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George T. Denison, Canada First and imperial federation

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George Taylor Denison, from a prominent Toronto family, commanded a cavalry regiment that served in the Fenian Raids and the 1885 North-West Resistance, and helped found the nationalist Canada First movement. Believing Canada could keep its sovereignty only within the British Empire, he became a leader of the Imperial Federation League, and he was a Toronto police magistrate for 43 years.

Scope & context

Denison as described in his designation.

Sources behind this record

Colonel George T. Denison National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text