| LC control no. | n 50042027 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | MacEwan, Grant, 1902-2000 |
| Variant(s) | MacEwan, J. W. G. (John Walter Grant), 1902-2000 MacEwan, John Walter Grant, 1902- |
| Associated country | Canada |
| Located | Calgary (Alta.) Edmonton (Alta.) |
| Birth date | 1902-08-12 |
| Death date | 2000-06-15 |
| Place of birth | Brandon (Man.) |
| Place of death | Calgary (Alta.) |
| Affiliation | Ontario Agricultural College Iowa State College University of Saskatchewan University of Manitoba Alberta. Legislative Assembly Calgary (Alta.). City Council Liberal Party in Alberta Order of Canada |
| Profession or occupation | Agriculture teachers College teachers College department heads Deans (Education) Politicians City council members Legislators Mayors Lieutenant governors |
| Found in | The science and practice of Canadian animal husbandry, 1936 (usage: by J.W.G. MacEwan and [1 other]) The sodbusters, [1948?] (usage: by Grant MacEwan) Between the Red and the Rockies, [1952]: title page (by Grant MacEwan) Buffalo, 1995: t.p. (Grant MacEwan) jkt. (John Walter Grant MacEwan; b. 08-12-1902) Blazing the old cattle trail, 2000: t.p. (Grant MacEwan) about the author (d. June 15, 2000) The globe and mail, 17 June 2000, online, viewed 31 May 2018 (Grant MacEwan, farmer, academic, politician, and author who was the public-relations man for Alberta and served as mayor of Calgary and Alberta Lieutenant-Governor, died Thursday [15 June] at a long-term care facility in Calgary from complications following a fall; born John Grant Walter MacEwan on Aug 12, 1902, on a farm near Brandon, and grew up on a farm near Melfort, Sask.; did not finish high school but enrolled at the Ontario Agricultural College, receiving a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from the affiliated University of Toronto, and a master's degree from Iowa State University; became dean of agriculture at the University of Manitoba; devoted much of his life to politics, standing as a Liberal candidate in a 1951 federal by-election in Brandon, Man., elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1955, becoming Liberal leader in 1958 and losing his seat in 1959, entered civil politics, being elected to Calgary council and becoming mayor in 1963, appointed Lieutenant-Governor in 1965, serving two five-year terms; began writing anecdotal histories of Western Canada in 1948 and produced more than 40 during the next 45 years, which critics complained were shallow and sometimes travelled over ground already covered; dedicated environmentalist; appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1974) The Canadian encyclopedia online, viewed 31 May 2018: Grant MacEwan (John Walter Grant MacEwan; author, historian, lieutenant-governor of Alberta; born in Brandon, Manitoba, on 12 August 1902; graduated from Ontario Agricultural College in 1926 and from Iowa State College in 1928; professor of animal husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan and department head from 1928 to 1946, and dean of agriculture at the University of Manitoba from 1946 to 1951; stood as the Liberal candidate for a federal by-election in Brandon in 1951, moved to Calgary and served as alderman from 1953 to 1961, served as mayor from 1963 to 1966, served as MLA from 1955 to 1959, served as leader of Alberta Liberal party from 1958 to 1960, served as lieutenant-governor from 1965 to 1974; authored four agricultural texts and some 50 books on historical subjects; invested with the Order of Canada in 1975; died in Calgary, Alberta, on 15 June 2000) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, 31 May 2018 (J.W. MacEwan, O.C., A.O.E., LL.D.; Calgary, Alberta; Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded on December 18, 1974, invested on April 16, 1975; Former Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Teacher, author, lecturer and legislator. For his wide-ranging contributions to public life and cultural affairs; deceased) Amicus database, 31 May 2018 (authorized access point (0101K1716): MacEwan, Grant, 1902-2000; variant access point: MacEwan, John Walter Grant) |
| National bib agency no. | 0101K1716E |
| Quality code | nlc |
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