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Robert
(Bob)
H.
TAILOR/TAYLOR
In loving memory of Robert (Bob)
TAILOR/TAYLOR who passed away suddenly in
Hamilton, Ontario on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 at the age of 72 years.
Beloved husband of Mary. Dear, only brother of Mae
MacKAN,
Mindemoya. Bob and Mary previously operated Timberlane Lodge on Lake Manitou.
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Donald Gregor
McGREGOR
In loving memory of Donald Gregor
McGREGOR,
December 17, 1931 to December 20, 2002.
Donald Gregor
McGREGOR
Senior of Whitefish River First Nation, Birch
Island who passed on to the Spirit World on Friday, December 20, 2002
at the Manitoulin Health Centre at the age of 71 years. Known for
his gentle spirit and kind sense of humour, he enjoyed spending time
with his family, fishing, hunting, bingo and home projects. He
worked for E. B. Eddy for 20 years before retiring in 1996. He also
served several terms as Band Councillor on the Whitefish River Band
Council and was President of St. Gabriel's Parish Council for many
years. He was honoured as an Elder and Eagle Staff Carrier of
Whitefish River First Nation. He was of the Eagle Clan and his
Ojibway name he proudly carried was Ogimas, given to him by his
father when he was a young lad. He played many years with the
Sheguiandah Bears and was an avid supporter of minor hockey. Much
beloved husband of 41 years and best friend of Mary Grace (nee
MANITOWABI.)
Loving and cherished father of Lucy Ann (husband Donald
TRUDEAU) of Blind River, Patty (husband Leon
LIGHTNING) of Hobbema,
Alberta, Donald (wife
Sandrah
RECOLLET) and Kiki (husband Stephen
PELLETIER) of Birch Island and Christopher
WAHSQUONAIKEZHIK (wife
Carol) of Sudbury. Proud and very loving grandfather of Donnelley,
Kigen, Akeshia, Paskwawmotosis, Donald, Assinyawasis, Anthony,
Kihiwawasis, Kianna Rae, Waasnode, Christina, Charles and
Christopher. Survived by sisters Lillian
McGREGOR of Toronto,
Shirley McGREGOR of Birch Island and brother Peter
McGREGOR of Nova
Scotia and brother-in-law Roman
BILASH.
Also survived by
brothers-in-law David (Linda), Ron (Nikki), Dominic (Brenda), and
sisters-in-law Veronica (Andrew,) Rosie
GAUVREAU
(Gordon) and
Medora(Don). Predeceased by parents Augustine and Victoria and
in-laws David and Agatha
MANITOWABI.
Also predeceased by brothers
Robert E. McGREGOR, Allan A.
McGREGOR, and sister, Mary
JACKO,
Colleen FONT, Estelle
CYWINK, Violet
BONADIO and Olive
McGREGOR and
sister-in-law Shirley
MANITOWABI
McKAY. He was also a special uncle
to 67 nieces and nephews.
Rested at the Whitefish River Community Centre. Funeral Mass was
held at St. Gabriel's Lalamant Church, Birch Island on Tuesday,
December 24, 2002 with Father Mike
STROGRE officiating. Arrangements
entrusted to the Lougheed Funeral Home.
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Moira "Molly"
BLEA
At North Bay General Hospital, Scollard Site, Saturday, January 12, 2003.
Moira DONOVAN beloved wife of James
BLEA in her 76th year. Loving mother of
Janet LABRECQUE
(John) of Callander and David
BLEA (Donna) of Keswick.
Lovingly remembered by eight grandchildren, Jennifer
CAMPEAU (Jean-Marc,)
Joanne TAILOR/TAYLOR (Maxwell), Jeannie
KENNEDY (Troy), Stephan, Sara, Adam, Issac,
and Aaron BLEA and five great grandchildren, Jessica, Jenna, Molly, Meagan
and Kyle. Dear sister of Richard
DONOVAN
(Marianne.) Dear aunt of Bridget
MacKAY
(David) and great aunt of Abigail, James and Darcy. Visitation at
the McQuinty Funeral Home, Wednesday, January 15 from 1: 30 to 2:00 p.m.
Funeral Service will be conducted in the McQuinty Funeral Home Chapel at
2: 00 p.m. Cremation to follow. McQuinty Funeral Home, 591 Cassells St.
North Bay, Ont. P1B 3Z8. 705-472-8520.
