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    Dorimène Desjardins

    Marie-Clara Dorimène Desjardins (née Roy), co-founder of the Caisses populaires Desjardins (born 17 September 1858 in Sorel, QC; died 14 June 1932 in Lévis, QC).

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    Douglas H. Fullerton

    Douglas H. Fullerton, OC, economist, financial consultant, author (born 3 September 1917 in St. John's, Newfoundland; died 21 December 1996 in Ottawa, ON). 

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    Doug Phillips

    Douglas George Phillips, businessman, politician, commissioner of Yukon 2010–18 (born 4 December 1946 in Toronto, ON).

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    Douglas White Ambridge

    Douglas White Ambridge, engineer, businessman (b at Mexico City, Mexico 5 Jan 1898; d at Toronto 16 Nov 1976).

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  • Macleans

    Drabinsky Charged

    Garth Drabinsky tucked his head down and drove forward into the crush of microphone-waving reporters at a Toronto hotel. When he finally reached the podium, he bit his lower lip and then launched into a dramatic rebuke of a series of U.S.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on January 25, 1999

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  • Macleans

    Drabinsky Gets the Hook

    Imagine what it must have been like for Garth Drabinsky, a person who is, above all else, accustomed to getting his own way.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on August 24, 1998

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    Drabinsky-Livent Suits

    Theatre impresario Garth Drabinsky hailed the April, 1998 arrival of a team of executives led by superagent Michael Ovitz as a blessing. Sure, it meant that Drabinsky and his longtime partner Myron Gottlieb would have to relinquish control of Livent Inc., their Toronto-based live theatre company.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on November 30, 1998

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  • Macleans

    Drabinsky Moves to the Back Row

    Garth Drabinsky should be used to it by now. He makes a decision, or launches a new venture, or sees a company under his command overhauled in one of those headline-grabbing power plays that have become as much a Drabinsky trademark as mega-musicals like Show Boat and Ragtime.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on April 27, 1998

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    Dufferin Roblin

    Dufferin "Duff" Roblin, businessman, politician, premier of Manitoba 1958-67 (b at Winnipeg 17 June 1917; d there 30 May 2010).

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    Dwight Ball

    Dwight Ball, pharmacist, businessman, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador 2015–20, leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador 2013–20 (born 21 December 1957 in Deer Lake, NL). Ball became premier at a time of economic crisis. After several years of prosperity, slumping oil revenues required his government to bring in unpopular austerity measures to fight a burgeoning provincial debt. Ball retained the premiership in 2019, when his Liberal Party won a minority government. On 17 February 2020, Dwight Ball announced his intention to resign as premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. He remained in that position until 19 August 2020, when Andrew Furey was sworn in as premier. (See also Politics in Newfoundland and Labrador.)

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    Edgar Kaiser Jr.

    Edgar Fosburgh Kaiser Jr., entrepreneur, merchant banker, philanthropist (born 5 July 1942 in Portland, Oregon; died 11 January 2012 in Toronto, ON).

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    Édouard Montpetit

    Édouard Montpetit, MSRC, lawyer, economist, professor, intellectual (born 26 September 1881 in Montmagny, QC; died 27 March 1954 in Montreal, QC). A key advocate of the modernization of French Canada through the dissemination of the principles of political economy, he championed national traditions against those who believed that they only hampered the progress of the nation. In doing so, he achieved the rare feat of appealing to all audiences.

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    Edward Ellice

    Edward Ellice, fur trader, merchant, politician (b at London, Eng 23 or 27 Sept 1783; d near Glengarry, Scot 17 Sept 1863).

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    Edward Gawler Prior

    Edward Gawler Prior, mining engineer, businessman, premier of BC 1902-03 (b at Dallaghgill, Eng 21 May 1853; d at Victoria 12 Dec 1920). In 1873 Prior immigrated to Vancouver Island, BC, and worked for a mining company in Nanaimo.

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    Edward Plunkett Taylor

    Edward Plunkett Taylor, "E.P.," businessman (b at Ottawa 29 Jan 1901; d at Lyford Cay, Bahamas 14 May 1989). Educated at McGill, Taylor joined the stockbroking firm MCLEOD, YOUNG, WEIR AND CO in Ottawa in 1923, moving to Toronto in 1928 and becoming a director in 1929.

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