45 Notable alumni of
Mount Allison University
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Mount Allison University is 1321st in the world, 475th in North America, and 30th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 45 notable alumni from Mount Allison University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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John Reardon
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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John Henry Reardon is a Canadian actor and former university football player. Prior to 2015, Reardon starred as Blake Laviolette on the CBC Television series Arctic Air and had a recurring role as Greg Cameron on the Showcase series Continuum. As of 2019, Reardon stars as Detective Charlie Hudson on the Canadian television series Hudson & Rex.
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Bonnie Henry
- Enrolled in Mount Allison University
- 1983-1986 graduated with Bachelor of Science in biochemistry
- Occupations
- chief medical officer
- Biography
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Bonnie J. Fraser Henry is a Canadian physician and public servant who has been the provincial health officer at the British Columbia Ministry of Health since 2014. Henry is also a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia. She is a specialist in public health and preventive medicine, and is a family doctor. In her role as provincial health officer, Henry notably led the response to COVID-19 in British Columbia (BC).
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Ian Hanomansing
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Ian Harvey Hanomansing is a Trinidadian-Canadian television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He formerly hosted CBC News Network Vancouver on CBC News Network, and reports for CBC Television's nightly newscast, The National.
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Alex Colville
- Enrolled in Mount Allison University
- Studied in 1946-1963
- Occupations
- graphic artistpainterdrawerprintmaker
- Biography
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David Alexander Colville, LL. D. was a Canadian painter and printmaker.
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Kate Beaton
- Occupations
- children's writercartoonistanthropologistwriterhistorian
- Biography
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Kathryn Moira Beaton is a Canadian comics artist best known as the creator of the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant, which ran from 2007 to 2018. Her other major works include the children's books The Princess and the Pony and King Baby, published in 2015 and 2016 respectively. The former was made into an Apple TV+ series called Pinecone & Pony released in 2022 on which Beaton worked as an executive producer. Also in 2022, Beaton released a memoir in graphic novel form, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, about her experience working in the Alberta oil sands. Publishers Weekly named Ducks one of their top ten books of the year.
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Christopher Pratt
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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John Christopher Pratt was among Canada's most prominent painters and printmakers. In addition to a body of highly acclaimed paintings, prints, drawings and writing, he designed the flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Jo-Ann Roberts
- Occupations
- environmentalistpolitician
- Biography
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Jo-Ann Roberts is a Canadian politician and former journalist who served as the interim leader of the Green Party of Canada from November 4, 2019, to October 3, 2020, having been appointed upon Elizabeth May stepping down from the party's leadership role.
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Cuthbert Sebastian
- Occupations
- physicianpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Cuthbert Montraville Sebastian was the second governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis from 1996 to 2013. He was appointed Governor-General in 1995 and was sworn in on 1 January 1996. While in office, he was the world's oldest serving de facto head of state. His retirement was announced on 25 December 2012 and became effective on 1 January 2013.
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David Myles
- Occupations
- songwritersinger
- Biography
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David Myles is a Canadian songwriter and musician born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Myles lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, as of September 2020, moving from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His music has often been labeled folk jazz, although he prefers simply to call it "roots" music. An independent artist who self-releases his albums, Myles has been able to gain an increasingly large audience, in part because of his active touring schedule and in part because of his cross-genre musical collaborations, which include a single made with the rapper Classified that became the biggest-selling rap single in the history of Canadian music.
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Henry Burr
- Occupations
- singerrecording artistradio personality
- Biography
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Henry Burr was a Canadian singer, radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Robert Rice, Carl Ely, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Al King, and Shamus McClaskey. He produced more than 12,000 recordings, by his own estimate, and some of his most popular recordings included "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight", "Till We Meet Again" with Albert Campbell, "Beautiful Ohio", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "When I Lost You" and "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree". A tenor, he performed as a soloist and in duets, trios and quartets.
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Michael de Adder
- Occupations
- cartoonist
- Biography
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Michael de Adder is a Canadian editorial cartoonist and caricaturist.
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Margaret McCain
- Occupations
- politicianphilanthropist
- Biography
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Margaret Norrie McCain is a Canadian philanthropist who was the first woman to serve as the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick.
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Herménégilde Chiasson
- Occupations
- journalistfilm directorliterary criticplaywrightscreenwriter
- Biography
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Herménégilde Chiasson is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. He is also currently a professor at Université de Moncton.
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Reginald Ruggles Gates
- Occupations
- botanisteugenicistgeneticistanthropologistzoologist
- Biography
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Reginald Ruggles Gates, was a Canadian-born geneticist who published widely in the fields of botany and eugenics.
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Robert Winters
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Henry Winters, was a Canadian politician, and businessman.
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John James Grant
- Occupations
- politicianmilitary personnel
- Biography
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John James "Jim" Grant is a Canadian politician and soldier who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
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Harold Lothrop Borden
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant Harold Lothrop Borden was from Canning, Nova Scotia and the only son of Canada's Minister of Defence and Militia, Frederick William Borden and related to future Prime Minister Robert Laird Borden. Serving in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, he became the most famous Canadian casualty of the Second Boer War. Queen Victoria asked F. W. Borden for a photograph of his son, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier praised his services, tributes arrived from across Canada, and in his home town a monument (by Hamilton MacCarthy) was erected to his memory.
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Barbara Oliver Hagerman
- Occupations
- singerteacher
- Biography
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Barbara Anne Hagerman, OPEI was a Canadian music teacher and performer and was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. She was the second woman in the province's history to have held this position.
