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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 ...
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]
People from Saint John, New Brunswick by occupation (10 C) Pages in category "People from Saint John, New Brunswick" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Merritt family were United Empire Loyalists, originally from Rye, New York. In May 1783, along with approximately 6,000 other loyalists, they landed at Parrtown, New Brunswick (what is now the south end of the City of Saint John), having fled the American Revolution. The patriarch of the Saint John Merritts, Thomas Merritt (1729–1821 ...
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.
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.
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About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; ... Pages in category "Saint John, New Brunswick" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.