SIR MACKENZIE BOWELL

(BELLEVILLE PRIME
MINISTER OF CANADA)
Ryan Thistle

Opening statement

Sir Mackenzie Bowell was not the Prime

Minister for long, as he was only a
replacement for former Prime Minister,
John Thompson, who died unexpectedly
in 1894.

Mackenzie Bowell loved his trains. He loved toy

ones and real ones. Especially the real ones. He
owned a short line named The Belleville and
North Hastings Railway. This railway went to
neither Belleville or North Hastings, but it did
connect two longer railways that did.

Bowell served in a militia of 65 men, entitled The

Bellville Rifle Company in 1858. He served guarding
the boarder of upper Canada during the American Civil
War.

He served very well in his ministerial duties and was

promoted to the title of Prime Minister of Canada
following the death of previous Prime Minister, John
Thompson.

Mackenzie Bowell was not an outstanding Prime

Minister by far, but he is very well known in the city of
Belleville. Although he did serve his duties as
expected of the citizens of Canada.

Dr. Roberta Bondar (First

Canadian woman in space)

On January 22, 1992, Roberta Bondar became

the first ever Canadian woman to go to space.

Roberta won numerous awards in her lifetime. The

biggest award she won was in 1985. She won an
award named the Vanier Award after she was selected
as an outstanding young Canadian by the Jaycees of
Canada.

She received a Honorius causa award in 1990 from

Mount St. Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Again, in 1991, she received yet another Honorius
causa from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay,
Ontario.

In a way, Roberta Bondar did a lot for Canada. She did

not do a lot while she was winning awards but she did
put a very good reputation on Canada as an astronaut.
Her contribution to space exploriation played a big
role for Canada.