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  Simon Fraser Tolmie
Simon Fraser Tolmie (January 25, 1867 - October 13, 1937) was a veterinarian, farmer, politician, and Premier of British Columbia.
Tolmie's Conservatives won the election and became Permier but his government was unable to cope with the Great Depression and was defeated by the rival Liberals in 1933.
Tolmie returned to federal politics winning a by-election in 1936 before dying the next year.
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 Tolmie, Simon Fraser   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tolmie, Simon Fraser, veterinarian, farmer, politician, premier of BC (born on January 25, 1867, at Victoria, B.C.; died there on October 13, 1937), son of William Fraser TOLMIE.
His lacklustre administration gradually disintegrated under the pressure of the Depression and internal squabbles, and was soundly defeated by the Liberals under T.D. in 1933.
Tolmie won the Victoria federal by-election in June 1936 and died in office.
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 Abduction of Miss Jean Fraser
Fraser on their daughter and sister, and begging his countenance and assistance to get justice, which you’ll send me any time with your conveniency that it may lye with the precognitions.
Ann Fraser and her trustees now took up the running with vigour, and in the first place obtained decreets of constitution and of adjudication against William Fraser, son and heir in general of the deceased William Fraser, and his tutors and curators.
I suspect that Charles Fraser-Mackintosh’s premise that Jean Fraser, relict of the deceased William Fraser, vintner in Inverness in 1803, was the same Jean Fraser, relict of William Fraser, who abducted her in 1744, is a bit flawed, since the heroine of the story was born in 1722 and would have been 81 in 1803.
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 UBC Archives -:An Inventory of His Fonds at the University of British Columbia Library, Special Collections Division
Simon Fraser Tolmie, son of fur trader, surgeon and Provincial M.L.A. William Fraser Tolmie, was born in Victoria.
Tolmie graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1891 and later became Dominion Inspector of Livestock.
Tolmie was elected leader of the B.C. Conservative Party in 1926 but remained in Parliament until the provincial election of 1928.
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 Simon Fraser Tolmie - Serving Agriculture: Canada's Ministers of Agriculture 1867-2004
Tolmie was elected MP for Victoria in 1917 and served in the Union government under prime ministers Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen.
Tolmie again held the agriculture portfolio for a few months in the summer of 1926 when Meighen's Conservatives were asked to form a government during the King-Byng constitutional crisis.
Tolmie was re-elected to represent Victoria in the House of Commons in a 1936 by-election but died in office in 1937.
www.agr.gc.ca /bios/index_e.php?page=tolmie   (682 words)

  
 The Homeroom: William Fraser Tolmie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
William Fraser Tolmie was born on 3 February 1812 at Inverness, Scotland, oldest son of Alexander Tolmie and Marjory Fraser.
Tolmie was afterwards a member of the provincial Board of Education, which operated from May 1872 until August 1878.
Simon Fraser Tolmie recalled that his father was a serious man, who ingrained his children with studious habits.
www.mala.bc.ca /homeroom/Content/Topics/People/wftolmie.htm   (1071 words)

