Lotbinière Island


Lotbinière Island (53˚01'38" 129˚34'21" SE island in the Estevan Group, W side of Estevan Sd, SE of Banks I). Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière (1829–1908) was lt gov of BC from 1900 to 1906. This French-born lawyer and politician served a succession of Liberal governments in Lower Canada (1861–67), Que (1867–85) and Canada (1867–74, 1896–1900). He was premier of Que, 1878–79, and controller and minister of Inland Revenue under Wilfrid Laurier, 1896–1900, in which role he...

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