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    John Hendrickson

    John Henry Hendrickson, pianist (born 11 April 1956 in Montreal, QC; died 30 April 2022). AMA 1973, LMA 1973.

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    John Henry Dunn

    John Henry Dunn, officeholder, politician, businessman (baptized at St Helena 26 Feb 1792; d at London, Eng 21 Apr 1854).

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    John Avison

    John Henry Patrick Avison, CM, conductor, pianist (born 25 April 1914 in Vancouver, BC; died 30 November 1983 in Vancouver). 

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    John Henry Walker

    ​John Henry Walker, wood engraver, illustrator (born 1831 in Ballamony, Northern Ireland; died 1899 in Montréal, QC). 

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    John Henry Wesson

    John Henry Wesson, "Jack," farmer, farm leader (b near Sheffield, Eng 24 Aug 1887; d at Regina 13 Nov 1965). Wesson immigrated to Canada in 1907 and homesteaded near Maidstone, Sask.

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    John Henry Yahba

    John Henry Yahba, Ojibwe farmer, soldier, war hero, labourer (born 1 October 1880 at Saugeen First Nation, ON; died 29 November 1953 in Chippewa Hill, ON). Yahba served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. In the closing month of that war, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his heroism in battle on the Western Front. (See also  Indigenous Peoples and the World Wars.)

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    John Herbert

    John Herbert Brundage, pen name John Herbert, writer and theatre director (b at Toronto 13 Oct 1926, d at Toronto 22 June 2001).

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    John Herbert Caddy

    John Herbert Caddy, painter and teacher (b at Québec C 28 June 1801; d at Hamilton, Ont 19 March 1887). In 1816 he began military training at Royal Military College, Woolwich, England, and was commissioned 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1825.

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    John H. Chapman

    John Herbert Chapman, FRSC, physicist, space scientist, administrator (born 28 August 1921 in London, ON; died 28 September 1979 in Vancouver, BC). John H. Chapman is regarded by several sources as “the father of the Canadian Space Program.”

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    John Herbert Turner

    John Herbert Turner, businessman, politician, premier of BC 1895-98 (b at Claydon, Eng 7 May 1834; d at Richmond, Eng 9 Dec 1923). A merchant in Halifax and Charlottetown, Turner moved in 1862 to Victoria, where in 1865 he established the firm of Turner, Beeton and Co.

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    John Hewitt

    John Hewitt, cooper, labour leader, editor (flourished 1860s-90s). After extensive experience in American labour reform, Hewitt became a major Toronto labour leader. He helped found the Toronto Trades Assembly, led the NINE-HOUR

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    John Hodgins

    John (Marshall) Hodgins. Choir conductor, organist, teacher, b Toronto 4 Jan 1916, d Oshawa, Ont, 23 Apr 1979; ATCM 1935, LTCL 1940. His teachers were Peter C. Kennedy (piano), Charles Peaker and Frederick Silvester (organ), and Healey Willan (theory).

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    John Horgan

    John Joseph Horgan, 36th premier of British Columbia, 2017–2022; political aide, ambassador of Canada to Germany, 2023-2024 (born 7 August 1959 in Victoria, BC; died on 12 November 2024 in Victoria). John Horgan worked as a political staffer for BC New Democratic Party (NDP) premiers Mike Harcourt, Glen Clark and Dan Miller. In 2005, he became a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Malahat-Juan de Fuca. He then revitalized the BC NDP after it had spent 16 years on the opposition benches. Following the 2017 election, Horgan engineered a power-sharing coalition with the Green Party to topple a weakened Liberal regime. After Horgan called a snap election in October 2020, the NDP won 53 of 87 seats and Horgan converted his minority government into a governing majority. He became Ambassador of Canada to Germany in 2023.

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    John Howard Sissons

    John Howard Sissons, "Jack," lawyer, judge (b at Orillia, Ont 14 July 1892; d at Edmonton 11 July 1969). 

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    John Howatt Bell

    John Howatt Bell, lawyer, politician, premier of Prince Edward Island (born at Cape Traverse, PEI Dec 1846; died at Los Angeles, Calif 29 Jan 1929). Member of the PEI Legislative Assembly 1886-98 and MP 1898-1900, Bell, a Liberal, was re-elected provincially in 1915 and was premier 1919-23.

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