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Toronto: Charles Bray took the picture of the monument of Sir James Pliny Whitney [1843-1914] in which was an eastern Ontario lawyer, Conservative member for Dundas [1888-1914], and Premier of Ontario 1905-1914. Whitney led the Tories to victory for the first time in 33 years by defeating the Liberal government of George William Ross in 1905. He became leader of the party in 1896 taking it from a narrow, bigoted rump into a forward looking party determined to build the province. Whitney's government laid the basis for Ontario's industrial development by creating the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario with Sir Adam Beck as its chairman and driving force.
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