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Hewitt Bostock, PC (May 31, 1864 – April 28, 1930) was a Canadian publisher, businessman and politician.
He was born in Walton Heath, Epsom, England and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge graduating with honours in mathematics. Bostock then studied law and was called to the bar in 1888. Rather than begin a legal practice he toured North America, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan before settling in British Columbia in 1893 In 1888 the Monte Creek Ranch (also known as the Ducks Ranch) he had purchased in 1888, taking up residence there in 1894. In addition to the ranch, he also operated a lumber company.
He founded the Province newspaper and then entered politics winning election to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal in the 1896 election, representing the riding of Yale—Cariboo for one term (until the 1900 election).
In 1904, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada by the prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier. A decade later he became Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate. Bostock broke with the Laurier Liberals over the Conscription Crisis of 1917, and became a Liberal-Unionist, campaigning in favour of the Union government of Sir Robert Borden during the 1917 election.
Following World War I, Bostock reconciled with the Liberals and, in 1921, became Minister of Public Works in the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King. Several months later, in 1922, he became Speaker of the Senate of Canada and held the position until his death in 1930. In 1925, he served as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Assembly of the League of Nations.
There is a Mount Hewitt Bostock (2183 m or 7162 ft) named in his honour in the northern end of the Canadian Cascades, about 20 kilometres northeast of the Fraser Canyon town of Boston Bar, which is in what had been the riding of Yale—Cariboo where his political career began (today in Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon).
His eldest daughter Marian Noel Sherman was a physician in India and a prominent humanist in western Canada.
References
- "Hewitt, Bostock (BSTK882H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Belshaw, John Douglas; Duckworth, Elisabeth (1998). "Bostock, Hewitt". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry on Mount Hewitt Bostock
- "Mount Hewitt Bostock". BC Geographical Names.
- Block, Tina (2014-12-09). "Ungodly Grandmother: Marian Sherman and the Social Dimensions of Atheism in Postwar Canada". Journal of Women's History. 26 (4): 132–154. doi:10.1353/jowh.2014.0067. ISSN 1527-2036.
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded byThe electoral district was created in 1892. |
Member of Parliament for Yale—Cariboo 1896–1900 |
Succeeded byWilliam Alfred Galliher |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byGeorge William Ross | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1914–1919 |
Succeeded byRaoul Dandurand |
| Preceded byRaoul Dandurand | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1920–1921 |
Succeeded byJames Alexander Lougheed |
| Ministers of public works of Canada | |
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| Public works (1867–1996) |
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| Public works and government services (1996–2015) | |
| Public services and procurement (2015–present) | |
| As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the minister of supply and services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995. | |
| Ministers of immigration and colonization of Canada | |
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| The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and proclaimed in force December 1, 1936. |
- 1864 births
- 1930 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
- Lawyers in British Columbia
- Canadian senators from British Columbia
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Liberal Party of Canada senators
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- Speakers of the Senate of Canada
- Canadian newspaper publishers (people)
- Canadian ranchers