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The Green family in the dining room circa 1900.
Samual Green, the owner is seen in the forground. To the right is beleived to be his bother, Robert. Also seen in this photo is Samual's son Howard who was one year old when the house was built. In 1910 he etched his name and date into the wood lining of the dumb waiter (seen in this picture behind the floral arrangement). Over the years the Green family has been active in local, provincial and national politics. More information is detailed below. |
Robert Francis Green (November 14, 1861- October 5, 1946) was a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician, born in Peterborough, Canada West. From 1893 to 1897, Green served three terms as mayor of Kaslo, British Columbia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1898 to 1907, representing the ridings of first Slocan then Kaslo. After the 1903 BC elections, Green was part of the government of Richard McBride, and was appointed Minister of Mines, Education, and Lands and Works, and Provincial Secretary.
He was elected MP for Kootenay in 1912 and re-elected in the successor riding Kootenay West in 1917. At the end of that term in 1921, he was appointed to the Senate, where he served until his death at the age of 86.
Author PATRICIA WILLIAMS The Canadian Encyclopedia © 2008 Historica Foundation of Canada |
Howard Charles Green, lawyer, politician (b at Kaslo, BC 5 Nov 1895; d at Vancouver 26 July 1989). Appointed minister of public works in the first Diefenbaker government, Green assumed the Dept of External Affairs portfolio in 1959 after Sidney Smith's sudden death. Green was a strong supporter of the commonwealth, a position he shared with his prime minister. During his tenure in external affairs, Green was an advocate of nuclear disarmament and sponsored UN resolutions that furthered that goal. He took an active role for Canada in various international discussions that contributed to a higher profile internationally. First elected to the House in 1935, Green served until his defeat in the 1963 general election.
Howard Green was a Captain in the unit and went on to become a senior minister of the federal government filling the portfolio of Minister of External Affairs. Howard Charles Green was born at Kaslo, British Columbia and educated at the University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall, and the University of British Columbia. He read law with Mowat, Maclennan, Hunter and Parkinson in Toronto and with Ladner and Cantelon in Vancouver before being called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1922. Subsequently, he practiced law with Collins, Green, Eades and Collins in Vancouver. During World War I, Green saw service with the 54th Kootenay Battalion, C.E.F. and served as an Instructor with the Canadian Corps School and with the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade. Following the Armistice, Green was attached to the Canadian section, G.H.Q. Howard Green was first elected to the House of Commons for the constituency of Vancouver South in 1935 and served that riding until 1949. In 1949, he ran successfully in Vancouver-Quadra and he held that seat until his defeat in the 1963 general election. He served as Minister of Public Works, 1951-1959, and Acting Minister of Defence Production, 1957-1958. In 1959, Green was appointed Secretary of State for External Affairs and he remained in that portfolio until the Government, and he personally, was defeated in 1963. From the 54th Kootenay Batallion web site |