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s bill providing for, in Upper Canada, 323; provisions of bill, 324; bill passed, 325. =S= Beginnings of, in Upper Canada, 89. =Bib.=: Wickett, _City Government in Canada_ and _Municipal Government in North-West Territories_; Shortt, _Municipal Government in Ontario_; Ewart, _Municipal History of Manitoba_; Weir, _Municipal Institutions in Quebec_ (Toronto Univ. Studies in Hist, and Econ.). =Munro, John.= =S= Member of Legislative Council, 79. =Murders.= =Ch= Committed by Indians near Quebec, 115; in colony, 209. =Murdoch, Beamish.= Historian. =Index=: =H= Contributes to _The Club_ edited by Joseph Howe in the _Nova Scotian_, 10; his independent stand in the Nova Scotia Assembly, 18. =Bib.=: _History of Nova Scotia_. =Murdoch, T. W. C.= =Sy= Appointed civil secretary, 152. =Murray.= =R= Appointed to take charge of improvement of popular education in Upper Canada, 163. =Murray.= =Dr= One of the protesting members of Council under Carleton, 34. =Murray, Sir George= (1772-1846). Born in Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University, and entered the army, 1789. Served in Flanders, 1794; in the West Indies, 1795-1796; in Egypt, 1801; in the Baltic expedition, and in Portugal, 1808; quartermaster-general in the Peninsular War, and for his services promoted major-general, and made K.C.B., 1813. In 1814 appointed governor of Canada. Entered Parliament, 1823; commander-in-chief in Ireland, 1825-1828; colonial secretary, 1828-1830. =Index=: =Sy= Colonial secretary, 16. =Bk= Disapproves employment of German troops, 136. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._ =Murray, Mrs. George.= =Bk= Wife of Colonel (afterwards Sir George) Murray 142. =Murray, George Henry= (1861- ). Born in Grand Narrows, Nova Scotia. Educated at the public schools and at Boston University; studied law and called to the bar of Nova Scotia, 1883. Appointed to the Nova Scotia Legislative Council, 1899; took office in the Fielding administration, 1891; premier, 1896; sustained at general elections of 1897, 1901, and 1906. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_. =Murray, James= (1719-1794). Entered the army, 1740, and served in the West Indies, Flanders, and Brittany. In 1758 commanded a brigade at Louisbourg; and the left wing of the army at the battle of the Plains, 1759. After the surrender of Quebec, left in command, and defended the city against the French, 1760. On Oct. 27, 1760, appointed governor of Quebec, and from 1763 to 1766 governor of
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