841-1910). Succeeded to throne, 1901. =Index=: =E= His
visit to Canada in 1860, 7. =Md= Visits Canada in 1860, and opens
Victoria bridge, 87. =Bib.=: _Dict. Eng. Hist._; Morgan, _Tour of Prince
of Wales through Canada_; Gough, _The King's Visit to Canada_.
=Edward and Annie.= =MS= The vessel which brought the Red River settlers
from Stornoway to Hudson Bay, 150-151.
=Effiat, Duc d'.= =Ch= Second in list of Hundred Associates (Company of
New France), 170.
=Eldon, John Scott, first Earl= (1751-1838). British statesman. =Index=:
=Sy= Resigns from Cabinet, 16. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._
=Election Frauds.= =B= In Russell County and Quebec City in 1857,
99-100, 106.
=Election Laws.= =BL= Bill introduced, 99; rejected by Council, 100; La
Fontaine-Baldwin government brings in a broader measure, 144; its terms,
144-145; opposition of Conservative press, 145-146; electoral reform
measures, 286.
=Elgin, James Bruce, eighth Earl of= (1811-1863). =E= His qualities as a
statesman, 3-4; his success in Canada, 4; his lineage, 5-6; his personal
character, 6-8; education, 6; his contemporaries at college, 7; enters
Parliament, 8; accepts governorship of Jamaica, 9; death of his first
wife, 9; his successful administration in Jamaica, 10-12; returns to
England, 1846, 13; accepts governor-generalship of Canada, 13; his
second marriage, 14; influence of Durham, 15; contrasted with Durham,
15; his arrival in Montreal, 1847, 16, 26, 40, 41; views on the
political situation, 41-43; obtains from Imperial government
reimbursement of plague expenses, 48; his tour through Upper Canada, 49;
on agricultural associations, 50; dissolves Parliament, 50; calls upon
La Fontaine and Baldwin to form administration, 52; comments on
character of new government, 52-53; his letters to Lord Grey, 54-56;
views on the French question, 55-56; his antipathy to Papineau, 56; on
economic conditions, 57-58; on annexation sentiment, 58; on
inter-imperial trade, 58-59; his course in connection with Rebellion
Losses Bill, 71-78; attacked by mob, 74; Imperial government approves
his action in signing bill, 78; second visit to Upper Canada, 79; raised
to peerage, 80; condemns Annexation Manifesto, 81; on causes of
commercial depression, 82; urges reciprocity with United States, 82,
101, 107; vindication of his policy on Rebellion Losses Bill, 83-84;
views on education, 88-89; his admiration for Baldwin, 104; on
parliamentary representation, 118-119; on an elec
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