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Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

It consisted of parts of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry: the Township of Charlottenburgh (Glengarry County), the counties of Dundas and Stormont, and Akwesasne Indian Reserve No. 59.


1993 Open Championship

Amateurs: Pyman (E), Leonard (+8), Welch (+8), Dundas (+13), Voges (+15), Griffiths (+18).

Alexander Abercromby, Lord Abercromby

Abercromby was born in Clackmannanshire on 15 October 1745, the fourth and youngest son of George Abercromby of Tullibody (1705-1800) and Mary Dundas.

Alexander Ingram Fisher

He was born in Waterdown, Ontario, the son of Reverend Simeon Whidden Fisher and Mary Ingram, and was educated in Dundas, at Toronto University and at Osgoode Hall.

Alexander Speirs

Speirs was the son of Archibald Speirs and his wife Margaret Dundas, daughter of Thomas Dundas, 1st Baron Dundas.

Alfred Dundas Taylor

Alfred Dundas Taylor was born August 30, 1825 in England, son of George Ledwell Taylor (1788–1873), a civil architect to the Admiralty in the UK.

Archibald Cockburn

Matilda Cockburn (Cockpen, Midlothian, 7 February 1772 - 1842), married at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 13 July 1798 to Sir Robert Dundas of Beechwood, 1st Baronet Dundas (30 June 1761 - Heriot Row, Edinburgh, Midlothian, 4 January 1835), and had issue

Arthur French, 5th Baron de Freyne

He was born in London, to Arthur French of Frenchpark, County Roscommon (1855–1913), 4th Baron de Freyne, and his wife Lady Laura Octavia Dundas (died 1881).

Barony of Denboig/Dunbog

He was succeeded by his son Lawrence Mark Dundas, 4the Marquess of Zetland.

Battle of the Denmark Strait

Only three of her crew (Ted Briggs, Bob Tilburn and Bill Dundas), survived to be rescued two hours later by the destroyer HMS Electra.

Bau-Xi Photo

The gallery opened in January 2010, and is located directly across from the Art Gallery of Ontario on Dundas Street West, in the heart of downtown Toronto.

Brian Ervine

In 2005, at a special ceili in the Great Hall of Stormont Parliament Building, hosted by Tommy Sands of Downtown Radio, David Ervine sang "Leaving Dalriada", an emotive ballad written by Brian Ervine, about an exile who was ordered to leave the country by a gunman.

Cape Dundas

It was sighted by Captain James Weddell on January 12, 1823, and named by him in honor of the illustrious Dundas family.

Carlingford, New South Wales

North Brush was also used variously to identify the bush north of the Parramatta River covering what is now known as West Ryde, Eastwood, Carlingford and Dundas.

Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

He was born at Leith, Midlothian to Robert Middleton, a customs collector of Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, and Helen, daughter of Captain Charles Dundas RN and granddaughter of Sir James Dundas of Arniston.

Chub Collins

Charles Augustus "Chub" Collins (October 12, 1857 – May 20, 1914) was a Major League Baseball player from Dundas, Ontario.

Clan Dundas

The principal branches of the Clan Dundas were Dundas of Blair Castle, Dundas of Arniston, Dundas of Duddingston and Dundas of Fingask.

Conception Bay North Cee Bee Stars

The victory gives the Cee Bee Stars the right to play in the 2014 Allan Cup in Dundas, Ontario if they so choose.

Downtown Yonge

North of Dundas Street, a landmark store was opened by Sam Sniderman called Sam the Record Man, which offered three floors of records.

Dundas Valley, New South Wales

Gregory Blaxland purchased Brush Farm in 1806.
Lieutenant William Cox would refer the south eastern corner near Brush farm now bordering Deninstone West and Eastwood as Dundas Heights; Lieutenant William Cox would survey his land from the vantage point of Dundas Heights.

Dundas, Minnesota

Settled in the mid-1500s, the city was later founded in 1867 by the Archibalds: Brothers John Sidney and Edward T., along with their cousin George Archibald named it after their hometown of Dundas, Ontario, Canada.

Dundas, Ontario

In early December 2004, The West Wing did some filming; remaking parts of Dundas (Town hall, a residence, and Deluxe Restaurant) into New Hampshire locales.

Eastwood County Road

The Eastwood County Road was a planned freeway route in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, intended to link the Kissing Point Road at Dundas to Epping Road at North Ryde, via Eastwood.

