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11-1512: (Redirected from Bill Owens ) William Owens or Bill Owens may refer to: People [ edit ] William Owens (Canadian politician) (1840–1917), Canadian politician William Claiborne Owens (1849–1925), American politician Oscar Owens (William Oscar Owens, 1893–1960), American baseball player Bill Owens (baseball) (1901–1999), Negro league baseball player William A. Owens (1905–1990), American author Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) (born 1937), American politician Bill Owens (photographer) (born 1938), American photographer, brewer and editor William Owens (admiral) (born 1940), United States Navy admiral and businessman William C. Owens Jr. (born 1947), American politician Bill Owens (New York politician) (born 1949), American politician Bill Owens (Colorado politician) (born 1950), American politician Billy Owens (American football) (born 1965), American football player Billy Owens (born 1969), African-American basketball player William Owens (Navy SEAL) (1980–2017), United States Navy SEALs senior chief petty officer Bill Owens (songwriter) (1935–2021), American country music songwriter. Characters [ edit ] Captain Bill Owens, fictional character, Fantastic Voyage Billy Owens, main character of The Mystical Adventures of Billy Owens and its sequel, Billy Owens and

22-685: A danger of Fenian raids along the Canada–United States border south and east of Montreal. The British government did not want a repeat of the rebellion of 1837 and 1838, for fear of losing two more colonies to the United States . The most important farm products were potatoes, rye, buckwheat, maple sugar and livestock . When it came time to confederate, the Francophones were nervous because they did not want to lose their French heritage. They were afraid that it would be overwhelmed by

33-550: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Owens (Canadian politician) William Owens (May 15, 1840 – June 8, 1917) was a Canadian politician. Born in Stonefield , County of Argenteuil, Canada East , the son of Owen Owens and Charlotte Lindley, Owens was a lieutenant in the Active Militia. He was also mayor, councillor and postmaster of

44-681: The American Revolutionary War, the population of English-speaking residents of Canada West soon outstripped Canada East. Under the Act of Union 1840 the seats in the lower legislature were evenly divided between East and West. There was no provision under the Act for representation by population . From 1841 to 1843, the terms Canada East and Canada West were used. The former names of the two colonies, Lower Canada and Upper Canada , had no constitutional status. From April 25, 1849,

55-529: The Canadian Parliament enacted an interpretation act, which once again gave legal meaning to the terms Lower Canada and Upper Canada : The words "Lower Canada," shall mean all that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Lower Canada. The words "Upper Canada," shall mean all that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada. There was

66-762: The English. At the time of Confederation (1867), Montreal was the largest city of the British North American colonies, with a population of 107,225. Some of the richest people in Canada lived in Montreal. By the late 1850s all the land of Canada West had been bought. The next frontier was west of Lake Superior . However, this land was owned by the Hudson's Bay Company . Most in Canada East resisted

77-715: The Secret of the Runes See also [ edit ] William Owen (disambiguation) Will Owen (disambiguation) Bill Owen (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Owens&oldid=1154470188 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

88-806: The Township of Chatham . He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1881 Quebec general election as the Conservative candidate in the riding of Argenteuil . He was acclaimed in 1886 and re-elected in 1890 . He resigned in 1891. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mackenzie Bowell representing the senatorial division of Inkerman, Quebec on January 2, 1896. A Conservative , he served 21 years until his death in 1917. Canada East An estimated 890,000 people lived in Canada East in 1851. It consisted of

99-413: The southern portion of the modern-day Canadian province of Quebec . It was a former British colony called the Province of Lower Canada . Based on Lord Durham's report it was merged with the Province of Upper Canada (present-day southern portion of the Province of Ontario ) to create the Province of Canada. Canada East was primarily a French-speaking region. Due to heavy immigration following

110-476: The takeover of this land, as it would have changed the balance of the seats in the legislature. The St. Lawrence River was full of ice for half the year. For that half of the year, goods had to be transported on American railways. People supported construction of a railway through Canada East to Halifax to provide an all-British route for trade and defence. By the 1860s, the Grand Trunk Railway

121-480: Was about $ 72 million in debt. Its annual income was about $ 200. Partly because of this, the Province of Canada pulled out of the negotiations for the Intercolonial Railway . Only 20% of Canada East's residents lived in cities. The rest were farmers, habitants as they called themselves. They built their own stone houses and wooden furniture. Their clothes were homemade and their food was grown on

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