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Tommy Prince MM (1915–1977) – one of Canada's most decorated soldiers, member of the Devil's Brigade; James Ralston PC (1881–1948) – Co-Minister of Defence during World War II; Thomas Ricketts VC (1901–1967) – recipient of the Victoria Cross (Newfoundlander at the time of his award) Harold A. Rogers OC OBE (1889–1994) – founder ...
This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Andrew Scheer (born 1979), politician, 35th Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada (2011–2015), former Leader of the Opposition (2017–2020) and Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada (2017–2020), Member of Parliament for; Regina-Qu'Appelle (born 2004), natural-born American citizen by descent from father
[16]: 1, 3 In their 2017 list that ranked Canada's top 100 richest people, Toronto-based Rob McEwen of McEwen Mining, ranked 100th with a net worth of C$875 million, while number 1 on the list—the Toronto-based Thomson family of Thomson Reuters—had a net worth of C$39.13 billion. [17]
William Lyon Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister of Canada (1921-26, 1926-30, 1935-48) Longest serving Prime Minister in Canadian history - Berlin now Kitchener. Paul Martin – 21st Prime Minister of Canada (2003–2006) – Windsor; James McMillan – Hamilton; Lester B. Pearson – 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963-1968) – Newtonbrook
Pierre Poilievre (born 1979) - member of Parliament, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the leader of the Official Opposition; John "Red" Pollard – jockey of the famous horse Seabiscuit; Tara-Jean Popowich – winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada (Season 2) Glenn Price – conductor; Doug Pruden – multiple world records ...
Robert Bédard (b. 1931), the most recent Canadian to win the Canadian Open men's singles championship (1955) Vicki Berner (1945–2017), Tennis Canada Hall of Fame; Eugenie Bouchard, highest world ranking No. 5; Gabriela Dabrowski; Frank Dancevic; Leylah Annie Fernandez, highest world ranking No. 13
This is a list of notable people who are from Nova Scotia, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. Pre-Confederation