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=Morrison, Joseph Curran= (1816-1885). Born in Ireland. Came to Canada with his father. In 1839 called to the bar of Upper Canada; in 1843-1847 deputy clerk of the Executive Council of Canada; in 1847 elected for West York to the a.s.sembly; solicitor-general in the Hincks-Morin ministry, 1853-1854; a member of the Executive Council, 1856; and the same year receiver-general in the Tache-Macdonald administration.
Registrar of Toronto, 1859; solicitor-general in the Cartier-Macdonald ministry, 1860. Puisne judge of the Court of Common Pleas, 1862; judge in the Court of Queen's Bench, 1863; judge of the Court of Appeal, 1877, which position he filled until his death. =Index=: =E= Solicitor-general, West, in Hincks-Morin ministry, 1853, 126. =B= His connection with the contempt of court case against George Brown, 249-254; solicitor-general under Hincks, and a colleague of John A.
Macdonald, 250. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Morrison, Thomas David.= =Mc= Defends Joseph Hume, 263; aids Mackenzie's pet.i.tion, 310; aids Lower Canada, 330; refuses to sign ”Declaration of Independence,” 331; at Doel's brewery, 346; his conduct explained, 350; joins Rebellion movement, 357. =Bib.=: Dent, _Upper Canadian Rebellion_.
=Morse, Colonel.= =S= Recommends union of British North American provinces, 4.
=Moss, Sir Charles= (1840- ). Born in Cobourg, Ontario. Studied law and called to the bar of Ontario, 1869. Lecturer and examiner to the Law Society, 1872-1879; bencher, 1880; Q. C., 1881; vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto, 1900-1906; judge of the Court of Appeal, 1897; chief justice of Ontario, 1902. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.
=Moss, Thomas= (1836-1881). Born in Cobourg, Ontario. Educated at Gale's Inst.i.tute, Upper Canada College, Toronto, and at the University of Toronto; graduated with triple first-cla.s.s honours and gold medals in cla.s.sics, mathematics, and modern languages. Studied law and called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1861. For a time lecturer in equity at Osgoode Hall, and registrar of the University of Toronto. Bencher of the Law Society, 1871; Q. C., 1872; member of the Law Reform Commission, 1875.
Sat in the House of Commons for West Toronto, 1873-1875. Appointed judge of the Court of Appeal, 1875; chief justice of Ontario, 1877.
Vice-chancellor of the University of Toronto, 1874. Died in Nice, France. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Motin.= =Ch= Author of an ode to Champlain, 72.
=Mouet de Moras de Langlade, Charles de= (1729-1800). =WM= With band of Indians crosses Montmorency, and attacks English, 112, 113. =Bib.=: Morice, _Dict. des Canadiens de l'Ouest_.
=Mounier.= =Dr= One of protesting members of Council under Carleton, 34.
=Mount Allison College.= Located at Sackville, New Brunswick. In 1858 an Act of the New Brunswick Legislature authorized the trustees of the Mount Allison Wesleyan College to establish a degree-conferring inst.i.tution at Sackville, under the name of the Mount Allison Wesleyan College. Work regularly organized, 1862. Corporate name changed to University of Mount Allison College, 1886.
=Mount Royal.= =L= Cross planted on summit, by Maisonneuve, 91.
=Mount-Stephen, George Stephen, first Baron= (1829- ). Born in Dufftown, Banffs.h.i.+re, Scotland. In 1850 came to Canada; built up a successful business in Montreal; in 1873 vice-president of the Bank of Montreal, and in 1876 president. In 1881 elected president of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and for his valuable services in promoting its construction created a baronet, 1886. Joined Lord Strathcona in 1886 in donating $1,000,000 for the erection of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal. In 1888 retired from the presidency of the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1891 created a baron; and in 1905 G.C.V.O. =Index=: =Md= Director of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 236. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Who's Who_.
=Mountain, George Jehoshaphat= (1789-1863). Born in England. Educated at Cambridge; ordained deacon, 1812, and priest, 1816. In 1814-1817 rector of Fredericton, New Brunswick; in 1817 rector of Quebec; and in 1821 archdeacon of Lower Canada. Appointed suffragan bishop of Montreal, 1836, as coadjutor to Dr. C. J. Stewart, bishop of Quebec; and in 1850 bishop of Quebec. Established Bishop's College, Lennoxville, which was incorporated as a college, 1843, and as a university, 1853. =Index=: =R= Secures incorporation of Church of England in Canada, 48. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._ and _Last Three Bishops_; Mockridge, _Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland_.