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Hannah Vivian
McKAY
In loving memory of Hannah Vivian
McKAY,
September 6, 1932 to August
18, 2003. Vivian
McKAY, a resident of Gore Bay passed away at the
Manitoulin Lodge on Monday, August 18, 2003 at the age of 70 years.
She was born at Long Bay, daughter of the late Richard and Josephine
(VANMEER)
FOSTER.
Vivian was very active and well known in the
community, as a member of the United Church, United Church Women, Cancer Society,
volunteered at the Lodge, and enjoyed curling, baking, cooking,
lottery and scratch tickets, cribbage, feeding and watching birds and
deer and her flower garden. She will be remembered for her love of
people, visiting Friends and family, and in particular as a professional Nana.
Vivian was predeceased by her beloved husband Reginald. Loving and
loved mother of Sandra and husband Rick
RAYNER and Keith and his wife
Judy McKAY.
Proud and loving grandmother of Aaron, Stacy, Andrew,
Nikki, Krystian (predeceased) and Jodi and soon expected great
grandchild. Dear sister of Elaine
McCAULEY,
Fledda
RYDER and Tom and
Joe FOSTER.
Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Friends
called the Culgin Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 20. The funeral
service was conducted in the Wm. G. Turner Chapel on Thursday, August
21 with Pastor Maxine
McVEY officiating. Interment in Gordon Cemetery. Culgin Funeral Home.
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Harold MELTON
At the Woodstock General Hospital, after a brief illness, on Sunday,
December 14, 2003, Harold
MELTON of R. R. 1 Norwich, Ontario, in his 63rd year.
Loving husband of Lorraine. Dear father of Robin and
husband Glenn
DUNCANSON of Sheguiandah, Tim
MELTON of Toronto.
Cherished grandfather of Grace and Owen
DUNCANSON. Dear brother of
Janet and husband Jack
LEBOLD of Woodstock, Jean and husband Bill
McKAY of Saint Thomas.
He will be missed by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his
parents Philip and Pearl
MELTON.
Harold was a staff sergeant of the
Ontario Provincial Police, serving in Glencoe, Oak Ridges, Little
Current and Pinery detachments and as an
OPP special investigator
until his retirement in 1996. He was commander of the Manitoulin Ontario Provincial Police
detachments from 1983 to 1987. Funeral service to celebrate Harold's
life was held at the Arn-Lockie Funeral Home in Norwich on December 18.
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The castle lights are growing dim
Canadian television icon made his mark as star of The Hilarious
House of Frightenstein
By John McKAY Canadian Press Friday, January 10, 2003, Page R11
Billy VAN, the diminutive, manic comic actor who starred in Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation-Television's Nightcap in the 1960s and
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein in the seventies, died Wednesday.
He was 68.
Mr. VAN, who had been battling cancer for about a year and had
a triple heart bypass in 1998, died at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital,
said his former wife, Claudia
CONVERSE.
While a familiar fixture on Canadian television for decades,
he also worked in the United States on variety shows such as
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, The Ray Stevens Show and The Bobby
Vinton Show.
Mr. VAN even gained fame for the Colt .45 beer commercials he
made for 15 years and for which he won a Clio Award.
But he invariably returned to Toronto in shows like The Party
Game, Bizarre with John Byner, The Hudson Brothers Razzle DAzzle
Show and Bits and Bytes.
His wife, Susan, said that while he had opportunities in the
U.S., Mr. VAN had no regrets about staying in Canada.
"He was quite happy when he came back," she said. "He had the
taste of the life down there and [said] 'Okay, that's fine, I'd
rather be at home.' "
Ms. CONVERSE agreed that Mr.
VAN had been happy with his career
and had worked non-stop until his heart bypass.
"I don't know of many Canadians that stay in Canada who get their
full recognition," she said. "When he went to the States, definitely.
But there isn't a star system in Canada so it's kind of difficult."
Mr. VAN -- then Billy
VAN
EVERA -- went into show business at
the age of 12 and back in the 1950s, he and his four musically
inclined brothers formed a singing group that toured Canada and
Europe. Most also went on to adult careers in show business.
After his heart surgery, Mr.
VAN was semi-retired but continued
to do voiceover work for commercials and animated programs. His
last major on-screen role was as Les the trainer in the television
hockey movie Net Worth in 1995.
