James Dunsmuir (b July 8, 1851, Fort Vancouver – d June 6, 1920, Cowichan Bay, British Columbia) was a British Columbian industrialist and politician. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Cowichan Bay is a Bay and community located near Duncan, in British Columbia. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Son of Robert Dunsmuir, he was heir to his family's coal fortune. Robert Dunsmuir ( August 31, 1825 &ndash April 12 1889) was a coal miner railway developer Industrialist and Politician The Dunsmuir family dominated the province's economy in the late nineteenth century and were a leading force in opposing organized labour. The labour movement or labor movement is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better Dunsmuir managed his family's coal business from 1876 until 1910 increasing profits and resisting efforts to unionize. In 1905 he sold his Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway and in 1910 he sold his Union Colliery of British Columbia. The Canadian Pacific Railway (
Dunsmuir entered provincial politics in 1898 winning a seat in the provincial legislature and became Premier in 1900. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation A premier is a title for the Head of government in some countries His government attempted to resist popular pressure to curtail Asian labour and immigration not for humanitarian reasons but to ensure a cheap labour pool for business. Immigration refers to the movement of people among countries While the movement of people has existed throughout human history at various levels modern immigration implies long-term It also promoted railway construction and accomplished a redistribution of seats to better represent population distribution in the province. Dunsmuir disliked politics and resigned as Premier in 1902. In 1906 he became the province's Lieutenant-Governor but retired in 1909 and lived out his years at the baronial mansion he had constructed at Hatley Park. The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is the vice-regal representative of the Queen of Canada in the province of British Columbia. Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood British Columbia in Greater Victoria
James Dunsmuir founded the town of Ladysmith, British Columbia. A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan Ladysmith is a Town located on the 49th parallel on the east Coast of Vancouver Island British Columbia, He is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia. Ross Bay Cemetery, located at 1516 Fairfield Road in Victoria British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, Canada was opened in 1873 Victoria (vɪkˈtɔɹiə is the capital city of British Columbia.
One of his eight daughters, (Jessie) Muriel, married, as her first husband, the couturier Edward Molyneux. A couturier is a person involved in the clothing fashion industry who makes original garments to order for private clients Edward Molyneux (1891–1974 was a British Fashion designer whose fashion house was in operation from 1919 until 1950
He invented the Scientific American and set up a telephone system in British Columbia. [1]
References
- Reksten, Terry (1991). The Dunsmuir Saga. Vancouver:Douglas & McIntyre. ISBN 0-88894-742-9.
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