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    William Ross Macdonald PC OC CD QC (December 25, 1891 – May 28, 1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as 22nd...
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  • Ross Macdonald was the main pseudonym used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar (/ˈmɪlər/; December 13, 1915 – July 11, 1983)...
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    The W. Ross Macdonald School was founded in March 1872 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Its first principal was Ezekiel Stone Wiggins. It provides instruction...
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  • African-American politician and businessman William Ross Macdonald (1891–1976), Canadian lawyer and statesman; from Ontario William Walter McDonald (1844–1929), Canadian...
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  • Canadian provincial politician William Ross Macdonald (1891–1976), Canadian national politician Ab Macdonald Albert Macdonald (1896 – after 1967), South Australian...
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    Great Canadian Flag Debate Landon Pearson Canada and the United Nations MacDonald, L. Ian. "The Best Prime Minister of the Last 50 Years — Pearson, by a...
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    family was not wealthy. His mother remarried in 1945 to Frank Mackenzie Ross, who later served as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, and the family...
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    William Grenville Davis, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (July 30, 1929 – August 8, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Ontario from 1971...
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  • cabinet by virtue of a separate ministerial appointment, such as William Benjamin Ross who served in the position in 1926, and Walter Morley Aseltine and...
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    aircraft. In 1977, following the resignation of Finance Minister Donald MacDonald, Chrétien succeeded him. He was the first francophone minister of finance...
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  • Euphemia's grandson, Alexander of Islay (Alexander Macdonald), Lord of the Isles, who as Earl of Ross continued to hold it until his son, John forfeited...
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    illegitimate son of Alexander Macdonald, Earl of Ross. On 28 May 1625, his great-great-great-great-grandson Donald Gorm Og Macdonald (not to be confused with...
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  • Candidate Votes Liberal William Ross Macdonald 7,383 Conservative Robert Edwy Ryerson 6,511 Co-operative Commonwealth William John Cowherd 1,618 Reconstruction...
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    September 6, 1945 September 14, 1949 4 years, 69 days Liberal 20th 22 William Ross Macdonald MP for Brantford (1891–1976) September 15, 1949 June 11, 1953 3 years...
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    2019. Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (2007). Canada's Prime Ministers, Macdonald to Trudeau: Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto:...
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    on to serve as a noted member of the cabinets of four Prime Ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau...
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    Norman Gene Macdonald (October 17, 1959 – September 14, 2021) was a Canadian stand-up comedian, actor, and writer whose style was characterized by deadpan...
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    King of Arms; these are: Clan Macdonald of Sleat, Clan Macdonald of Clanranald, Clan MacDonald of Keppoch, Clan MacDonald of Glencoe, Clan MacDonell of...
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  • Legislative Assembly of Ontario and MPP for the electoral riding of Brant William Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC (1891–1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor...
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  • Campney (1952-10-15) (1954-01-11)October 15, 1952 – January 11, 1954 William Ross Macdonald (1954-01-12) (1957-06-21)January 12, 1954 – June 21, 1957 Léon Balcer...
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    him Canada's third-longest-serving prime minister, behind John A. Macdonald and William Lyon Mackenzie King. Despite his personal motto, "Reason before...
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    Sir William Christopher Macdonald (10 February 1831 – 9 June 1917) was a Canadian tobacco manufacturer and major education philanthropist in Canada. Though...
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  • born 20 October 1910 in Sarnia, Ontario. She was the only child of Alfred William and Ethel Selina Mills, her father being a textiles and goods merchant...
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  • and 1930. Ryerson was defeated in the 1935 federal election by William Ross Macdonald of the Liberal party. Normandin, A.L. (1932). Canadian Parliamentary...
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    (1877–1962) September 12, 1945 June 20, 1957 Progressive Conservative 15 William Ross Macdonald Senator for Brantford, Ontario (1891–1976) June 20, 1957 April 21...
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    to the rank of Earl of Ross (1436–49). His lively career, especially before he attained the earldom of Ross, led Hugh MacDonald, the 17th century author...
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    Progressive Conservative Party, led by George Drew. The Speaker was William Ross Macdonald. See also List of Canadian electoral districts 1947-1952 for a list...
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  • officers. The first lieutenant governor of Ontario, General Sir Henry William Stisted, was the last British lieutenant governor. From 1868 onwards, only...
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    Hays Paul Hellyer Arthur Laing Judy LaMarsh Maurice Lamontagne William Ross Macdonald Allan MacEachen George McIlraith Bryce Mackasey John Watson MacNaught...
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    William Earl Rowe, PC (13 May 1894 – 9 February 1984), was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from...
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