伝記
He moved to Winnipeg MB c1878.
He participated in the construction of the CPR, following the construction west and supplying buffalo meat to the construction camps.
He and his brother Horace arrived in Donald in 1883 and established a store.
In 1884 they moved to Farwell BC.
He went into partnership with Robert Lemon.
He was one of the three founders of the Columbia Transportation Co. which developed interests in Revelstoke and Nelson mines in 1888.
In 1890 he was a shareholder in the Columbia & Kootenay Steam Navigation Co. operating on the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes and Kootenay Lake.
He moved to Nelson in 1891.
He established a store in a log cabin in what is now Nelson.
He was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for South Kootenay in 1894 having run against George Buchanan.
He was appointed as a Minister Without Portfolio and President of the Council.
He was Minister of Mines 1898-99.
参考文献
- Affleck, Edward L. (1978)
- Affleck, Edward L. (2000)
- Turner, R.D. (1984)
- Nobbs, Ruby M. (1998)
- Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967)
