Port Dover,Canada West
Charles Berkeley Powell (August 19,1858 – 1933 [1] ) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented the riding of Ottawa in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1898 to 1904 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Port Dover,the son of Colonel Walker Powell,and educated at Galt College and McGill University. He apprenticed as a machinist with the Grand Trunk Railway and became a mechanical engineer. Powell served on the city council for Ottawa. He became a partner in the lumber firm of Pattee and Perley. He married Helen Louise Pattee.
Sir Richard William Scott,was a Canadian politician and cabinet minister.
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Napoléon Champagne was mayor of Ottawa,Ontario,Canada in 1908 and 1924,and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario representing Ottawa East from 1911 to 1914.
The Honourable Charles Herbert Mackintosh was a Canadian journalist and author,newspaper owner and editor,and politician. He served as mayor of Ottawa from 1879 to 1881,represented the City of Ottawa as a Liberal-Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887,and from 1890 to 1893,and served as Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories from 1893 to 1898,as it underwent a major transition toward responsible government.
HonoréRobillard was a Liberal-Conservative Member of the House of Commons of Canada for Ottawa City from 1887 to 1896 and a provincial Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Russell from 1883 to 1886. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature by defeating his brother,Alexander,who was the Liberal candidate.
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George Charles Hurdman was a Canadian lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Ottawa West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1914 to 1919 as a Liberal member.
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