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Royal Roads Military College

  • Corporate body

Royal Roads Military College (RRMC) and its antecedents were located at Hatley Park from 1940 until its mandated federal closure in June 1995. Cadets attended classes, trained and lived on the campus. The college first was housed in Hatley Castle, with the Grant block being built for classroom and barack space in 1943. Two additional buildings were built for the cadets, and many on site buildings were adapted for use by the college.

Royal Roads University

  • Corporate body
  • 1995 -

Royal Roads University was founded in 1995 with the proclamation of the Royal Roads University Act. Royal Roads is authorized to grant degrees as a Canadian public university by the Province of British Columbia through the Royal Roads University Act, and is a member institution of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

British Columbia. Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform.

  • Corporate body

The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform is a group created by the government of British Columbia, Canada to investigate changes to the provincial electoral system.

On 25 October 2004, it proposed replacing the province's existing First Past the Post (FPTP) system with a Single Transferable Vote (STV) system: this recommendation was put to the electorate-at-large in a referendum held concurrently with the 2005 provincial election. The referendum required approval by 60% of votes and simple majorities in 60% of the 79 districts in order to pass: final results indicate that the referendum failed with only 57.7% of votes in favour, although it did have majority support in 77 of the 79 electoral districts.

Another referendum on adopting the STV system was held and defeated during BC's 2009 provincial election.

McCann, Kathleen

  • Person

Kathleen McCann is a direct descendant of James Dunsmuir. Her mother was Judith Humphreys, a daughter of Kathleen Dunsmuir, the second youngest daughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir’s ten children.

Laura Catterall Ferguson

  • Person
  • 1914-2010

Laura (Catterall) Ferguson (1914-2010) was the youngest daughter of Harry and Ada Catterall. Her siblings were Thomas and Helen, who both lived with their parents at Hatley Park during construction between 1908 and 1910. Laura was born in 1914 at the family home on Linden Avenue. Laura, also known as ‘Lollie’, attended Girls’ Central and St. Margaret’s School and Sprott Shaw College. She married Robert ‘Bob’ Ferguson in 1941 in Toronto, ON, and they had two children, Allan and Dola Dube. Laura’s father and paternal grandfather were general contractors in Victoria, and were involved in many building projects, including the castle and wall at Hatley Park. Her maternal grandfather, Charles Gladding, was a gardener working for the Dunsmuir family for many years and was initially in charge of creating the gardens at Hatley Park. (Biographical information from Laura Ferguson’s obituary, published in the Times Colonist, July 3, 2010.)

Peter Luttmer

  • Person
  • 1942-

Peter Luttmer (1942-) is the son of Frank and Joan Humphreys Luttmer (1919-1996). Joan was the eldest daughter of Kathleen (Dunsmuir) Humphreys (1891-1941) and granddaughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir. After the death of their mother, her younger sisters, Jill (1924-2010) and Judith Marie (1927-1972), lived with their Aunt, Dola (Dunsmuir) Cavendish (1903-1966) at Dolaura cottage adjacent to the Hatley Park property. Like her older brother, James (1918-1999), Joan was an adult and lived independently after her mother’s death.

Luttmer, Joan Humphreys

  • Person
  • 1919-1996

Joan Humphreys Luttmer (1919-1996) was the eldest daughter of Kathleen (Dunsmuir) Humphreys (1891-1941) and granddaughter of James and Laura Dunsmuir. After the death of their mother, her younger sisters, Jill (1924-2010) and Judith Marie (1927-1972), lived with their Aunt, Dola (Dunsmuir) Cavendish (1903-1966) at Dolaura cottage adjacent to the Hatley Park property. Like her older brother, James (1918-1999), Joan was an adult and lived independently after her mother’s death.

Mitchell, Laura Dunsmuir

  • Person
  • 1915-2000

Laura Marion (Dunsmuir) Mitchell (1915-2000) was the second of four children of Robin Dunsmuir (1877-1929) and Florence (Swindon) Dunsmuir (1887-1969). Her siblings were Robin James Dunsmuir (1912-1990), Muriel Byrd (Dunsmuir) Hutton (1917- ), and Elizabeth Kathleen (Dunsmuir) Clarke (1924-1965). Laura married Sidney Mitchell in 1937 and they divorced in 1944.

Bromley

  • Family
  • 1876-1961

The Bromley family are descendants of Arthur Bromley (1876-1961) and Laura Maye (Dunsmuir) Bromley (1884-1959).

Atchison, Norm

  • Person

Norm Atchison's grandmother was Jennie Mann (Nee McLean), housemaid at Hatley Park and later wife of the teamster, Charlie Mann. Charlie later became the dairyman at Hatley Park and the family, with two daughters, Helen Harriet and Dorothy Joan, lived in the dairyman's house opposite the hay barn and dairy building. Charlie’s parents and brothers also worked at Hatley Park. Charlie’s father, William Edward John “Fred” Mann was the coachman and lived adjacent to the stables.

Catterall Family

  • Family
  • ca. 1884-1940

Thomas Catterall (1843-1919) came to Victoria, BC in 1884 and established a successful building and general contractor business, Thomas Catterall and Co., at 644 Fort Street. Among some of the prominent buildings erected are: Hon James Dunsmuir’s residence at Hatley Park, and former residence at Burleith, Craigflower Rd; Gordon’s Ltd, Yates St.; The old High School, Fernwood Road; residence of the late W J Pendray; Westover, on Shasta Avenue, off St Charles St, built for Albert Todd; T B Hall’s residence, Rockland Avenue; Snowden residence at Gorge; Graham residence, Hillside Avenue.

Thomas Catterall was born in Liverpool, UK in 1843 and married Agnes Wenzell. They had six children. The eldest, Harry Catterall (1871-1939?] also worked in the family business. In 1901, Harry married Ada Gladding and they had three children, Thomas, Helen and Laura. Ada Gladding's father, Charles Gladding, was a gardener working for the Dunsmuir family for many years and was initially in charge of creating the gardens at Hatley Park. It is possible that Harry and Ada met through their mutual association with the Dunsmuirs.

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