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- James_Dunsmuir abstract "James Dunsmuir (July 8, 1851 – June 6, 1920) was a British Columbian industrialist and politician. Son of Robert Dunsmuir, he was heir to his family's coal fortune. The Dunsmuir family dominated the province's economy in the late nineteenth century and were a leading force in opposing organized labour. Dunsmuir managed his family's coal business from 1876 until 1910 increasing profits and resisting efforts to unionize. In 1905 he sold his Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway to the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1910 he sold his coal mining company, Union Colliery of British Columbia and R. Dunsmuir and Sons to Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Ltd (CCD). Dunsmuir entered provincial politics in 1898 winning a seat in the provincial legislature and became the 14th Premier in 1900. His government attempted to resist popular pressure to curtail Asian labour and immigration not for humanitarian reasons but to ensure a cheap labour pool for business. It also promoted railway construction and accomplished a redistribution of seats to better represent population distribution in the province. Dunsmuir disliked politics and resigned as Premier in 1902. In 1906 he became the province's eighth Lieutenant Governor but retired in 1909 and lived out his years at the baronial mansion he had constructed at Hatley Park.James Dunsmuir founded the town of Ladysmith, British Columbia. He is interred in the Ross Bay Cemetery in Victoria, British Columbia.One of his eight daughters, Jessie Muriel, married, as her first husband, the couturier Edward Molyneux. His second-born son, James A. Dunsmuir, Jr., died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915.".
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- James_Dunsmuir activeYearsEndDate "1909-12-03".
- James_Dunsmuir activeYearsStartDate "1900-06-15".
- James_Dunsmuir activeYearsStartDate "1906-05-11".
- James_Dunsmuir almaMater Virginia_Tech.
- James_Dunsmuir birthDate "1851-07-08".
- James_Dunsmuir birthPlace Fort_Vancouver.
- James_Dunsmuir birthYear "1851".
- James_Dunsmuir deathDate "1920-06-06".
- James_Dunsmuir deathPlace Cowichan_Bay.
- James_Dunsmuir deathYear "1920".
- James_Dunsmuir monarch Edward_VII.
- James_Dunsmuir monarch Queen_Victoria.
- James_Dunsmuir nationality Canadians.
- James_Dunsmuir office "Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia".
- James_Dunsmuir office "Premier of British Columbia".
- James_Dunsmuir orderInOffice "14th".
- James_Dunsmuir orderInOffice "8th".
- James_Dunsmuir relation Robert_Dunsmuir.
- James_Dunsmuir successor Edward_Gawler_Prior.
- James_Dunsmuir successor Thomas_Wilson_Paterson.
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- James_Dunsmuir almaMater "Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College, now Virginia Tech".
- James_Dunsmuir birthDate "1851-07-08".
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- James_Dunsmuir dateOfDeath "1920-06-06".
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- James_Dunsmuir deathPlace Cowichan_Bay.
- James_Dunsmuir governorGeneral Albert_Grey,_4th_Earl_Grey.
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- James_Dunsmuir lieutenantGovernor Henri-Gustave_Joly_de_Lotbinière.
- James_Dunsmuir lieutenantGovernor Thomas_Robert_McInnes.
- James_Dunsmuir monarch Edward_VII.
- James_Dunsmuir monarch Queen_Victoria.
- James_Dunsmuir name "Dunsmuir, James".
- James_Dunsmuir name "James Dunsmuir".
- James_Dunsmuir nationality Canadians.
- James_Dunsmuir occupation "industrialist and politician".
- James_Dunsmuir office "Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia".
- James_Dunsmuir office "Premier of British Columbia".
- James_Dunsmuir order "14".
- James_Dunsmuir order "8".
- James_Dunsmuir party "No party affiliation".
- James_Dunsmuir placeOfBirth Fort_Vancouver.
- James_Dunsmuir placeOfDeath Cowichan_Bay.
- James_Dunsmuir predecessor Henri-Gustave_Joly_de_Lotbinière.
- James_Dunsmuir predecessor Joseph_Martin_(Canadian_politician).
- James_Dunsmuir premier Richard_McBride.
- James_Dunsmuir relations "Robert Dunsmuir, father".
- James_Dunsmuir shortDescription "British Columbian industrialist and politician".
- James_Dunsmuir successor Edward_Gawler_Prior.
- James_Dunsmuir successor Thomas_Wilson_Paterson.
- James_Dunsmuir termEnd "1902-11-21".
- James_Dunsmuir termEnd "1909-12-03".
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