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Kenneth G. Mills
- Years
- 1923-2004 (aged 81)
- Occupations
- painterphilosopherpoet
- Biography
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Kenneth George Mills was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became noted for his accomplishments in music, particularly as the conductor of the choral ensemble The Star-Scape Singers. He excelled at composing, painting and design and has been described by some as a New Age man, a man for all seasons, and a Renaissance man.
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William John Bowser
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William John Bowser was a politician in British Columbia, Canada. He served as the 17th premier of British Columbia from 1915 to 1916.
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Grace Annie Lockhart
- Enrolled in Mount Allison University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- scholar
- Biography
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Grace Annie Lockhart was the first woman in the British Empire to receive a Bachelor's degree. She formally enrolled in Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada in 1874 and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science and English Literature on 25 May 1875. Although her later life was spent in a more conventional role, as the wife of the Methodist minister J.L. Dawson, Lockhart's academic achievement as a student provided clear evidence of the justice of women's claim to full rights in the field of higher education.
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William Keir Carr
- Occupations
- military personnelaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Lieutenant General William Keir "Bill" Carr, CMM, DFC, OStJ, CD was a Canadian Air Force officer. As the first commander of Air Command, he has been described as the father of the modern Canadian Air Force.
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Henry Emmerson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Henry Robert Emmerson, was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist.
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Henrietta Banting
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Henrietta Elizabeth Banting or “Lady Banting” was a Canadian physician and the second wife of Sir Frederick Banting. Banting was the Director of Women's College Hospital's Cancer Detection Clinic from 1958-1971. While working at the Cancer Detection Clinic, she conducted a research study on mammography to measure its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer.
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Muriel McQueen Fergusson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Muriel McQueen Fergusson, was a Canadian activist, judge and politician. Fergusson served in the Senate of Canada and the first woman Speaker of the Senate. She is known for a long career of advocating for the less privileged, most often women.
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Irving Schwartz
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Irving Schwartz, OC was a Canadian businessman. He was a noted community leader, philanthropist, and humanitarian. He was inducted into the Order of Canada for his work towards ridding the world of landmines, and was later made an officer of the order.
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John Clarence Webster
- Occupations
- gynaecologisthistorian
- Biography
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John Clarence Webster was a Canadian physician, surgeon, and pioneer in Obstetrics and gynaecology, topics upon which he wrote several textbooks. After his retirement in 1920 he became a historian, specializing in the history of his native New Brunswick, and a supporter of efforts to preserve heritage and historic sites.
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Lorraine Eden
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Lorraine Eden is Professor Emerita of Management in the Mays Business School of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. She also holds a joint appointment as a research professor in the Texas A&M School of Law. Dr. Eden is an expert in the field of International Transfer Pricing, which is the pricing of products that move between subunits of Multinational Enterprises.
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Archibald McLelan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Archibald Woodbury McLelan was a Canadian shipbuilder and politician, the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
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Albert Trueman
- Occupations
- writereducator
- Biography
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Albert William Trueman, OC, FRSC was a teacher, professor, cultural and university administrator.
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Clifford William Robinson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Clifford William Robinson was a New Brunswick lawyer, businessman and politician, the 12th premier of New Brunswick.
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Charlie Rhindress
- Occupations
- actorplaywrighttelevision actor
- Biography
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Charlie Rhindress is an actor, writer, director and producer living in his hometown of Amherst, Nova Scotia. He was educated at Mount Allison University and is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Live Bait Theatre, based in Sackville, New Brunswick.
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Abner Reid McClelan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abner Reid McClelan was a Canadian senator and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
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Laurie Swim
- Occupations
- textile artist
- Biography
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Laurie Swim is a Canadian visual artist, best known for her quilt art. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the New York Museum of Arts and Design, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, the Ontario Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, and in private collections. She won the Portia White Prize in 2013.
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Richard Chapman Weldon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Chapman Weldon was a Canadian professor, lawyer and political figure in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. He represented Albert in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1896 as a Conservative member.
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Herbert Arthur Sinnott
- Biography
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Herbert Arthur Sinnott was a Canadian educator, lawyer and municipal politician who served as the 18th mayor of Calgary, Alberta from 1913 to 1915.
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Benjamin Russell
- Occupations
- politicianjudgejurist
- Biography
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Benjamin Russell was a Canadian lawyer, professor of law, judge, and politician in the province Nova Scotia.
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Alexander Rogers
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alexander Rogers was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Albert County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1875 to 1878 and Albert in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal member.
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Arthur Samuel Kendall
- Years
- 1861-1944 (aged 83)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Arthur Samuel Kendall was a Canadian physician and politician in Nova Scotia.
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Richard Hanson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Richard Burpee Hanson, PC, KC was a Canadian politician who served as interim leader of the Conservative Party from May 14, 1940, until November 11, 1941.
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Thomas Tweedie
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas Mitchell March Tweedie was a Canadian politician, lawyer and chief justice in Alberta, Canada.
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Henry Absalom Powell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry Absalom Powell was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
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Alfred Lefurgey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alfred Alexander Lefurgey was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
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Alfred Augustus Stockton
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Alfred Augustus Stockton, Ph.D, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer, professor, politician, and writer.
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Alexander L. Bond
- Occupations
- researcher
- Biography
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Alexander L. Bond is a Canadian conservation biologist, ecologist, and curator. He is Principle Curator and Curator in Charge of Birds at the Natural History Museum at Tring. Dr. Bond is a key member of the marine plastics pollution research group Adrift Lab. He is also the Ornithologist in Residence at St Nicholas Church, Leicester, a noted LGBTQ+-inclusive church.
