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Donald Neil Plett (born May 14, 1950) is a Canadian senator who has been the leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate since November 5, 2019. [2] He is the founding president of the National Council of the Conservative Party of Canada , [ 3 ] and the longest serving individual to have held this position.
Peter Plett (29 December 1766 – 29 March 1823) was a teacher and pioneer of smallpox vaccine from the Duchy of Schleswig. His work with smallpox vaccine, undertaken in the early 1790s before similar studies by Edward Jenner , was not acknowledged until many years later.
Delbert Plett (March 6, 1948 – November 4, 2004) was a Russian Mennonite lawyer, land developer and historian from Steinbach, Manitoba, most known for his writing on Russian Mennonite history, in particular the Kleine Gemeinde.
In the 1830s, Plettenberg Bay was a stopping point for ships travelling through during the winter time, heading to India.[6] As of 1833, the population of Plettenberg Bay was estimated around 400, with half being white, according to diplomat Edmund Roberts who visited the area. [7]
Plett is a surname of German origin that is common among Russian Mennonites and their descendants. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Barbara Plett Usher , journalist
Plett first played organized hockey at the age of 12 and played junior hockey near his hometown. [1] He played three years in the St. Catharines Black Hawks system, but left the team midway through the 1974–75 Ontario Major Junior Hockey League season following a dispute with coach Hap Emms, joining the tier II Niagara Falls Flyers. [2]
Little Fish is a novel by Casey Plett, published May 1, 2018 by Arsenal Pulp Press.Centring transgender characters in Plett's hometown of Winnipeg, the book won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction in 2018.
Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel Little Fish, her Lambda Literary Award winning short story collection, A Safe Girl to Love, and her Giller Prize-nominated short story collection, A Dream of a Woman. Plett is a transgender woman, and she often centers this experience in her writing.