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unusual facts about Northern Electric


Northern Electric

The company was split into supply and distribution arms under the Utilities Act 2000.



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Jack the Lad

Clements left in late 1974 and was replaced by two former members of northern electric folk band Hedgehog Pie, Ian 'Walter' Fairbairn (guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, vocals) and Phil Murray (bass, vocals), which inevitably, together with the loss of their main songwriter, gave the band a much more traditional focus.

Joseph-Rosaire Thibaudeau

Thibaudeau was a member of the first Board of directors, Bell Telephone Company of Canada (Bell Canada)in 1880, and Northern Electric and Manufacturing Company Limited (Nortel).

Thomas Cowherd

Telephone production later resumed in Montreal, eventually leading to the creation of Northern Electric, later renamed Northern Telecom and then Nortel.