191 Tag Results for Ontario

Winona Margaret Flett

Winona was one of eight women to be invited to occupy seats on the floor of the Legislative Assembly.

Laura Elizabeth McCully

What separated McCully from most suffragists was her ardent belief that women should have the right to serve in an auxiliary military force.

Marion Elizabeth Stinson

In September 1915 she donated her home for use as a convalescent hospital by returned soldiers from Hamilton.

George Frederick Galt

Galt served in Ottawa for four years, refused remuneration for this work, and declined a knighthood.

Sir Samuel Hughes

In the beginning, Sam Hughes had a very good war.

Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle

Flavelle's post-war reputation as a master of business and public service quickly overpowered the lingering whiffs from the bacon scandal.

William (Billy) Avery Bishop Jr.

Bishop is Canada's most celebrated First World War pilot.

Charles Wilson Farran Gorrell

The taint of a hospital scandal led this doctor to suffer from functional paralysis. He went untreated and committed suicide one month later.

James Alexander Macdonald

Macdonald’s presence exerted a moderating influence on the Globe’s response to the war.

John Morison Gibson

Gibson’s philosophy of public service had always been voluntarism, so it was with some reluctance that he accepted conscription.

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