=Mountain, Jacob= (1750-1825). Born in Norfolk, England. Graduated at Cambridge, 1774, and became fellow, 1779. After holding several livings, appointed castor prebendary of Lincoln cathedral, 1788. Through the friends.h.i.+p of William Pitt, appointed in 1793 first Anglican bishop of Quebec. During his administration the number of clergy increased from nine to sixty-one. The cathedral of Quebec erected under his auspices.
=Index=: =Dr= First bishop of Quebec, 271. =S= Appointed bishop of Quebec, 158; visits Upper Canada, 158; made legislative and executive councillor, 160. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Mockridge, _Bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland_.
=Mounted Police.= _See_ Royal North-West Mounted Police.
=Moustier, Count.= =Dr= French minister to United States, proposes to visit Canada, 247-248.
=Mowat, Sir Oliver= (1820-1903). Born in Kingston, Ontario. Educated there; called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1841, and practised in Kingston and Toronto. In 1857-1864 represented South Ontario in the Canada a.s.sembly; in 1858 provincial secretary in the Brown-Dorion ministry; postmaster-general in the Macdonald-Dorion administration, 1863-1864, and in the Tache coalition government, 1864. From 1864 to 1872 vice-chancellor of Ontario. In 1872 premier and attorney-general of Ontario, and held office until 1896. In 1896 minister of justice in the Dominion Cabinet, with leaders.h.i.+p in the Senate; and in 1897 lieutenant-governor of Ontario, a position he held until his death.
=Index=: =B= Member of brief Brown ministry, 102; on committee of Anti-Slavery Society, 112; speech on Confederation, 1859, 135; George Brown's letter to, on his contemplated retirement from the leaders.h.i.+p, 141; opposes proposal that opposition members should enter government, to further Confederation movement, 157; enters coalition government, 158; reelected, 160; favours elective Senate, 164; his successful fight for provincial rights, 207. =Md= Enters Macdonald's office as a student, 6; succeeds Edward Blake as premier of Ontario, and leader of Liberal party, 252; his characteristics, 252; takes prominent part in Ontario boundary dispute, 252-258. =T= Enters coalition ministry, 69; attends Quebec Conference, 76. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_; Morgan, _Can. Men_; Biggar, _Sir Oliver Mowat_; Clarke, _Sixty Years in Upper Canada_.
=Muir, Major.= =Bk= Commands detachment of 41st Regiment at Brownstown and Maguaga, 237, 238-241.
=Mulock, Sir William= (1843- ). Born in Bond Head, Simcoe County, Ontario. Educated at the University of Toronto. In 1868 called to the bar of Ontario, and appointed an examiner and a lecturer on equity of the Law Society. In 1882 entered the Dominion Parliament; 1896-1905, postmaster-general of Canada, and through his initiative the Inter-Imperial Postal Conference adopted penny postage within the empire. Created K.C.M.G., 1902. In 1905 appointed chief-justice of the Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice for the province of Ontario. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_.
=Munic.i.p.al Government.= =BL= Legislation under Sydenham, 100-105; bill pa.s.sed, 105; Baldwin Act of 1849, 105; regulation of, 287, 292; _Law Journal_ on the bill, 296; Shortt on, 296; munic.i.p.al history, 297-298; terms of Baldwin Act, 299-300. =Sy= Lack of, noted in Lord Durham's Report, 92; provided for in first draft of Union Bill, 273; Sydenham's deep interest in the subject, 273-275; munic.i.p.al clauses struck out of Union Bill, 275; ordinance respecting, pa.s.sed by Special Council of Lower Canada, 276; and later (for Upper Canada) by Legislature, 277; Sydenham's bill providing for, in Upper Canada, 323; provisions of bill, 324; bill pa.s.sed, 325. =S= Beginnings of, in Upper Canada, 89. =Bib.=: Wickett, _City Government in Canada_ and _Munic.i.p.al Government in North-West Territories_; Shortt, _Munic.i.p.al Government in Ontario_; Ewart, _Munic.i.p.al History of Manitoba_; Weir, _Munic.i.p.al Inst.i.tutions in Quebec_ (Toronto Univ. Studies in Hist, and Econ.).
=Munro, John.= =S= Member of Legislative Council, 79.
=Murders.= =Ch= Committed by Indians near Quebec, 115; in colony, 209.
=Murdoch, Beamish.= Historian. =Index=: =H= Contributes to _The Club_ edited by Joseph Howe in the _Nova Scotian_, 10; his independent stand in the Nova Scotia a.s.sembly, 18. =Bib.=: _History of Nova Scotia_.