Edgar Dewdney, PC (5 November 1835 – August 8, 1916) was a Canadian politician born in Devonshire, England. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He served as Lieutenant-Governor of one province and one territory. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area.
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Early life and career
Following his education in Civil Engineering, he emigrated from England to British Columbia in 1859. Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1864 Dewdney married Jane Shaw Moir, the daughter of a tea plantation owner from Ceylon. Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market Fundamentally a plantation is usually a large Farm or estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country on which Cotton, Tobacco Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island This marriage was without issue.
Dewdney was originally employed as a railway surveyor, and supervised the survey of New Westminster. In 1865 Dewdney was appointed by Lieutenant Governor Frederick Seymour to oversee the construction of a trail to the East Kootenay region of the British Columbia Interior so that coastal merchants might benefit from the burgeoning trade associated with gold mining in that area. Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction Frederick Seymour (born Belfast, Ireland, 6 September 1820 &ndash died Bella Coola, British Columbia 10 June The Kootenay Region (in common parlance " The Kootenays " comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia. The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as The Interior, is one of the three main regions Although used for only a few years, parts of the Dewdney Trail, as it was famously known, remain to this day and are used for recreational hiking. Dewdney Trail is a 720-km (447-mile trail in British Columbia, Canada that served as a major thoroughfare in mid-1800s British Columbia The word 'hiking' is understood in all English-speaking countries but there are differences in usage
Entry into politics
From 1868 to 1869 Edgar Dewdney became active in Colonial politics, representing the electoral district of Kootenay in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is one of two components of the Parliament of British Columbia, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor After B. C. joined the Canadian confederation in 1871, he served as a Conservative member of Parliament for the riding of Yale following his election in 1872. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Yale was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1892 and Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year He was appointed a member of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's cabinet in 1879, where he served as Indian commissioner for the Northwest Territories until 1888. The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Sir John Alexander Macdonald GCB, KCMG, PC ( January 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first Prime Minister The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
In 1881 Macdonald arranged Dewdney's appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West [sic] Territories, then an executive position. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Dewdney resigned his seat in the Commons, but remained Indian commissioner during his term as Lieutenant-Governor, which lasted until 1888. The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Responsible government had not been granted to the North-West Territories, so Dewdney was the Territories' head of government. Responsible government is a conception of a System of government that embodies the principle of parliamentary accountability which is the foundation of the Westminster Perhaps his most notable decision in office was changing the territorial capital from Battleford to Regina in 1883 -- a featureless location without water, trees or topography, but where Dewdney had secured substantial real estate for himself adjacent to the Canadian Pacific Railway line. See also History of Northwest Territories capital cities Battleford ( 2006 Population 3685 is a town Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
After his term as Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, Dewdney was again elected to Parliament and served as the member for Assiniboia East (now southeastern Saskatchewan) from 1888 to 1891. The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada is Canada 's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During this period he also served as minister of the Interior and superintendent of Indian Affairs.
In 1892 he was appointed to the non-executive post of Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is the vice-regal representative of the Queen of Canada in the province of British Columbia. He served in this post until 1897. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common
He retired from politics in 1900 after unsuccessfully running for Parliament in New Westminster, British Columbia. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar
In 1909 Following the death his wife Jane, Dewdney remarried. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting His new wife was Blanche Kemeys-Tynte, the daughter of Colonel Charles John Kemeys-Tynte of Halswell, Somerset, England. Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Honours
Dewdney had the prenomial "the Honourable" and the postnomial "PC" for life by virture of being made a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada on September 25, 1888. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a [1]
Heritage
- A major east-west street in Regina, Dewdney Avenue, is named after him; Government House, the original Territorial government building and the local detachment of the RCMP (formerly its headquarters before these were transferred to Ottawa) and national training centre are on Dewdney Avenue. Regina (rɨˈdʒaɪnə is the capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. Government House, Regina Saskatchewan, was constructed as a residence for the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, whose
- Dewdney, British Columbia is the name of a locality immediately east of Mission, British Columbia, located below the 920 m Dewdney Peak on the north shore of the Fraser River. Dewdney is an unincoporated community in the Central Fraser Valley of British Columbia Canada about 15km east of the town of Mission. Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the For other uses of this name see Fraser River (disambiguation. The community was the namesake of the former Dewdney provincial electoral district and also of the now-dismantled Dewdney-Alouette Regional District
- The Dewdney Trunk Road was one of the earliest main roads in the Lower Fraser Valley of British Columbia, running from Port Moody to the community of Dewdney. Dewdney was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Dewdney Trunk Road was one of the earliest major roads in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada, originally running from Port Moody Fraser Valley is the section of the Fraser River basin in southwestern British Columbia downstream of the Fraser Canyon. Port Moody British Columbia is a small crescent-shaped city in Metro Vancouver, located at the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada Today it exists in sections in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam is a major thoroughfare running between Maple Ridge and Mission (where it is now officially Dewdney Street) , today ending short of Dewdney at Hatzic. Coquitlam (koʊˈkwɪtləm is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Maple Ridge is a District Municipality in British Columbia, located east of Vancouver on the Fraser River Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River overlooking the
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| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by None |
Member of Parliament Yale 1872-1879 |
Succeeded by Francis Jones Barnard |
| Preceded by William Dell Perley |
Member of Parliament Assiniboia East 1888-1892 |
Succeeded by William Walter McDonald |
| Government offices | ||
| Preceded by David Laird |
Lieutenant-Governors of Northwest Territories 1881-1888 |
Succeeded by Joseph Royal |
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