John Strathearn Hendrie

Sir John Strathearn Hendrie


Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Hamilton West
In office 1902–1914
Preceded by	Edward Alexander Colquhoun
Succeeded by	John Allan
11th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
In office September 26, 1914 – November 20, 1919
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn The Duke of Devonshire
Premier	William Howard Hearst Ernest Charles Drury
Preceded by	John Morison Gibson
Succeeded by	Lionel Herbert Clarke
Personal details
Born	(1857-08-15)August 15, 1857 Hamilton, Upper Canada
Died	July 17, 1923(1923-07-17) (aged 65) Baltimore, Maryland
Resting place	Hamilton Cemetery
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lena Henderson (1885)
Alma mater	Upper Canada College
Cabinet	Minister Without Portfolio (1905-1914)

Sir John Strathearn Hendrie KCMG CVO (August 15, 1857 – July 17, 1923) was the 11th 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. He was Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1901 to 1902. He was then Member of Provincial Parliament from 1902 to 1914, where he held the positions of Minister without Portfolio and Hydro-Electric Commissioner. He joined the Hamilton Field Artillery in 1883 and later commanded the 2nd Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery (of the Canadian Militia) until 1909. 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.

References

↑ Bailey, Thomas Melville (1991). Dictionary of Hamilton Biography (Vol II, 1876-1924). W.L. Griffin Ltd. p. 143.

External links

"John Strathearn Hendrie". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History

Lieutenant Governors of Ontario

Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Stisted Howland Crawford D. A. Macdonald J. B. Robinson Campbell Kirkpatrick Gzowski Mowat Clark Gibson Hendrie Clarke Cockshutt Ross Mulock H. A. Bruce Matthews Lawson Breithaupt MacKay Rowe W. R. Macdonald McGibbon Aird Alexander Jackman Weston Bartleman Onley Dowdeswell

Province of Canada (1841–66)*	Clitherow Jackson Bagot Metcalfe Cathcart J. Bruce E. W. Head Monck

Upper Canada (1791–1841)	Simcoe Russell Hunter Grant Gore Brock Sheaffe de Rottenburg Drummond Murray F. P. Robinson Smith Maitland Colborne Bond Head Arthur Thomson

British Province of Quebec (1759–91)*	Amherst Murray Carleton Haldimand Carleton (2nd time)

* The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General.

Mayors of Hamilton, Ontario

Ferrie Tiffany Distin Fisher Holden Ford Kerr Cummings Magill Cummings Moore Mills McKinstry McElroy Magill Charlton Clark O'Reilly Murison Chisholm Charlton Roach Kilvert O'Reilly Magill Mason McKay Doran McLellan Blaicher A. Stewart Tuckett Colquhoun Teetzel Hendrie Morden Biggar T. Stewart McLaren Lees Allan Walters Booker Coppley Jutten Treleaven Burton Peebles Wilton Morrison Lawrence Jackson Copps Agro MacDonald Powell Morrow Wade Di Ianni Eisenberger Bratina Eisenberger

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