Mr. VAN and long-time colleagues Dave
BROADFOOT and Jack
DUFFY
made appearances in recent years to support the fledgling Canadian
Comedy Awards.
"I'm all for that enthusiasm," Mr.
VAN said about the awards
launch in 2000.
"Billy was one of my closest Friends," said Mr.
DUFFY, who added
that he called Mr.
VAN several times a week after he became ill.
"We were sort of buddies under the skin. We got to know each
other really well at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and then
we worked on Party Game together for a number of years. He was
a close friend and I will miss him very much."
Mr. DUFFY said a lot of doors opened for Mr.
VAN when he did
The Sonny and Cher Show,but he was happy to come home to his native
Toronto, where he was born in 1934.
"He came back and we were glad to have him back."
Entertainer Dinah
CHRISTIE, with whom Mr.
VAN worked on The Party
Game for a decade, called him a brave and glorious person.
"He would take on anything and was . . . a totally gracious guy,"
she said. "I'm just going to miss him like we all are going to
miss him. He soldiered through this bloody cancer thing so wonderfully.
I knew he was just trying to get through Christmas."
Ms. CHRISTIE said Mr.
VAN had some hideous experiences in the
U.S. He had seen a man shot to death next to him in a New York
hotel, and had his Los Angeles home broken into twice.
"He never felt safe there. And he was such a Canadian that he
always felt safe here."
Mr. VAN's picture is on the Canadian Comedy Wall of Fame at the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast Centre in Toronto,
along with those of Al
WAXMAN,
Wayne and Shuster and Don
HARRON.
The
Hilarious
House of Frightenstein starred Vincent
PRICE, with
Mr. VAN as host and a variety of characters, including The Count,
a vampire who preferred pizza to blood and who wore tennis shoes
as well as a cape. The hour-long episodes were taped at Hamilton's
CHCH-Television and are still seen in syndication around the
world.
Nightcap was a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation satirical show
that predated Saturday Night Live by a dozen years. Its cast
included Al
HAMEL and Guido
BASSO and his orchestra.
Mr. VAN leaves his wife, Susan, and two daughters from previous
marriages, Tracy and Robyn.
A private funeral will be held in Toronto on Monday.
Billy VAN, actor and entertainer; born in Toronto in 1934; died
in Toronto on January 8, 2003.
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BARR, The Honourable Mr. Justice John Roderick (Rod), Q.C., L.L.D.
Born in Toronto on September 9, 1921, died in St. Catharines,
Ontario May 30, 2003. Devoted and loving husband to the late
Rhoda Marshall
BARR.
Predeceased by infant daughter Jane. Dearly
loved by his son Peter, daughter Elizabeth and their spouses,
Sharon BRODERICK and Stephen
PERRY.
Adoring grandfather to John
BARR and Nicholas, James and Christopher
PERRY.
Brother and great
friend of his sisters, Margaret
RHAMEY and the late Isabelle
MARSH. As dear as a brother to sisters-in-law, Helen
CAUGHEY
and Nellie
MARSHALL.
Rod was grateful for a full and happy life. He grew up in Hamilton,
Ontario and enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force at the outset
of World War 2. Rod first served as a Flight Instructor in Trenton,
Ontario, where he met his future wife Nursing Sister Rhoda
MARSHALL.
Obtaining the rank of Flight Lieutenant, he served in 426 Squadron
as a pilot with Bomber Command at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire.
At the end of the war, Rod studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School
in Toronto and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1948. At that
time, he and Rhoda established their home in St. Catharines where
he enjoyed many years practicing civil litigation and where as
a trial lawyer he earned the respect of his colleagues. Rod served
as a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and was a member
of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Advocates Society.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario, Trial Division
in 1983.
Rod received an Honourary Doctorate of Laws from Brock University.
He was an active member of the St. Catharines Flying Club and
proud member of the St. Catharines Rowing Club. He took up sculling
at the age of 52 and participated in Masters Rowing in Canada
and the United States.
He supported a large range of charities. No one less fortunate
was ever turned away. Rod's insight and kindness was matched
only by his wonderful, inimitable sense of humour. Above all,
he loved and was loved by his family.
The family is deeply grateful to Dr. R.
MacKETT, Dr. F.
MacKAY,
Dr. J. WRIGHT,
Dr.
FERNANDES and Dr. W.
