Register Entry 022 - John Fisher Wood
Visited the Bell Farm on Aug. 12, 1884 - John Fisher Wood, (1854-1899) Member of Parliament for Brockville, was Major Bell's barrister and acted as one of the two arbitrators during the dispute between the squatters and the Qu'Appelle Valley Farming Company. The other arbitrator (for the squatters) was George Taylor.
John Wood was Major Bell's representative during the 1882 squatters debate.
SOURCES:
Photo: Library and Archives Canada
Letter from Robert R. Coleman (one of the squatters) to Sir John A. Macdonald – Calgary, Dec. 9 1885 - http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=469527&title=[Correspondence].&ecopy=e008592058&back_url=()
List of squatters include: William McLeod, J.D. Jewitt, S.M. Stiles, John Stevenson, and R.R. Coleman; as well as Thompson – House of Commons Debates, p. 205-206, 23 Feb. 1885. - http://books.google.ca/books?id=OKQgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA205&dq=%22+woods+MP%22+%22brockville%22+%22major+Bell%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JKz6TtqTIOTy0gGL48iaAg&sqi=2&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22%20woods%20MP%22%20%22brockville%22%20%22major%20Bell%22&f=false
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.