  
 Mount Rainier National Park (Nature Notes)
The Honorable Simon Fraser Tolmie, son of the illustrious pioneer to whom this historical issue of Nature Notes is dedicated, is premier of our neighbor, the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Historically, Dr. William Fraser Tolmie occupies a prominent place in the annals of the Puget Sound region.
The page from his diary as reproduced from a photostat copy of the original tells the story of the climax of this adventure in the words of this man who was destined to precede, by many ears, thousands of others who were to be equally impressed by the regal beauty of the old volcano.
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 Mount Rainier National Park (Nature Notes)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was not until 1808 that Simon Fraser traveled the entire course of the river that today bears his name to emerge on the waters of the great Pacific.
Among them was a young man Dr. William Fraser Tolmie, who had just come from Scotland where he had prepared himself for the practice of medicine, and who was to have a profound influence upon the development of Puget Sound and also upon the history of Mt. Rainier.
Tolmie started from Fort Nisqually on August 29, 1833 with five Indians as companions, crossed the Nisqually plains to the Puyallup River, followed this stream to its junction with the Mowich, thence up the Mowich to its junction with Meadow Creek, thence to Mountain Meadows.
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 Oregon Symbols, Father of Oregon - SHG Resources
In 1792, John's granduncle, Simon Fraser became an apprentice clerk in the Northwest Fur Company of Montreal and in 1801 he became a partner and was selected to oversee the company's activities to the land west of the Rocky Mountains.
Upon returning from abroad, John's granduncle, Simon Fraser, once again influences his young life by obtaining an appointment for him as medical officer for the North West Fur Company, which by this time was a fierce competitor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
Simon Fraser, along with several other men, were also charged in the affair.
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 Simon Fraser Tolmie - Au Service de l'Agriculture : Ministres de l'Agriculture du Canada 1867-2004
Tolmie a été élu député de Victoria en 1917 et il a servi dans le gouvernement de l'Union sous les premiers ministres Robert Borden et Arthur Meighen.
Tolmie est devenu actif sur la scène politique provinciale et il a été élu chef du Parti conservateur de Colombie-Britannique en novembre 1926.
Tolmie a été réélu pour représenter Victoria aux Communes au cours d'une élection partielle en 1936 mais il est décédé en cours de mandat en 1937.
www.agr.gc.ca /bios/index_f.php?page=tolmie   (951 words)

  
 Cloverdale Elementary School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
So said Premier Simon Fraser ToImie describing the area that is now the playground at Cloverdale School, Cook Street and the Four Ways corner.
The Premier was visiting the school, regaling depression-era students with stories -- stories of his father and their farm, of skulls and prospectors staking the hill, of Cloverdale's history.
While Premier Simon Fraser Tolmie visited Cloverdale School frequently, it is to John that Cloverdale owes its origin.
www.sd61.bc.ca /school/cloverdale/history.htm   (1318 words)

  
 ABCBookWorld
Born in Inverness, Scotland on February 3, 1812, Tolmie was educated in Edinburgh and trained in medicine at Glasgow University.
Tolmie brought seeds of the acacia tree from Hawaii and he also introduced dahlia seeds from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest.
Publication of Tolmie's journals in 1963 was done with the permission of his relative Jean Tolmie Andrews.
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 Living Landscapes
He was a minister first in the Simon Fraser Tolmie cabinet (1928-33) and later in the John Hart coalition cabinet (1941-42).
In this contest, Bruhn's candidacy was boosted by a new Conservative leader, Dr. Simon Fraser Tolmie, and by a strong campaign--his nomination papers, for example, were signed by nearly 500 constituents.
He visited his native Sweden twice in the mid-1930s and was, as he told the legislature, "profoundly impressed" by their "middle way" of socialized capitalism.
www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca /thomp-ok/rolf/rolf-wallgreen.html   (2516 words)

  
 Simon Fraser Tolmie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tolmie had an impeccable pioneer lineage, which aided him in his political aspirations.
Tolmie thus became Premier of the province, also serving as Minister of Railways.
Those supporting Tolmie, ran as Unionists, and those grouped around William John Bowser, a former premier, ran as Non-Partisans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Simon_Fraser_Tolmie   (622 words)

  
 Info on BC and the Encyclopedia of BC
Simon Fraser Tolmie, like his predecessor Richard McBride, had strong roots in BC.
By 1931, when unemployment reached 28%, the highest in Canada, Tolmie was finally forced to act.
The Conservative party became entrapped by its commitment to "business principles." In 1931 Tolmie acceded to the request of a deputation of Vancouver businessmen that he establish a committee to propose solutions to the increasingly desperate financial situation.
www.knowbc.com /primer_concise_6.asp   (1522 words)