GOLDBERG, and to gentle
caregivers Virgie
PEREZ,
Marylou and Risa.
''Pray for me, and I will for thee,
that we may merrily meet in heaven.''
The family will receive Friends at the Hulse and English Funeral
Home, 75 Church Street, St. Catharines, on Sunday, June 1, from
7-9 p.m. and Monday, June 2, from 7-9 p.m. A funeral service
will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church, 51 Church Street, St.
Catharines, on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at 11 a.m. A service will
also be held in St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Amherst Island,
on Wednesday, June 4, 2003, at 3 p.m. Interment to follow.
Donations may be made in Rod's memory to the Heart and Stroke
Foundation or Knox Presbyterian Church.
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JONES,
Carolyn ((
DUNCANnée)
McKAY)
Born in Halbrite, Saskatchewan, December 5, 1908. Carol died
in North Vancouver, British Columbia on June 24, 2003. She was
predeceased by her first husband Lewis
DUNCAN,
Picton,
Ontario.,
and her second husband William
JONES of Merrickville, Ontario.
Also predeceased by her brother Eric
McKAY, her sisters, Doris
ADAM/ADAMS,
Marion
SARKISSIAN and Elizabeth
LEE, her niece Elinor
BREWERTON and nephew Don
McKAY.
Carol is survived and will be
sadly missed by her nephews Peter
HEPPLEWHITE and Ted
McKAY,
her niece Shirley
ATKINS and all of their families as well as
many Friends throughout Canada, U.S. and Great Britain. In lieu
of flowers, donations in Carol's memory to a charity of their
choice will be gratefully acknowledged. Arrangements entrusted
to First Memorial Funeral Services, North Vancouver, British
Columbia 604-980-3451.
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MacKAY,
George
Alexander
On July 30th, 2003, in Ottawa, in his 84th year, George Alexander
(''Sandy'')
MacKAY died peacefully, after a long illness. He
is survived by Lillian, his loving wife of forty nine years,
a son Phillippe and daughter-in-law Dominique (Paris), two granddaughters
Isabelle and Ann, a grand_son Pierre, and another son Gregory,
all of Ottawa; brother James and sister Teresa of Halifax; Catherine
of Sydney, Mary of San Diego and Dorothy of Saint John's.
Born and educated in Halifax, Nova Scotia at Saint Mary's and
Dalhousie Universities (Law), where he excelled in both athletic
and scholastic pursuits, he went overseas in 1941 and became
Captain of ''A'' Troop, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. As a
Forward Observation Officer he was deeply involved in the Italian
campaign and particularly in the Battle of Ortona where his regiment
lost six out of nine Forward Observation Officer's. He also served
as a Brigade Liaison Officer. After service as a Combines Investigation
Officer, he practised law in Ottawa for many years and was appointed
to the Pensions Review Board, in which capacity he retired. A
private funeral has taken place. Interested persons should contact
Philippe MacKAY, 1165 St. Therese Lane, Ottawa K1C 2A5.
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McKAY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2003-11-13 published
Edward James
HOUSTON
By Jim HOUSTON,
Thursday,
November 13, 2003 - Page A28
Lawyer, judge, war veteran, "sports nut," father, friend to many.
Born September 15, 1918, in Arnprior, Ontario Died May 27 in
Ottawa, of colon cancer, aged 84.
Ed HOUSTON accomplished much in his life: He was a bomb aimer
in Lancaster bombers in the Second World War, a prominent lawyer
and judge in Ottawa for almost 50 years, and the National Hockey
League's first arbitrator. But it was his family and Friends,
not his accomplishments, which mattered most to him. Speaking
at Ed's funeral in Ottawa on a sunny Friday in late May, the
Honourable Patrick
GALLIGAN
(Ed's former law partner and long-time
friend) said there are "legions of people" whose lives have been
affected for the better by Ed
HOUSTON.
Ed was a product of his generation -- the people that came of
age in the "dirty thirties," served their country in wartime,
and then made their contributions (and let off some steam) as
civilians in a more prosperous post-war Canada. Born and raised
in modest circumstances in the Ottawa Valley town of Arnprior,
Ed left home in the Depression to find work. He ended up working
in a drug store in Schumacher, Ontario, near Timmins. There he
met a Torontonian, Joe
GREENE, who was to become his best friend
and my godfather. Like thousands of other young Canadians, Ed
volunteered for military service in the Second World War. His
air force days changed his life. In January, 1944, he was shot
down over Berlin, with five of seven aboard perishing, and became
a prisoner of war for 15 months (he escaped in April, 1945).
