Biografía
He settled on 1000 acres of land at the head of lake Okanagan.
He married "by the custom of the country" Sophie N'kwala and they had Marie in 1870 and Edward in 1872.
He was acclaimed as the first Member of Parliament for Yale in 1871.
He was defeated in the general election of 29/7/1872.
He had been partners with Charles and Forbes Vernon in the Okanagan but dissolved the relationship in 1869.
He moved to Militia HQ in Victoria leaving his wife and children behind.
He married Marion Dunsmuir on 27/03/1879, settling in Victoria BC. When Marion died on 13/02/1892 he moved to Montreal PQ and was reunited with his children.
He resigned from the Army and moved back to British Columbia in 1897.
Servicio militar
He joined the army in 1856.
He retired as a Captain in 1863 from the 20th Regiment of Foot. Under the terms of the Militia Act (Canada) of 1868 he was commissioned as a Lieutenant Colonel of Militia and appointed as the first Deputy Adjutant-General of Military District No.11 on 21/03/1873 and abandoned his political career.
He was transferred to Manitoba in 1881 until their return to Victoria in 1891.
He served in the North West Rebellion in 1885 - and was present in the conflicts at Batoche and Fish Creek. (He resigned in 1897.)
Referencias
- Howay, F.W. (1914)
- Reksten, Terry (1991)
- Webber, Jean (1999)
- (2001) www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/House
- Oram, Edna (1985)
