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Charles Mair (September 21, 1838 – July 7, 1927) was a Canadian poet and journalist. He was a fervent Canadian nationalist noted for his participation in the Canada First movement and his opposition to Louis Riel during the two Riel Rebellions in western Canada. ==Life== Mair was born at Lanark, Upper Canada, to Margaret Holmes and James Mair. He attended Queen's University but did not graduate. On leaving college, he became a journalist.〔"(Mair, Charles )," Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Web, Mar. 21, 2100.〕 In Ottawa in 1868, Mair was introduced by civil servant and writer Henry Morgan to young lawyers George Denison, William Foster, and Robert Haliburton. "Together they organized the overtly nationalistic Canada First movement, which began as a small social group."〔 Mair "represented the ''Montreal Gazette'' during the first Riel Rebellion, and was imprisoned and narrowly escaped being shot by the rebels."〔"Mair, Charles," ''Encyclopedia of Canada'' (Toronto: University Associates, 1948), XV, 225.〕 Mair was a Freemason〔(A few famous freemasons ) at freemasonry.bcy.ca〕 Mair "was an Officer of the Governor-General's Body Guard during the second Riel rebellion in 1885, and was later employed in the Canadian civil service in the West."〔 He died in Victoria, British Columbia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Mair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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