Charles Mair

Journalist, poet, advocate of western expansion, and an original member of the Canada First movement, Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada. A controversial figure during the Red River uprising (1869-1870), he was subsequently a pioneer businessman of Portage la Prairie, Prince Albert, and Kelowna, and an official of the Dominion immigration service. His literary works included Dreamland and Other Poems, Tecumseh, and Through the Mackenzie Basin. He died at Victoria, B.C.

Journaliste et poète né à Lanark (Haut-Canada), Mair prêcha 1’expansion vers l’0uest et milita au sein du mouvement Canada First. Personnage controversé durant le soulèvement de la Rivière Rouge (1869-1870), il devint plus tard l’un des premiers hommes d’affaires de Portage la Prairie, Prince Albert et Kelowna, puis agent d’immigration du Dominion. Son oeuvre littéraire comprend notamment Dreamland and Other Poems, Tecumseh, et Through the Mackenzie Basin. Il mourut à Victoria (C.-B.).