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  • Macleans

    Flatlined: Michael Ignatieff

    Michael Ignatieff has been among the people.This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on March 21, 2011

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    Flora Isabel MacDonald

    Flora Isabel MacDonald, politician (born 3 June 1926 in North Sydney, NS; died 26 July 2015 in Ottawa, ON). Between 1956 and 1965 she worked at the Progressive CONSERVATIVE PARTY headquarters, where she was executive secretary for 5 years. She was then national secretary of the PC Assn 1966-69 while working at Queen's U.

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    Floyd Roland

    Floyd Roland, mechanic, politician, premier of Northwest Territories 2007 to 2011, mayor of Inuvik 2012 to 2015 (born 23 November 1961 in Inuvik, NWT). Roland sat in the Northwest Territories legislature for 12 years before becoming premier on 18 October 2007. His premiership was marred by a scandal over an affair between Roland and a clerk of the legislature.

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    Francis Fox

    Francis Fox, lawyer, politician (born 2 December 1939 in Montreal; died 24 September 2024). Francis Fox was educated at Jean-de-Brébeuf College, Université de Montréal (LL.L), Harvard Law School (LL.M) and Oxford (MA). He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1963 and worked as a lawyer from 1965 to 1968.

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    Francis Legge

    Francis Legge, soldier, colonial governor (b c 1719; d near London, Eng 15 May 1783). After an undistinguished military career spent largely in N America, Legge was appointed governor of NS (1773) by his kinsman the earl of Dartmouth.

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    Francis Longworth Haszard

    Francis Longworth Haszard, lawyer, politician, premier of PEI, judge (born at Bellevue, PEI 20 Nov 1849; died at Charlottetown 25 July 1938).

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    Francis Nicholson

    Francis Nicholson, soldier, governor of NS (b at Downholme, Eng 12 Nov 1655; d at London, Eng 5 Mar 1727/28). He led 2 unsuccessful attacks on Canada via the Hudson River and Lake CHAMPLAIN (1709 and 1711).

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    François Baby

    François Baby, French-Canadian fur-trader and businessman, militia officer and politician in Lower Canada (born 4 October 1733 at Montreal, Lower Canada; died 6 October 1820 at Quebec). 

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    François Blanchet

    François Blanchet, doctor, politician (b at St-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Qué 3 Apr 1776; d at Québec City 24 June 1830). Blanchet studied in New York and Québec.

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    François-Xavier Tessier

    François-Xavier Tessier, doctor, politician (b at Québec C 15 Sept 1799; d there 1835). Tessier studied in Québec City and New York and was admitted to the practice of medicine in 1823.

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    Frank Calder

    Frank Arthur Calder, OC, Nisga’a politician, chief, businessman (born 3 August 1915, Nass Harbour, BC; died 4 November 2006 in Victoria, BC). Frank Calder was the first Indigenous member of the BC legislature, elected in 1949. Calder is best known for his role in the Nisga’a Tribal Council’s Supreme Court case against the province of British Columbia (commonly known as the Calder case), which demonstrated that Aboriginal title (i.e., ownership) to traditional lands exists in modern Canadian law. 

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    Frank Duff Moores

    Frank Duff Moores, merchant, politician, 2nd premier of Newfoundland 1972-79 (b at Carbonear, Nfld 18 Feb 1933, d at Perth, Ont 10 July 2005).

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    Frank McKenna

    Frank Joseph McKenna, PC, OC, ONB, lawyer, politician, businessman, diplomat, premier of New Brunswick 1987–97 (born 19 January 1948 in Apohaqui, NB). McKenna became premier in only the second complete election sweep in Canadian history. Once called the "tiny, perfect premier," his decade in office was marked by a heavy focus on job creation. Despite his popularity in Liberal Party circles, he rejected an opportunity to run for the leadership of the federal party, in favour of corporate directorship.

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    Frank Miller

    Frank Miller, politician, premier of Ontario (b at Toronto 14 May 1927). He graduated from McGill U in chemical engineering in 1949. He was a General Motors dealer in Bracebridge, Ont, and operator of several resorts in the Muskoka area.

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    Frank Oliver

    Frank Oliver, newspaper publisher, politician (b Peel County, Canada W 14 Sept 1853; d at Ottawa 31 Mar 1933). He was the son of Allan Bowsfield but took his mother's maiden name. He brought the first printing press to Edmonton

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