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By 1895 he was declared insane. One of his more notable eccentricities was the founding of a hot food delivery company to prospectors in the
Klondike Gold Fields. The difficult logistics of this service scared away investors and ultimately proved its downfall. He died on July 4, 1897, in Victoria at
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and retired to
Victoria. Although widely regarded as a stirring orator, a master debater, and a man of great intellectual depth, De Cosmos had always been considered eccentric. Contemporaries paint a portrait of an isolated person (he never married and had few intimate friends; some claimed he had a
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spirit of the age, De Cosmos was also a proponent of social progress through economic and population growth. He was a tireless advocate for economic diversification, being one of the first
British Columbians to argue for a policy of encouraging development of the "three F's" — farming, forestry, and
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daughter from a friend he met) with grandiose manners, prone to public outbursts of tears, and a fierce temper that sometimes degenerated into fist-fights. He had unusual phobias — including a fear of electricity. As he grew older, his eccentricities intensified; he became increasingly incoherent.
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De Cosmos was a member of a group of entrepreneurs that saw an opportunity for a steel industry in B.C. using the newly discovered iron deposits on Texada Island, coal from
Vancouver Island with a smelter and rolling mill in Vancouver. Rails for the transcontinental railway proposed western
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economic sentiment, and the belief that the colonies of
British North America needed to be self-supporting, develop a distinct identity, and form a political and economic union. From such policies, emerged the two great causes of his later career: the
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British Columbia's economic growth and settlement by those of European descent. It is generally conceded that De Cosmos's tenure as a member of the dominion parliament was undistinguished .
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British Columbia in 1866. He advanced the second cause through his position as a member of the assembly of the
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Scandal and the second B.C. Royal Commission of Inquiry. He resigned as Premier. The Commission however found him not guilty.
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to have his name changed to "Amor De Cosmos", a fancifully loose translation (using Latin and Greek roots) of "Lover of the Universe", although in
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fisheries — that would underpin the region's economy for the next century.
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Pre-Confederation Canadian expatriates in the United States
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beckoned, and Smith continued west, heading overland to
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1766:Eliza R. Snow: The Complete Poetry.
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1478:1882 Canadian federal election
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544:Amor De Cosmos, September 1874
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454:Reformer and journalist
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1882:Member of Parliament
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1841:Parliament of Canada
1657:The British Colonist
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679:Retirement and death
656:Member of Parliament
647:Member of Parliament
641:conflict of interest
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428:Oroville, California
420:California Gold Rush
396:Dalhousie University
380:Windsor, Nova Scotia
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235:Francis James Roscoe
1829:on 3 February 2024.
1817:Sayers, Anthony M.
1688:"Between the Lines"
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683:De Cosmos lost the
610:Lieutenant Governor
209:Canadian Parliament
163:Canadian Parliament
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412:Council Bluffs
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372:Amor De Cosmos
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1534:Conservative
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305:(1897-07-04)
303:July 4, 1897
257:Succeeded by
222:
197:Succeeded by
176:
149:Succeeded by
143:first member
122:
99:Succeeded by
56:
18:
2591:1897 deaths
2586:1825 births
2394:3rd session
2264:2nd session
2189:1st session
2085:Vander Zalm
1995:T. E. Davie
1798:. Postmedia
1424:J.P. Davies
1400:(incumbent)
1300:lop.parl.ca
972:Independent
954:Independent
924:Independent
790:lop.parl.ca
587:John Robson
558:nationalism
404:Joseph Howe
400:Nova Scotia
247:Preceded by
187:Preceded by
139:Preceded by
87:Preceded by
2580:Categories
2541:C.B. Young
2536:Cunningham
2516:C.B. Young
2340:Waddington
2080:B. Bennett
1890:1872–1882
1863:1871–1872
1700:References
1692:sos.wa.gov
1665:2020-06-16
1613:James Fell
1493:Candidate
1351:Candidate
1205:Candidate
1054:Candidate
907:Candidate
783:acclaimed
766:acclaimed
746:Candidate
517:John Locke
440:Portuguese
367:Early life
357:politician
349:journalist
322:until 1882
287:1825-08-20
251:new member
191:new member
2511:Southgate
2425:De Cosmos
2330:Southgate
2225:Pemberton
1955:De Cosmos
1950:McCreight
1868:abolished
1597:John Boyd
1436:Source(s)
1288:T. Harris
1273:C. Morton
1125:R. Beaven
812:does not
529:Victorian
374:was born
353:publisher
223:In office
177:In office
123:In office
57:In office
2521:Cochrane
2501:Franklin
2480:W. Young
2445:Helmcken
2420:Carswell
2325:McDonald
2320:Helmcken
2305:Franklin
2215:Langford
2205:Helmcken
2120:C. Clark
2115:Campbell
2100:G. Clark
2095:Harcourt
2090:Johnston
2055:Pattullo
2035:Brewster
2015:Dunsmuir
1886:Victoria
1674:cite web
1499:Elected
1357:Elected
1298:Source:
1211:Elected
1060:Elected
916:Elected
897:Victoria
788:Source:
604:and the
598:province
550:refugees
493:Colonist
464:Victoria
327:Children
215:Victoria
70:Victoria
2551:Pidwell
2526:McClure
2506:Dickson
2475:Trimble
2450:Pidwell
2440:Jackson
2415:Burnaby
2361:Trimble
2356:Burnaby
2230:Skinner
2210:Kennedy
2110:Dosanjh
2075:Barrett
2065:Johnson
2045:MacLean
2025:McBride
1965:Elliott
1802:May 20,
1609:Unknown
1594:Unknown
1579:Unknown
1561:Liberal
1421:Unknown
1392:Liberal
1285:Unknown
1270:Unknown
1219:Liberal
1121:Unknown
1095:Liberal
1068:Liberal
964:27.32%
833:removed
818:sources
774:Liberal
757:Liberal
668:portion
653:Liberal
617:Premier
513:liberal
503:of the
444:Spanish
392:Halifax
66:Monarch
2496:Dennes
2470:Tolmie
2465:Street
2455:Powell
2435:Foster
2430:Duncan
2410:Bayley
2381:Cocker
2376:Harris
2371:Trutch
2335:Tolmie
2310:Gordon
2300:Foster
2295:Crease
2290:Cooper
2125:Horgan
2105:Miller
2050:Tolmie
2040:Oliver
2030:Bowser
2010:Martin
2005:Semlin
2000:Turner
1990:Robson
1980:Smithe
1975:Beaven
1970:Walkem
1960:Walkem
1748:
1490:Party
1480::
1348:Party
1338::
1202:Party
1192::
1051:Party
1041::
984:40.05%
936:32.63%
904:Party
894::
749:Votes
743:Party
664:Ottawa
343:(born
2546:Stamp
2460:Ridge
2315:Green
2285:Coles
2251:McKay
2235:Yates
2020:Prior
1642:(MA).
1496:Votes
1354:Votes
1208:Votes
1057:Votes
910:Votes
382:, to
2366:Ring
2280:Cary
2220:Muir
2060:Hart
1898:and
1884:for
1876:none
1857:for
1849:none
1804:2021
1746:ISBN
1680:link
1145:and
816:any
814:cite
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519:and
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355:and
300:Died
277:Born
213:for
167:for
113:for
47:2nd
2531:Ash
2130:Eby
1617:139
1600:149
1585:241
1570:307
1543:400
1516:441
1427:480
1404:538
1374:896
1276:299
1253:304
1228:308
1104:398
1077:402
1003:377
981:151
961:103
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378:in
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