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Ernest John Chambers

Chambers proved untiring and unyielding in his efforts to shelter citizens from printed material that might compromise their commitment to the war.

William John Hanna

He introduced the Ontario Temperance Act, which closed all bars, clubs, and liquor shops for the duration of World War I.

Sir Albert Edward Kemp

Under Kemp's leadership the commission shifted expenditure away from what was good for the party to what was good for the war effort.

William Pugsley

Though a strong supporter of the war effort, Pugsley was a persistent critic of the government’s war policy.

Malcolm Smith Mercer

Apart from showing his courage under fire, the battle was no test of Mercer’s ability in combat.

Sir Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison

He reported how impressed he was with the coolness of his gunners in engagements that cost the 1st Canadian Division a third of its 18,000 troops.

Sir David Watson

He wrote, "My God! What an awful night we have had. Lost about 200 men & 6 officers of no.1 Coy. They are embedded in my mind to be ever forgotten."

James Duffy

Duffy quickly made a name for himself among the sporting fraternity by placing second in the 1911 running of the Ward Marathon.

George Taylor Richardson

He was aptly described as “a man who never gave a command he would not himself have executed willingly.”

Francis Clarence McGee

His accomplishment, then rarely seen at the highest level of hockey, heralded a new era. He averaged better than three goals a game.