Donald Hogarth

Donald McDonald Hogarth (1879 in Osceola, Ontario – June 27, 1950 in Toronto) was an Ontario politician and mining financier.

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1879 - Ontario - June 27 - 1950 - Toronto

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An associate of real estate promoter and politician John James Carrick, he moved to Port Arthur, Ontario in February 1905. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Port Arthur riding as a Conservative December 1911, re-elected June 1914 and October 1919, serving until May 1923. Re-entering provincial politics, he was elected as an Independent-Conservative in December 1926 and re-elected as a Conservative in October 1929, ending his political career in May 1934. During this long political career representing an important constituency of Northern Ontario, he focused his efforts on the development of the mining and pulp and paper industry.

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John James Carrick - Port Arthur, Ontario - Legislative Assembly of Ontario - Northern Ontario

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While still a member of the assembly, Don Hogarth enlisted in 1914 for World War I and rose rapidly through the Canadian military ranks, from lieutenant to captain to major in 1915 in charge of military supplies and transport in London. In January 1917 he was appointed a lieutenant-colonel and made director of supply and transport for the Canadian forces. He was awarded the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) in June 1917, the year he became acting quartermaster-general of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In February 1918 he was appointed Quartermaster-General with the rank of Brigadier-General, and left the military in 1919 with the rank of Major-General.

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World War I - Lieutenant-colonel - Quartermaster - Canadian Expeditionary Force - Brigadier-General - Major-General

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As a mining financier and political operator, he was associated with the Little Long Lac gold mine near Geraldton, Ontario. His greatest venture was the development of the Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited at Steep Rock Lake near Atikokan, Ontario. He was inducted into the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.

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Geraldton, Ontario - Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited - Steep Rock Lake - Atikokan, Ontario - Canadian Mining Hall of Fame

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