Firth Helicopter

The design team of Heenan, Winn and Steele, led by Major J.N. Dundas Heenan who had been previously involved in a similarly unorthodox 1948 aircraft project, the Planet Satellite, utilized the fuselage of the second Satellite prototype, registered G-ALXP in 1951.

Francis Dundas

General Francis Dundas (c.1759, Sanson, Berwickshire – 15 January 1824, Dumbarton, Scotland was a British general and acting governor of the Cape Colony between 1798 and 1803.

George Clint

His mezzotints included The Trial of Queen Caroline, after George Henry Harlow; a portrait of the William Pitt, after John Hoppner; a portrait of Margaret, Lady Dundas, after Thomas Lawrence; a portrait of Miss Siddons, again after Lawrence, and a print after a self-portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

George Dundas

Dundas purchased a Second Lieutenantcy in the Rifle Brigade in 1839, serving in various places such as Bermuda and Nova Scotia.

Guelph Transit

The initial route of the GRC was south along Woolwich Street, through the downtown and along Dundas Road, with a second line running from the Sleeman owned Silvercreek Brewery on Waterloo Avenue, to the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk (later Canadian National) Railway stations.

Guy Lauzon

In the 2000 federal election, Lauzon ran as the Canadian Alliance candidate in Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh, and finished second behind incumbent Liberal Bob Kilger.

Jack Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Kingsbridge

Before his appointment as Arts Minister, Lord Donaldson had served for several years as a Minister of State at Britain's N.I.O. at Stormont.

John Dundas Cochrane

John Dundas Cochrane died in 1825 in Valencia, Colombia while in transit, again on foot, to his family's mining interests in South America.

John Erskine of Carnock

His grandfather was David Erskine, 2nd Lord Cardross, while his mother, Anna, the daughter and heiress of Sir William Dundas of Kincavel, was his father's second wife.

Lawrence Dundas

Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland (1876–1961), British politician, also known as Lord Dundas (1873 to 1892) and Earl of Ronaldshay (1892 to 1929)

Malahide Cricket Club

The ground became Ireland's third venues for international cricket included Castle Avenue in Dublin and the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground at Stormont.

Miracle Food Mart

Dundas - University Plaza - converted to The Barn, now a Metro

Northern Ireland flags issue

The Ulster Banner, the flag of the pre-1973 government of Northern Ireland, was used from 1953 to 1972 by the Stormont government to represent the government of Northern Ireland.

Peel and Dufferin Regiment

Some of the officers felt they would have to recruit from beyond the bounds of the county in order to be viable, and the Headquarters, A and B Companies were located in a large second story flat at the corner of Pacific and Dundas Streets in West Toronto; C Company was in Brampton and D Company in Port Credit.

Pete Wood

A native of Dundas, Ontario, Wood made his major league debut on 15 July 1885 with the Buffalo Bisons, the team which also featured on its roster his brother, Fred Wood.

Philip Dundas

On returning to Britain Dundas stood as a member of Parliament for English constituency of Gatton and having won the seat after a contested by-election (during which he was elected with a single vote cast) entered Parliament on 24 January 1803.

Roncesvalles, Toronto

The Boyd Gang - Edwin Alonzo Boyd's gang achieved national notoriety in the 1950s with a crime spree that began at the Roncesvalles branch of the Toronto Bank (across from the Dundas-Roncesvalles triangle), while maintaining a hideout at a girlfriend's apartment on Wright Avenue.

Roslyn Dundas

Until Kelly Vincent's election to the South Australian Legislative Council in 2010, Dundas was the youngest woman ever elected to an Australian parliament.

South Glengarry, Ontario

Williamstown is also home to Canada's oldest continuing annual fair, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2012.

Alexander McMartin, from Martintown; first person born in Upper Canada to serve in the Legislative Assembly.

Alexander McMartin, the first person born in Upper Canada to serve in the Legislative Assembly, was from Martintown.

St. Joseph's Health Centre

From the Dundas West subway station, the 504 King streetcar stops at Queen Street/The Queensway one block to the east, on Roncesvalles Avenue, where a transfer can be made to the 501 streetcar.

Toronto Solid Waste Management

Transport of waste from transfer stations to landfills are contracted out to Republic Services Canada Incorporated of Dundas, Ontario and Wilson Logistics Incorporated of Toronto.


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