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Authority record- CA QUA00872
- Person
- 1822-1892
Alexander Mackenzie was born in Scotland and was a stone mason when he emigrated to Canada in 1842. By 1850 he became an active supporter of George Brown and Secretary of the Lambton Reform Committee. For two years, 1852-1854, he was editor of a Reform newspaper, the Lambton Shield. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1861. He was elected to the House of Commons in the first federal election in 1867 and he remained a Member of the Commons until his death in 1892. He was Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Public Works, 1873-1878. After the defeat of his government he continued to lead the Liberal party until ill health forced him to resign from that post in 1880. Mackenzie was married twice and was survived by one daughter.
- CA QUA01887
- Person
- 1887-1977
Robert James (Bert) (B.A. '23) was born in Presqu'Isle, Ontario. He attended Queen's University at Kingston, and volunteered for duty overseas with No.5 Stationary Hospital when the unit was raised by the University during World War One.
- CA QUA01888
- Person
- 1882-1970
Frederick Donald (Don) (B.A. '15) MacKenzie was born in Presqu'Isle, Ontario. He attended Queen's University at Kingston, and volunteered for duty overseas with No.5 Stationary Hospital when the unit was raised by the University during World War One.
- CA QUA00874
- Person
- 1882-1970
Frederick Donald MacKenzie was born in 1882 at Presque Ile, Ontario. He attended Queen's University to World War I and joined Queen's University Contingent, C.O.T.C. in 1914. He was posted to the Queen's Medical Unit, Number 5, Stationary Hospital and sent to Cairo, Egypt. After taking officer training he ended up an officer in the Canadian artillery. On demobilization he took up residence in Manitoba where he taught school and was a school principal for a short time. In 1935 he was elected Member of Parliament for Neepawa, Manitoba as a Liberal and he served in the House of Commons until 1945.
MacKenzie, Norman Archibald Macrae
- CA QUA05756
- Person
- January 5, 1894 – January 26, 1986
Norman A.M. MacKenzie, CC CMG MM CD QC FRSC (January 5, 1894 – January 26, 1986) was the President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969. He was born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. He fought during World War I. He studied law at Dalhousie, Harvard and Cambridge Universities. In 1927, he went to the University of Toronto, where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940. He was president of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962. In 1959 he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the University of British Columbia's Faculty Club. He was a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969 representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia. In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He and his wife, born Margaret Thomas (1903–1987), had three children: Bridget Mackenzie (?-present), Susan Mackenzie (1928–present), and Patrick Thomas Mackenzie (1932-Jan 23 2006).