The veteran's benefits he earned through his wartime service
gave him the opportunity to attend the University of Toronto
and Osgoode Hall Law School, which opened the door to a successful
career and countless Friendships in the legal fraternity. While
at university, Ed met and married Mary
McKAY of Galt, Ontario,
and the first of their two sons, Bill, was born. In 1950 they
moved to Ottawa where Ed began his legal career as an assistant
Crown attorney. Later -- as a lawyer in private practice and
then as a judge -- Ed became known for helping younger lawyers
learn the ropes.
Ed was, by his own admission, a "sports nut." As a participant,
golf was his passion -- and on the course he was known as Steady
Eddie for his straight drives and sure putting. As a spectator,
he was an avid fan of almost every sport. Even in the final days
of his life, when you handed him a newspaper -- another benign
addiction of his -- he would still dive for the sports section,
and be lost in it for hours. On the day before his death, he
rejoiced in the Blue Jays having just swept the Yankees in a
four-game series.
As a judge, Ed had to make lots of tough decisions. However,
the decisions that got him the most publicity took place outside
the courtroom, in his capacity as arbitrator for the National
Hockey
League. In 1991, Brendan
SHANAHAN became a free agent
and jumped from the New Jersey Devils to the St. Louis Blues.
Under the free-agency compensation regime then in effect, Ed
had to decide which player the Blues would have to give to the
Devils as compensation for signing
SHANAHAN.
When
Ed chose defenseman
Scott STEVENS (who captained the Devils to the Stanley Cup earlier
this year), his decision was greeted with a storm of media criticism.
But Ed never second-guessed himself, and moved on.
In a letter Ed received a couple of years ago, another friend
of his, the late Ray
HNATYSHYN, former Governor-General of Canada,
summed up how he will be remembered by family, Friends and acquaintances
alike: "Ed, you have served your community, province and country
with great distinction, and I am privileged to call you my friend."
My sentiments exactly.
Jim HOUSTON is Ed's son.
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STEWARD/STEWART/STUART,
Irene
Florence
Patricia (née
PORTER)
Peacefully, at Toronto East General Hospital, on Wednesday, December
10, 2003, after a 9-month struggle with heart and stroke problems,
our dear Irene passed away to be reunited in the next with her
beloved husband, John. Remarkably, she died exactly 97 years
after her birth on December 10, 1906 in the town of Trillich,
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the last of 12 children of William
and Maria PORTER.
Very much loved and loving wife of the late
Dr. John STEWARD/STEWART/STUART and mother of Dr. Donald (Peggy) and Dr. Barclay
(Suzanne) STEWARD/STEWART/STUART.
Devoted
Granny of Ian (Heather,) Paul, Don,
Brenda, Sandra (Dave
BUTLER), Jill (Wally
MacKAY) and Great-Granny
of Nicholas and Jamie. Cherished sister of Mina, Bill, Vida,
Paul, Daisy, May, Helen, Jack and Hattie. The family will receive
Friends at the Saint John's Anglican Church York Mills, 19 Don
Ridge Drive, one hour prior to the service which will be held
on Tuesday, December 16th at 2 o'clock. Interment in the churchyard
followed by a reception at the church. If desired, donations
in lieu of flowers may be made to Pilot Place Society (416-368-5823),
the Schizophrenia Society of Canada (905-415-2007), the British
Columbia Transplant Society (604-877-2240), or the charity of
your choice.
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Party leaders pay tribute
Tories fondly remember Stanfield as best prime minister Canada
never had
By Kim LUNMAN and Drew
FAGAN,
Thursday,
December▼ 18, 2003 - Page
A10
Ottawa -- Robert Lorne
STANFIELD, the former leader of the federal
Progressive Conservatives, was remembered yesterday as a Canadian
icon.
Political tributes were made across the country for Mr.
STANFIELD,
who died Tuesday at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa. He was 89.
He had been in poor health for several years after a stroke.
A private funeral will be held in Ottawa tomorrow and a family
burial in Halifax.
Mr. STANFIELD led the federal Progressive Conservatives from
1967 to 1976 against Pierre
TRUDEAU and was known within the
party as the greatest prime minister Canada never had. In later
years, he was regarded as the conscience of the Conservatives,
representing their progressive side on social issues.
