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14 November – Murder of Mark Daniel Gibbons, an alleged accomplice in Saint John, New Brunswick; stabbed. 1991. 29 March – Given 3-day parole from Atlantic Institution, Renous, New Brunswick. 31 March – Murder of Robert Assaly; retired school teacher he met at a gay bar in Montreal while on parole; bludgeoned and stabbed. [16]
On July 7, 2011, Richard Oland, a 69-year-old Canadian businessman and former vice-president for Moosehead Brewery, was bludgeoned to death in his office on Canterbury Street in Saint John, New Brunswick. [1] His son, Dennis Oland, came under suspicion for the killing and was charged with second-degree murder. [2] [3]
The 1914 Saint John street railway strike (sometimes called the Saint John street railwaymen's strike) [216] was a strike by workers on the street railway system in the city which lasted from July 22 to 24, 1914, with rioting by Saint John inhabitants occurring on July 23 and 24. The strike was important for shattering the image of Saint John ...
James Kenneth Irving was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on March 20, 1928, the first of three sons born to K. C. Irving [1] and his wife, Harriet Lila Irving (née MacNarin), from Galloway in Kent County. [2] He was educated at Rothesay Netherwood School, a private school in the nearby town of Rothesay. [3]
John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator; Don Darling – former mayor of Saint John; Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator; James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University [27]
Senator for New Brunswick; In office October 23, 1867 – December 9, 1873: Appointed by: Royal Proclamation: Personal details; Born May 20, 1814 Hillsborough, Colony of New Brunswick: Died: December 9, 1873 (aged 59) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada: Political party: Liberal
The French position in Saint John was abandoned in 1755, with British forces taking over the area shortly afterwards. The area was incorporated into a city in 1785. During the 19th century Saint John saw an influx of Irish migrants, with the city becoming the third-largest city in British North America by 1851, after Montreal and Quebec.
Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) was a Canadian businessman and banker who was the early president of the Bank of New Brunswick in his native Saint John, New Brunswick.Leavitt was also a diplomat, politician and powerful Canadian businessman with interests in the shipping industry.