abraham A. Heaps, in co-operation with Progressive leader Robert Forke, presented Mackenzie King with a number of policy initiatives they considered essential, one of which was an old age pension program.
The Prime Minister agreed to pursue the reforms in return for the support of the two parties, thus ensuring his government would not fall.
www.civilization.ca /hist/pensions/cpp-a15-pe_e.html   (515 words)

  
 Tim Russ Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Tim Russ, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Roxann Dawson.
Robert Picardo, Dwight Schultz, Kate Mulgrew, Roxann Biggs-Dawson.
Robert Beltran, Henry Darrow, Richard Fancy, Douglas Spain.
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 Articles index started with ro
Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven
Robert Bourassa's speech on the end of the Meech Lake Accord
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
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 Election History and Results - Canadawiki
1904 - 10th general election, Liberals, led by Laurier, are re-elected with a third majority, defeating the Conservatives of Sir Robert Borden.
1940 - 19th general election, Liberals, led by Mackenzie King, are re-elected with a second consecutive majority, defeating Robert Manion's National Government party, a failed attempt to recreate Robert Borden's World War I-era Unionists.
1968 - 28th general election, Liberals, led by prime minister Pierre Trudeau, are re-elected with a majority, defeating the Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield.
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 A Selection from 1987 WSP   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Forke touched upon the tariff, although, he said, he was told at Ottawa that he would not dare to mention that question in Hamilton.
Forke repeated there was no use grumbling at taxation, but something might be done even to apportion the burden.
Forke concluded by saying he appreciated the problems facing industry, and he earnestly hoped that these would be satisfactorily resolved.
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 The Ottumwa Courier - Shirley Millhouse, 69, Fairfield   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
FAIRFIELD — Shirley Adelaide Forke Mackon Millhouse, 69, was born May 14, 1935 in Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.
She was the birth daughter of George Forke and Isabel Hall and was later adopted by Alexander and Annie (Hall) Mackon.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband, birth and adoptive parents, sisters Verna Fairburn, Ethel Forke, brother George Forke, twin grandsons Russell and Robert Millhouse and grandson Jason Giberson.
www.ottumwacourier.com /obituaries/local_story_100004658.html   (302 words)

  
 Robert BARTLETT
On 14/24 July, 1673, Robert Bartlett, by deed of gift, conveyed to his son Joseph Bartlett his dwelling and lands at Eel River, with the condition that Joseph was not to take possession Until after the death of both his father and his mother.
This deed of Gift was acknowlided by Robert Bartlett senir this 24th day of July 1673 before mee Constant Southworth Assistant; [Col.
Deeds, 111: 301] Mary (Warren) Bartlett, wife of Robert, receipted for her share of her mother's estate on 4/14 March, 1673/4.
www.phillipsplace.net /genealogy/ps01/ps01_103.html   (424 words)

  
 Progressive Party of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crerar quit the Borden cabinet in 1919 because Minister of Finance Thomas White introduced a budget that did not pay sufficient attention to farmers' issues.
While in the 1921 election Crerar had toured the entire nation, Forke abandoned everything east of Manitoba.
This left the party dominated by the radical Alberta wing.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Progressive_Party_of_Canada   (1422 words)

  
 The Online News Station
Lee was born July 23, 1940 in Houston, Texas to Mike and Anna Noto De Forke.
Pallbearers will be Lee DeForke, Jr., Mike Malmstrom, Sr., Robert Malmstrom, II, Larry Perez, II, Jerry Wylie and Tony Sanchez.
The family gives special thanks to AMED Hospice for their devoted care for Lee; also Seabreeze Nursing Home Staff and Dr. M.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Elections in Canada
It is also possible for a general election to be delayed should Canada be embroiled in a war or insurrection.
This provision was enacted to allow Prime Minister Robert Borden to delay a federal election for about a year during World War I.
Since then, the provision has only been used twice, both times by provincial governments - Ontario delayed an election for a few weeks in the year following the Armistice in 1918.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Elections_in_Canada   (1305 words)

  
 The Glenbow Museum > Thomlinson Family
-- Robert Forke was elected the Member of Parliament for Brandon in 1921, and replaced T.A. Crerar as leader of the Progressives in 1922.
The letters are probably the fictional work of Clara Thomlinson, who dreamed of being a writer.
- Consists of a postcard view of Kenton, Manitoba; portrait of Robert Thomlinson; views of the Bready / Bond families and homes; views of schools and students, possibly Whitburn School near Blueberry Mountain; and many unidentified images.
www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/thomlinson.cfm   (2511 words)

