Item 0038 - Letter, 25 May 1892

John Christian Schultz; born in Amherstburg, Essex County, Ontario, on 1 January 1840, the son of William Schultz and Elizabeth Riley; he helped McKenney manage the Royal Hotel, and assisted Governor William Mactavish and the Rt. Rev. Bishop Anderson in forming the Institute of Rupert's Land, of which he became secretary; on 11 September 1867, he married Agnes Campbell Farquharson, the daughter of James Farquharson; from 1864 to 1868, he became proprietor of the Nor'Wester newspaper and published fiery articles against the Hudson's Bay Company's desire for monopoly and its lack of initiative in developing the country. After 1867 he advocated the union of Rupert's Land with Canada. He was the leader of the pro-Canadian party in Red River, and one of the founders of the Masonic Lodge in Winnipeg. In 1867 he was found unacceptable as a councillor of Assiniboia; in the provincial election of 27 December 1870 he was defeated by Donald A. Smith in the constituency of Winnipeg--St. John's. He was elected as a Conservative to represent Lisgar in the House of Commons from 1871 to 1882. In 1877, he was a member of the First Convocation of the University of Manitoba; appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba on 1 July 1888, and resigned 1 September 1895, because of poor health. In 1894 he was knighted as Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George; he died at Monterey, Mexico, on 13 April 1896, where he had gone for his health