"Today we mourn the passing of one of the most distinguished
and committed Canadians of the past half-century," said Prime
Minister Paul
MARTIN. "I, like other Canadians, fondly remember
Mr. STANFIELD's great warmth, humility and compassionate nature,
but also his intellect and humour."
Progressive Conservative Leader Peter
MacKAY said Mr.
STANFIELD
will be remembered as an icon.
"It's a very sad and poignant day. He had a larger-than-life
persona and I think he can be accurately described as an icon
in Conservative politics and Canadian politics," Mr.
MacKAY said.
"Conservatives across the country, and indeed all Canadians,
have lost a great leader and a great Canadian," Canadian Alliance
Leader Stephen
HARPER said.
In an interview yesterday, former prime minister Brian
MULRONEY
described Mr.
STANFIELD as having brought the Progressive Conservative
Party into the mainstream of modern Canadian life through his
support for the Official Languages Act and his openness to ethnic
minorities and diversity. Mr.
MULRONEY said it was appropriate
that Mr. STANFIELD had been receiving treatment at Montfort Hospital,
the French-language facility in Ottawa, considering how hard
he had worked as leader to make the Tories comfortable with bilingualism
and how much effort he himself had made to learn French. "He
was a strikingly impressive, quiet, thoughtful man, but who was
very resolved and determined -- and with a generous view of Canada,"
Mr. MULRONEY said.
When Mr. MULRONEY was prime minister from 1984 to 1993, he would
occasionally invite Mr.
STANFIELD to 24 Sussex Dr. for lunch.
Mr. MULRONEY revealed yesterday that, in the late 1980s, when
Mr. STANFIELD was almost 75, he offered him the post of Canadian
ambassador to the United Nations.
"He thought it was a great honour. He wrestled with it for a
little while, but decided that, though he would love to do it,
he thought it would be a bit much at that stage of his life,"
Mr. MULRONEY said.
"He brought compassion to politics," Nova Scotia's Premier John
HAMM said yesterday.
"He brought a love of his country to his politics."
Flora MacDONALD, a former federal Tory cabinet minister, first
worked with Mr.
STANFIELD during the 1956 provincial campaign
that made him Nova Scotia premier. "He set a very high standard
for himself as a politician and expected others to do the same,"
she said yesterday. Mr.
STANFIELD supported official bilingualism
and abolition of the death penalty when his other caucus colleagues
were strongly opposed, she said. "He didn't do things just because
they were popular. He did things because he thought they were
intrinsically right."
Governor-General Adrienne
CLARKSON said Mr.
STANFIELD "will be
remembered for his integrity, his devotion to his country, his
social conscience and especially for his wit and sense of humour."
Mr. STANFIELD was premier of Nova Scotia from 1956 to 1967. He
was born in Truro into a family famous for its underwear business
and became a lawyer before turning to politics, first provincially
and later on the federal stage. But his awkward image contrasted
sharply to that of the hip, telegenic Mr.
TRUDEAU, costing the
party every election it fought under his leadership. The 1972
election was Mr.
STANFIELD's closest brush with federal power,
when the Liberals narrowly defeated the Conservatives by 109
to 107 seats. Two years later, the Liberals regained their majority
and Mr. STANFIELD announced his decision to step down. He remained
as leader until Joe
CLARK succeeded him in 1976.
After relinquishing his seat in the Commons in 1979, Mr.
STANFIELD
became Canada's special envoy to the Middle East and North Africa
until 1980, and was chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation from
1987 to 1991.
He married three times. His first wife died in a car crash in
1954 and his second wife died of cancer in 1976. He married his
third wife, Anne Henderson
AUSTIN, in 1978. He had four children.
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Ottawa bids
STANFIELD goodbye
'He was a sage.... He was quite extraordinary,' Charest says
at funeral
By Kim LUNMAN,
Saturday,
December▲ 20, 2003 - Page A9
Ottawa -- Robert
STANFIELD was fondly remembered yesterday as
a sage statesman.
The former Nova Scotia premier and federal Progressive Conservative
leader remained one of the country's most respected politicians
even years after leaving the national arena, Tory Senator Lowell
MURRAY told more than 100 mourners yesterday at Mr.
STANFIELD's
funeral in Ottawa.
