CNHS - Frank Oliver - Edmonton, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 53° 32.415 W 113° 29.402
12U E 335001 N 5935256
This CNHS which celebrates the achievements of Frank Oliver is hidden away in the Frank Oliver Memorial Park in front of the Macdonald Hotel in downtown Edmonton, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WM29A9
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/25/2007
Views: 48
The CNHS plaque reads as follows:
Frank Oliver 1853 - 1933
Journalist and politician, born near Brampton, Ontario, Upper Canada, Oliver came west in 1873 and, after bringing a printing press overland by Red River cart, founded the Edmonton Bulletin in 1880. He was a member of the North-West Territories Council (1993-1885) and of the legislative assembly (1888-1896). He was an advocate of territorial self-government and of western immigration, causes which he championed as a member of parliament (1896-1917) and Minister of the Interior (1905-1911). He died at Ottawa.
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