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    Elizabeth Smith-Shortt

    Elizabeth Smith-Shortt, née Smith, physician, feminist (b at Winona, Canada W 18 Jan 1859; d at Ottawa 14 Jan 1949). She belonged to the prosperous LOYALIST family that founded the E.D. Smith preserves company.

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    Elizabeth Sterling Haynes

    Elizabeth Sterling Haynes (née Elizabeth Sterling), director, community and educational drama specialist (b at Seaham Harbour, England 7 December 1897; d at Toronto 26 April 1957).

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    Elizabeth Brewster

    Elizabeth Winifred Brewster, poet, writer (born 26 August 1922 in Chipman, NB; died 26 December 2012). 

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    Elizabeth Wyn Wood

    Elizabeth Wyn Wood, sculptor (b at Orillia, Ont 8 Oct 1903; d at Toronto 27 Jan 1966). She made a significant contribution to Canada's cultural life, primarily through her modernist interpretation of the Canadian landscape in

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    Ella Cora Hind

    Ella Cora Hind, journalist, agricultural authority, activist and suffragist (born 18 September 1861 in Toronto, ON; died 6 October 1942 in Winnipeg, MB). A pioneer throughout her life, Hind was an acclaimed grain expert, a champion of women’s rights and an advocate for the franchise.

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    Ellen Ballon

    Ellen Ballon. Pianist, b Montreal, of Russian parents, 1898, d there 21 Dec 1969; honorary D MUS (McGill) 1954. She was a child prodigy and at the age of six, in the inaugural year of the McGill Cons (1904), won the first director's scholarship awarded at that school.

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    Ellen Fairclough

    Ellen Louks Fairclough, politician (born on 28 January 1905 in Hamilton, Ontario; died 13 November 2004 in Hamilton). A chartered accountant by profession, she became secretary of state and Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister in John Diefenbaker’s 1957 Conservative government. She was instrumental as head of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration in pushing for less racist immigration policies. She also pushed for granting Status Indians the right to vote (see Indigenous Suffrage.)

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    Ellen Page

    Elliot Page (born Ellen Philpotts-Page), actor, activist, producer (born 21 February 1987 in Halifax, NS). Elliot Page is a serious, soulful and intelligent actor, and one of Canada’s biggest movie stars. A seasoned child performer, Page started out in Canadian feature films and TV series, winning two Gemini Awards by the age of 18. Page’s intense performance in the American indie Hard Candy (2005) led to high-profile roles in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and the indie smash Juno (2007). Juno earned Page an Independent Spirit Award and an Oscar nomination. Adept at quirky comedy (Whip It, Super), intimate drama (Marion Bridge, Mouth to Mouth) and big-budget blockbusters (Inception, the X-Men franchise), Page is equally well-known for environmental activism, advocacy for LGBTQ rights and a grounded, socially-conscious persona.

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    Ellie Black

    Elsabeth “Ellie” Ann Black, ONS, gymnast (born 8 September 1995 in Halifax, NS). Ellie Black is one of the best female Canadian gymnasts of all time. A three-time Olympian, she won gold medals in the women’s all-around event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, at the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games and at seven Canadian National Gymnastics Championships (2013–15, 2017–19 and 2024). She also finished fifth in the women’s all-around at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games, Canada’s best-ever showing in that event. Black is the first Canadian to win an all-around medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the first gymnast ever to win back-to-back gold medals at consecutive Pan American Games. Her 10 Pan Am Games medals are the most ever for a Canadian gymnast.

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    Elliot Page

    Elliot Page (born Ellen Philpotts-Page), actor, activist, producer (born 21 February 1987 in Halifax, NS). Elliot Page is a serious, soulful and intelligent actor, and one of Canada’s biggest movie stars. A seasoned child performer, Page started out in Canadian feature films and TV series, winning two Gemini Awards by the age of 18. Page’s intense performance in the American indie Hard Candy (2005) led to high-profile roles in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and the indie smash Juno (2007). Juno earned Page an Independent Spirit Award and an Oscar nomination. Adept at quirky comedy (Whip It, Super), intimate drama (Marion Bridge, Mouth to Mouth) and big-budget blockbusters (Inception, the X-Men franchise), Page is equally well-known for environmental activism, advocacy for LGBTQ rights and a grounded, socially-conscious persona.

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    Elliot Weisgarber

    Weisgarber, Elliot. Composer, clarinetist, ethnomusicologist, b Pittsfield, Mass, 5 Dec 1919, naturalized Canadian 1973, d Vancouver 31 Dec 2001; B MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1942, M MUS (ESM, Rochester) 1943.

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    Elliott Haslam

    (William) Elliott Haslam. Voice teacher, choir conductor, b England, 1851?, d Toronto 23 Nov 1915. A son of the concert singer John Haslam, Elliott Haslam was educated in Italy and studied music at London's RAM.

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    Ellis McLintock

    Ellis (Lee) McLintock. Trumpeter, conductor, arranger, b Toronto 18 Nov 1921, d Stratford, Ont, 25 Sep 1997. McLintock studied cornet with his father, Ellis, and trumpet with A.J. Williams.

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    Ellis McLintock

    Ellis McLintock. Euphonium soloist, b Denshaw, Lancashire, Eng, 10 Nov 1889, d Toronto 2 Jan 1955. He played in brass bands in the northern England tradition before moving to Toronto in 1912 and working as a milk man. He became principal of the Imperial Concert Band under Walter Murdoch.

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    Ellsworth Duquette

    Ellsworth Duquette. Bass, b Phoenix, NY, 25 Jun 1862, d Montreal 18 Oct 1922. Endowed with an exceptional voice, he received some instruction from Georges W. Cornish, the organist and choirmaster of Erskine Church (later Erskine and American United) in Montreal, and studied solfège with his father.

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