  
 NDP and U.S. Dems Share Election Challenges :: Views :: thetyee.ca
The two B.C. governments denied successive terms in the 20th century were the Conservative administration of Simon Fraser Tolmie, elected in 1928 and defeated in 1933 by Duff Pattullo's Liberals, and Dave Barrett's NDP government, victorious in 1972 but vanquished in 1975 by Bill Bennett's Social Credit party.
Hoover and Tolmie fell victim, along with many other incumbents of the time, to the Great Depression of the early 1930s.
Simon Fraser Tolmie's Conservatives not only were divided before the 1933 B.C. general election, they disintegrated.
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 James Rendall -- cooper
The Dr. Tolmie referred to below is William Fraser Tolmie.
He did a lot of studies on native peoples, and was quite a remarkable man. One of his sons, " Simon Fraser Tolmie" also a doctor, was premier of British Columbia.
The spelling is rendered differently on different dates, either by Tolmie at the time, or by the transcriber working to decipher his diary some 130 years later.
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 BCGNIS Geographical Name Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1834 Dr. Tolmie assisted at the removal of Fort Simpson from the Nass River to its present site, now known as Port Simpson [subsequently renamed Lax Kw'alaams], returning to Fort McLoughlin at the close of the year, where he remained until February 1836.
Tolmie was appointed chief factor in 1856, residing in Victoria, and was placed upon the board of management of the Hudson's Bay Company's affairs.
His son, Simon Fraser Tolmie, was the Conservative Premier of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933."
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 NPS Publications: Mount Rainier: Its Human History Associations (The Overland Approach)
Fort Langly was founded in 1827 near the mouth of the Fraser River (explored by Simon Fraser in 1808).
He began to erect the first buildings in May, and Dr. Tolmie was put in charge until the arrival of chief trader Heron.
William F. Tolmie had become superintendent of the P.S.A.C. in 1843, remaining at Nisqually until 1859, when he moved to Victoria, B. There he continued to manage the affairs of both the Hudson's Bay Company and the Puget Sound Agricultural Company at Nisqually.
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 British Columbia
The Ministry of Water, Land, and Air Protection protects water, land, and air quality, including climate change and environmental emergencies; has stewardship over biodiversity, including wildlife, fish, and protected areas; is responsible for park and wildlife recreation management, including hunting, angling, park recreation, and wildlife viewing; and is responsible for environmental monitoring and enforcement.
Pulp mills and mining activities, which discharge chemical waste, are contributors to soil pollution in the province, which has the strictest regulations in Canada on the discharge of chlorinated organic compounds.
Among the largest are: the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, with a 2003 total enrollment of approximately 53,000; Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, with 25,000 students; the British Columbia Institute of Technology in the Vancouver area; the University of Victoria; Royal Roads University in Victoria, with 2,300 students; the University
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 BCPSA Paper - Black
At home in British Columbia, his counterpart was Simon Fraser Tolmie, a stolid Conservative who as Premier was preaching the alleged virtues of applying business methods to every aspect of public affairs.
In Vancouver, as in the province generally, the demand for reform was heard constantly.
Tolmie is reported to have thought of government as just one more business and went so far as to run a slate of "businessmen" candidates.
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 The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - 1928 Chronology
The Tories, under Simon Fraser Tolmie, 61, took 32 of the province’s 48 seats, including every seat in Vancouver and Victoria.
Tolmie was a veterinarian who had once been chief inspector of livestock for the Dominion.
This was a busy year for Shelly: He was elected to the B.C. legislature and was finance minister and minister of industry under Premier Simon F. Tolmie from late 1928 to late 1930, and later president of the executive council—the cabinet.
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 The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - 1930 Chronology
After the funds were exhausted Valley residents, despite the Depression, voted to pay a new tax to continue the service—and the first regional library in North America was born.
It was the largest artificial ice surface in North America at the time, and would hold that title until 1936 and the building, by the Patrick brothers, of the Denman Arena.
It reads: “Near this place, in July, 1808, Simon Fraser of the North West Company ended his dangerous exploration of the Fraser River from Fort George.
www.vancouverhistory.ca /chronology1930.htm   (4936 words)

  
 TITLE OF THE ARTICLE:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tolmie, J.A. Phase space à côté, in Intersections of Art and Science, [Exhibition], Sydney: Ivan Dougherty Gallery, COFA, UNSW, [Digital Image and Animation].
Tolmie, J.A. Visualisation, Navigation and Mathematical Perception: A Visual Notation for Rational Numbers Mod1, [PhD Diss.], Canberra: Austr.
It is my thesis that hybrid methodologies should be presented as such, rather than forcing them into the notation and language of one discipline or the other.
www.mi.sanu.ac.yu /vismath/visbook/tolmie   (544 words)

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