"There has survived perhaps only the kernel of something, but
its essence in the Canadian consciousness -- that once, uniquely,
there was STANFIELD, leader of a major party, a man of such civility,
such humanity, such integrity, who adorned our national life,"
Mr. MURRAY said
Mr. STANFIELD, who suffered a stroke several years ago, died
Tuesday in Ottawa. He was 89.
At the private ceremony at St. Bartholomew's Anglican Church,
he was remembered as a respected politician with a dry wit. He
will be buried today in Halifax's Camp Hill cemetery.
Politicians of all stripes attended the service to pay tribute.
Outside the church, Prime Minister Paul
MARTIN told reporters
his father and Mr.
STANFIELD were "great Friends. My father had
huge admiration for Mr.
STANFIELD. And I actually shudder to
think what the two of them are doing up there right now, the
amount of discussions that are going on."
Mr. MARTIN said he remembered Mr.
STANFIELD for his "great sense
of decency, integrity, and his deep, deep love of country." Progressive
Conservative
Leader
Peter
MacKAY said Canada has lost "one of
its greatest statesmen, a person who raised the standard of politics
and public service.... He was very much substance over style."
"He was a sage," Quebec Liberal Premier Jean Charest, the former
federal Tory leader, said. Mr.
STANFIELD "looked at life with
a bit of a smile, I think. He was quite extraordinary."
Governor-General Adrienne
CLARKSON called Mr.
STANFIELD remarkable,
"a man of deep conviction, a man who was decent and fair and
honest and very funny." Other political colleagues at the funeral
included former Tory prime ministers Kim
CAMPBELL and Joe
CLARK
and former Tory cabinet minister Flora
MacDONALD.
Mr. STANFIELD married three times. His first wife died in a crash
in 1954 and his second wife died of cancer in 1976. He married
his third wife, Anne Henderson
AUSTIN, in 1978. He had four children.
Even as the service was going on in Ottawa, hundreds of people
filed into the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax to sign a book
of condolence next to a portrait of the former premier, who led
the province for 11 years, from 1956 to 1967.
Mr. STANFIELD led the federal Progressive Conservatives from
1967 to 1976 against Pierre
TRUDEAU and was known within the
party as the greatest prime minister Canada never had.
In his later years, he was regarded as the Conservatives' conscience,
representing the party's progressive side on social issues. He
supported Mr.
TRUDEAU's
Official
Languages
Act despite a revolt
by his fellow Tory members of parliament and also backed abolishing
the death penalty.
He was born in Truro into a family famous for its underwear business
and became a lawyer before turning to politics.
Bespectacled and known for his slow-speaking style, Mr.
STANFIELD
conveyed an awkward image that contrasted sharply with the youthful,
charismatic Mr. Trudeau, costing the party every election it
fought under his leadership.
But he came within two seats of office in the 1972 election when
the Liberals defeated the Conservatives by 109 to 107 seats.
Two years later, the Liberals regained their majority and Mr.
STANFIELD announced his decision to step down. He was succeeded
by Mr. CLARK in 1976.
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TENNANT,
John
Holmsted, Q.C.
Died peacefully on Wednesday, December 24, 2003, in Burlington,
Ontario. A devoted father and grandfather he leaves behind daughters
Peggy (WENGLE) and Barbara (and Malcolm
MacKAY;) grandchildren
Christopher, Sandy and Robert
McLAREN,
Heather
(OUELLETTE;) Lisa
and Malcolm
MacKAY, and great-grandchildren Amelia, Skye and
Natalie. He was predeceased by his wife
Airdrie
(BROWN) in 1977.
Born September 10, 1915 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, he moved to
Montreal, Quebec at age 14 and graduated from Université de Montréal
with a law degree in 1940, winning the Bar of Montreal prize
for commercial law. During the war, he served on corvettes with
the R.C.N.V.R. 1941-1945. He worked for the legal department
of the Industrial Development Bank and then for the law firm
Howard, Cate, Ogilvy, Bishop, Cope, Porteous and Hansard. He retired
in 1979 to Oakville, Ontario to be closer to his grandchildren.
His family was the joy of his life and he will be sorely missed
by them. A private service will be held. Calls and visits will
be welcomed at the homes of his daughters. Donations in lieu
of flowers can be made to his favourite charities: The Salvation
Army and Covenant House.
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