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Nova Scotia plaque on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. William Alexander Monument, built of stones from his Menstrie Castle, Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1957). In 1621, King James I granted Stirling a royal charter appointing him mayor of a vast territory which was enlarged into a lordship and barony of Nova Scotia (meaning New Scotland); the area is now known as Nova Scotia, New ...
Sir William Alexander (c. 1602 – 18 May 1638) was the founder, in 1629, of the Scottish colony of Nova Scotia with the establishment of Charles Fort, now the site of modern Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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New Brunswick (Charlotte) April 6, 1953 64 William Duff Liberal Nova Scotia : April 25, 1953 80 Heart attack Donald MacLennan Liberal Nova Scotia (Margaree Forks) October 19, 1953 76 John Caswell Davis Liberal Manitoba : October 25, 1953 65 Vincent Burke Liberal Newfoundland and Labrador (Saint-Jacques) December 19, 1953 75
William A. Henry: 390: 23.96 Total valid votes 1,628: 100.00 This electoral district was created by the British North America Act, 1867 from the colonial Province of Nova Scotia's Antigonish electoral district. William Alexander Henry was one of the incumbents, along with John McKinnon. Source: Library of Parliament [8]
New Brunswick (Fredericton) August 20, 1905 101 Thomas Reuben Black Liberal Nova Scotia (Amherst) September 14, 1905 72 George Taylor Fulford Liberal Ontario : October 15, 1905 53 Automobile accident Charles Edward Church Liberal Nova Scotia : January 3, 1906 [4] 71 Alexander Vidal Conservative Ontario : November 18, 1906 87
On July 28, 1629, Sir William sent a ship, his son William Alexander (the younger), and seventy Scottish settlers who established the first incarnation of "New Scotland" which they named Charles Fort, at present-day Annapolis Royal on the site of the future Fort Anne (see Charles Fort - National Site). During this time there were few French ...
William Alexander, Baron Alexander of Potterhill (1905–1993), English educator and author; Fred Alexander (editor) (William Frederick Alexander, 1882–1957), New Zealand subeditor, poetry anthologist and newspaper editor; William Menzies Alexander (1858–1929), Scottish medical and theological writer