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J.J. Johannesen
J.J. (Joseph Jean) Johannesen. Administrator, businessman, b Vitry, France, 23 Mar 1928, naturalized Canadian 1976, d Victoria 14 Mar 1994. Educated in Belgium, where he joined the JM movement upon its foundation, Johannesen was interested in composing but pursued a career in business.
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Joe Boyle: King of the Klondike
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John A. Flett
John A. Flett, carpenter, trade-union organizer (b at Hamilton 1860; d there 19 Mar 1941). Flett began a long, distinguished labour career in his local carpenters' union.
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John Angus McDougald
John Angus McDougald, "Bud," financier (b at Toronto 14 Mar 1908; d at Palm Beach, Fla 15 Mar 1978). An intensely private man fascinated by power, Bud McDougald developed ARGUS CORPORATION into one of Canada's dominant corporate entities.
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Jack Armstrong
John (Jack) Archibald Armstrong, OC, business executive, geologist, engineer (born 24 March 1917 in Dauphin, Manitoba; died 26 December 2010 in Nanaimo, BC). Armstrong graduated from the University of Manitoba and worked four decades for Imperial Oil, Canada’s largest oil company. He served as its CEO (1973–81) and chairman (1974–81) before retiring 1982.
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John Armstrong
John Armstrong, printer, labour leader (d at Toronto 22 Nov 1910). The major Conservative labour spokesman in Toronto in the 1880s, Armstrong was active in the Toronto Trades and Labor Council and in the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada.
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John Bayne Maclean
John Bayne Maclean, publisher (b at Crieff, Canada W 26 Sept 1862; d at Toronto 25 Sept 1950).
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John Bell
John Bell, fur trader, explorer (b on the Isle of Mull, Scot 1799; d at Saugeen, Ont 24 June 1868). John Bell joined the North West Company as a clerk in 1818.
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John Bird
John (Charles) Bird. Publisher, euphonium player, b Belgaum, India, 2 Nov 1923, d Toronto 26 Feb 2006. After World War II service as a euphonium player in the RCAF Band John Bird joined Gordon V. Thompson Ltd in 1946 and served as sales manager 1950-5 and general manager 1955-65.
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John David Eaton
John David Eaton, merchant (b at Toronto 4 Oct 1909; d there 4 Aug 1973), second son of Sir John Craig EATON. He left Cambridge at age 21 to begin his apprenticeship with the T. EATON CO LTD in the men's wear dept of the Toronto store.
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John Duncan McArthur
John Duncan "J.D." McArthur, railroad builder and operator, lumber industrialist (b at Lancaster, Canada West 25 June 1854; d Winnipeg, Man 10 January 1927).
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John Edward Cleghorn
John Edward Cleghorn, banker and philanthropist (b at Montréal 7 July 1941). A university football player, he studied commerce and history, graduating from McGill University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1962.
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John Fitz-William Stairs
John Fitz-William Stairs, merchant, shipper, politician (b at Halifax 19 Jan 1848; d there 24 Sept 1904). Eldest son of William Stairs, MLA and a leading merchant, Stairs studied at Dalhousie. Elected to the NS Legislative Assembly in 1879, he resigned in 1882.
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John Fluevog
John Fluevog, footwear designer, marketing innovator (born 15 May 1948 in Vancouver, BC).
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John J. McLaughlin
John James McLaughlin (a.k.a Jack), beverage manufacturer, pharmacist (born 2 March 1865 near Enniskillen, ON; died 28 January 1914 in Toronto, ON). McLaughlin developed and trademarked Canada Dry Ginger Ale during the first decade of the 20th century. (See also Soft-Drink Industry.)
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