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  • Macleans

    Harper’s next fight?

    Mark Mayrand has big plans to reform the way we run elections. Will the government listen?This article was originally published in Maclean's Magazine on October 21, 2013

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    Harriet Brooks

    Harriet Brooks Pitcher, physicist and nuclear scientist (born 2 July 1876 in Exeter, ON; died 17 April 1933 in Montreal, QC). Harriet Brooks made important contributions to the field of atomic physics. She discovered that one element could change into another element through radioactive decay. Brooks was the first woman to receive a master’s degree from McGill (1901). She is considered the first Canadian female nuclear physicist. Ernest Rutherford referred to her as “the most pre-eminent woman physicist in the department of radioactivity,” next to Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist Marie Curie.

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    Harriet Tubman

    Harriet Tubman, née Araminta "Minty" Ross, abolitionist, “conductor” of the Underground Railroad (born c. 1820 in Dorchester County, Maryland; died 10 March 1913 in Auburn, New York). Tubman escaped from enslavement in the southern United States and went on to become a leading abolitionist before the American Civil War. She led numerous enslaved persons to freedom in the “free” Northern states and Canada through the Underground Railroad — a secret network of routes and safe houses that helped people escape enslavement.

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    Harriet Walker

    Harriet (née Anderson) Walker, "Hattie," director, actress, drama critic, feminist, educator (b at New York 13 February 1865; d at Winnipeg 24 September 1943).

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    Harry Adaskin

    Harry Adaskin, OC, violinist, teacher, broadcaster (born 6 October 1901 in Riga, Latvia; died 7 April 1994 in Vancouver, BC).

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    Harry Botterell

    Edmund Harry Botterell, neurosurgeon, medical educator (b at Vancouver 28 Feb 1906; d at Kingston 23 Jun 1997). Graduation in medicine from the University of Manitoba was followed by neurosurgical training at University of Toronto and research at Yale.

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    Harry Cecil Rowsell

    Harry Cecil Rowsell, veterinarian, animal care specialist (b at Toronto 29 May 1921).

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    Harry Corwin Nixon

    Harry Corwin Nixon, politician, premier of Ontario (b at St George, Ont 1 Apr 1891; d there 22 Oct 1961). He won acclaim for his political longevity, spending 42 years as an Ontario MPP.

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    Harry Crane Perrin

    Harry Crane Perrin. Educator, administrator, composer, organist, b Wellingborough, Northhamptonshire, England, 19 Aug 1865, d Exeter, England, 6 Nov 1953; D MUS (Trinity, Dublin) 1901, FRCO.

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    Harry Crerar

    Henry (“Harry”) Duncan Graham Crerar, PC, CH, CB, DSO, CD, artillery officer, general (born 28 April 1888 in Hamilton, ON; died 1 April 1965 in Ottawa, ON). Commissioned in 1910, Crerar was a career army officer who served in both world wars. During the Second World War, he rose through a series of command and staff positions to lead First Canadian Army, the largest formation ever fielded by Canada. Crerar is widely considered an excellent staff officer but an average field commander.

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    Harry Daniels

    Harry Wilfred Daniels, politician, writer, actor (born 16 September 1940 in Regina Beach, SK; died 6 September 2004 in Regina Beach). Daniels was a celebrated Métis politician and activist who fought for the rights of Métis people. His greatest contribution to Indigenous rights in Canada was the Supreme Court case Daniels v. Canada, which guaranteed that Métis and Non-Status Indians are considered “Indian” under the Constitution Act, 1867. (See also Indian Status.)

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    Harry Dean

    Harry Dean. Teacher, organist-choirmaster, pianist, conductor, b Yorkshire, England, 22 Feb 1879, d Halifax, NS, 30 Oct 1955; ARCO 1898.

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    Harry DeWolf

    Harry George DeWolf, naval officer and veteran of the Second World War, vice-admiral, Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Canadian Navy (born 26 June 1903 in Bedford, NS). DeWolf was best known as the commanding officer of HMCS Haida, one of Canada’s eight Tribal Class destroyers during the Second World War. DeWolf entered the navy in 1918 and retired in 1961. A new class of offshore patrol vessels has been named in his honour. 

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    Harry Edwin Strom

    Harry Edwin Strom, farmer, politician, premier of Alberta (b at Burdett, Alta 7 July 1914; d at Edmonton 2 Oct 1984). Strom's parents were both born in Sweden.

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    Harry Gunning

    Harry Emmet Gunning, OC, scientist, administrator (born 16 December 1916 in Toronto, ON; died 24 November 2002 in Edmonton, AB).

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