John Strathearn Hendrie

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Sir John Strathearn Hendrie, KCMG, CVO (August 15, 1857 – July 17, 1923) was Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919.

John Hendrie was born in 1857 in Hamilton, Ontario^[1] and was educated at Upper Canada College. He became a railway contractor and promoted the Hamilton Bridge Works. In 1885 he married Lena Henderson. A Member of Provincial Parliament from 1902 to 1914, he held the positions of Minister without Portfolio and Hydro-Electric Commissioner. He also commanded the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Hendrie was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario in 1914 and served until 1919. Much of his time in Office was spent helping the War Effort and hosting soldiers, seamen and dignitaries. He is the only Ontario viceroy to live at two Government Houses, including Chorley Park. He was knighted in 1915, and died in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1923.

[edit] References

1. ^ Bailey, Thomas Melville (1991). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876-1924). W.L. Griffin Ltd. 

[edit] External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

Political offices
Preceded by James Vernall Teetzel	Mayor of Hamilton 1901–1902	Succeeded by Wellington Jeffers Morden
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Preceded by Andrew Alex Colquhoun	MPP for Hamilton West 1902-1914	Succeeded by John Allan
Government offices
Preceded by John Morison Gibson	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario 1914–1919	Succeeded by Lionel Herbert Clarke

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