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    John McLean

    John McLean, fur trader, explorer (b at Dervaig, Scot 24 July 1798; d at Victoria 8 Mar 1890). In charge of Hudson's Bay Co trade at Fort Chimo [Qué] 1837-43, he searched relentlessly for an overland route to Fort Smith [North West River], on Hamilton Inlet.

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    John McLoughlin

    Jean-Baptiste “John” McLoughlin, Hudson’s Bay Company chief factor, superintendent of the Columbia District, fur trader, physician, merchant (born 19 October 1784 near Rivière-du-Loup, QC; died 3 September 1857 in Oregon City, Oregon). John McLoughlin has long been known as "the Father of Oregon."

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    John McTaggart

    McTaggart, John. Composer, teacher, organist, conductor, b Liverpool, of Scottish parents, ca 1873, d Selkirk, Man, 15 Jul 1953; ARCM, LRAM, LTCL. His teachers included Sir Charles Stanford (composition) and Alberto Visetti (voice) in London.

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    John Meares

    John Meares, sea captain, entrepreneur, fur trader (born 1756; died 1809). He entered the Royal Navy in 1771 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1778. After leaving the navy in 1783, Meares formed a company that traded furs on the Northwest Coast.

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    John Medley

    John Medley, bishop (b at Chelsea, Eng 19 Dec 1804; d at Fredericton 9 Sept 1892). As the first Anglican bishop of Fredericton, Medley spent 47 years building up the church physically and spiritually. Educated at Wadham College,

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    John Medley

    John Medley. Clergyman, choirmaster, composer, b London 19 Dec 1804, d Fredericton 9 Sep 1892. Medley, the Oxford-educated first Anglican bishop (1845) of Fredericton, had studied the writings of the 19th-century musical theorist Adolf Bernhard Marx.

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    John Meisel

    John Meisel, CC, educator, public servant (born 23 October 1923 in Vienna, Austria; died 30 March 2025 in Kingston, ON). John Meisel was known to academics as a leading expert on Canadian politics. He was perhaps best known to the public as the chairman of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) from 1979 to 1983. He was also a professor of political science at Queen's University for five decades. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1999.

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    John Melnyk

    John Melnyk, teacher, pianist, composer (born 17 June 1915 in Winnipeg, MB; died 11 April 2009 in Winnipeg). Pianist John Melnyk performed regularly in Winnipeg in the 1930s and toured as an accompanist to Frederick Grinke, Lorne Munroe and John Waterhouse. Melnyk began teaching privately in 1938. His pupils included Gilbert and Sheila Munroe, Arnold Spohr and Kenneth Winters. Melnyk also composed for piano and was posthumously accepted as an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre in 2021. His son, John S.N. Melnyk, was also a concert pianist and an arts administrator.

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    John Mercer Johnson

    John Mercer Johnson, lawyer, politician (born October 1818 in Liverpool, England; died 8 November 1868 in Chatham, NB).

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    John Meredith

    John Meredith, painter (b at Fergus, Ont 24 July 1933; d at Toronto, Ont 9 Sept 2000), brother of William RONALD. John Meredith Smith (known professionally since 1951 as John Meredith), studied at the Ontario College of Art 1950-53, and had his first solo exhibition in 1958.

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    John Metcalf

    John Metcalf, short story writer, novelist, essayist, anthologist (b at Carlisle, England 12 Nov 1938; Canadian citizen 1970). Metcalf was educated at Bristol University, receiving his BA in 1960 and a Certificate in Education in 1961.

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    John Mighton

    John Mighton, playwright, mathematician, educator (b at Hamilton, Ont 2 October 1957). John Mighton's first subject of academic study was philosophy. He earned a BA at the UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO (1978) and a Masters in Philosophy at MCMASTER UNIVERSITY.

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    John Mills-Cockell

    Mills-Cockell, John. Composer, synthesizist, pianist, organist, b Toronto 19 May 1943. His teachers at the RCMT and the University of Toronto included John Coveart (piano), Samuel Dolin (composition), and Gustav Ciamaga (electronic music).

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    John Mockett Cramp

    John Mockett Cramp, Baptist minister, writer, educator (b at St Peter's, Isle of Thanet, Eng 25 July 1796; d at Wolfville, NS 6 Dec 1881). Although a well-known writer and theologian, Cramp made his important contribution in higher education.

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    John Molson

    John Molson, entrepreneur, politician, philanthropist (born 28 December 1763 near Moulton, Lincolnshire, England; died 11 January 1836 in Boucherville, Lower Canada). John Molson founded Canada’s oldest and largest brewery and introduced steamship travel in Canada. His investments in Montreal helped to transform the city from a colonial outpost to a cosmopolitan centre. Today, the brewing business he founded continues as part of Molson Coors Beverage Company.

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