  
 Review, buy Action & Adventure: Wired to Kill, Turk 182, Hostage Train, No Contest, Back to Back, Longest Day (Col), ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From the German high command and front-line officers to the French Resistance and all the key Allied participants, the screenplay by Cornelius Ryan, based on his own authoritative book, is as factually accurate as possible.
The endless parade of stars (John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton, to name a few) makes for an uneasy mix of verisimilitude and Hollywood star-power, however, and the film falls a little flat for too much of its three-hour running time.
But the set-piece battles are still spectacular, and if the landings on Omaha Beach lack the graphic gore of Private Ryan they nonetheless show the sheer scale and audacity of the invasion.
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 Administration Annual Report, 2003 - 2004
The Library/Archives exhibition of the Forke Map Collection at the Museum of Nebraska History likewise enabled us to visualize the physical changes in the place called Nebraska over the past three hundred years.
The Robert W. Furnas Award for significant contributions to the work of the Nebraska State Historical Society went to Ronald and Judith Stolz Parks of Papillion, Nebraska, recognizing their support of the Society's publishing program and the biennial Fort Robinson History Conference.
Robert Clark, Eugene, OR Carl and Shirley Clopeck, Lincoln
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 Canadian ministries
1938) 25 Jun 1994 - 2 Sep 2000 Joseph Philip Robert Murray (b.
1999) 17 Sep 1953 - 21 Jun 1957 Robert Henry Winters (b.
1950) 25 Sep 1926 - 30 Dec 1929 Robert Forke (b.
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 Class of 1954
ROW 2: Jane Barnett, Robert Barrickman, Virgil Bengston, Arnold Blodgett, Marjorie Brown, Rama Burchett, Evelyn Byers, Sandra Cadden, Kent Collins, Carolyn Cragg, John Crawford, Richard Darr.
ROW 7: Roger Ratliff, Nancy Read, Robert Russell, Gary Sallade, Pearl Ann Schupbach, Sondra Schwab, Shirley Shaw, Vivian Shelton, Walda Shockey, Bonnie Skinner, Mary Ann Smith, Dianna Spencer, Jerome Stanek, Virgil Stanley, Shirley Stiles, Peter Tilley, Janet Tolman.
ROW 8: Donna Truitt, Bill Turnbull, Vauncille Tuttle, Robert Vance, Ellis Waddill, Jeanette Watson, Elaine Wellborn, Delno West, Mary Ann Western, Marilyn Wheeler, Larry Whitney, Mary Ann Williams, Eldon Winkleman, Shirley Yadon, David Young, Linda Fair.
www2.truman.edu /khs1954/photos.htm   (491 words)

  
 Robert Bartlett   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Inventory of the estate of Robert Bartlett exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 29th of October 1676 on the oath of Mary Bartlett widdow
Itemm old Cart and wheels and a plow and Chaine Copprings and staple bolts and shakells donge forke pitch forkes syth and siekle 01 00 00
Item debts due to the estate 06 11 06
etext.lib.virginia.edu /users/deetz/Plymouth/P250.htm   (241 words)

  
 Canadian historical figures impacted by C-36
; Charles Alexander Harris, Governor of Newfoundland (1947); Charles Robert Harrison, M.P. Nipissing (Ont.) and Ontario MPP (1946); Thomas Aaron Hartt, M.P. Charlotte (N.B.) (1930); Paul Hatfield, MP Yarmouth and Clare, Shelburne and Yarmouth (Nova Scotia), and Senator (1935);
Andrew B. Ingram, M.P. Elgin East (Ont.) (1934); Robert Irwin, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia (1941)
; Eugène Roberge, Quebec Legislative Councillor (1935); William Francis Roberts, New Brunswick MLA and Cabinet Minister (1938); Charles Robertson, Ontario MPP (1940); Gideon Robertson, Federal cabinet minister and Senator (Ontario) (1933); Jean-Louis Robicheau, Senator (Nova Scotia) (1948);
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 Will & inventory of Rpbert Bartlett
The inventory of the estate of Robert Bartlett
“The Inventory of the estate of Robert Bartlett exhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the 29
For biographical information about Robert Bartlett, click HERE.
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 Hitman's Run (1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Tagline: Hiding From The FBI And The Mob Can Be Deadly (more)
Plot Summary: A former mob hitman (Eric Roberts), now in witness protection, is forced to come out of retirement when his family is threatened by his cohorts...
MPAA: Rated R for strong pervasive violence, and for language.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0174741   (294 words)

  
 Constable Dunning 1792
Margaret was born on 2 February 1794, the daughter of Robert and Margaret Clark.
TO THE MEMORY OF WHO DIED JANY 23rd 1829, AGE 76
ROBERT WILSON C. WHO DIED APRIL 10th 1835, AGE 80
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 Kate's Addiction
Kate (Wuhrer, from SLIDERS) visits Los Angeles to find an old friend (Forke).
But Kate is looking for more than just friendship, and those who get in her way had better watch out.
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