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Terrence D'Arcy French was born in Burlington, Ontario on March 22, 1922. He moved to Kingston in 1932 and attended Queen's University where he received a Bachelor of Honours (English). In 1953 he became General Manager and Managing Director of the St. Lawrence Company Limited which he helped to found in that year. From 1958 to 1959 he was Past President of the Central Canada Broadcaster's Association. He was President and Managing Director of the St. Lawrence Broadcasting Company Limited in 1969. Mr. French has been involved in numerous community activities and has been active in Queen's University affairs where he served on the Board of Trustees for twelve years. Mr. French is married with four children.

A meeting of representatives of farm organizations in the Province of Ontario was held in Toronto on January 27, 1936, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture. A committee was appointed and recommended a very simple form of organization. The name was to be the Ontario Agricultural Conference and its purpose was to coordinate the activities of the Ontario agricultural organizations in matters of common interest within the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture. The membership was to consist of provincial organizations composed of producers of agricultural products. In 1940 the name of the organization was officially changed to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture.

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture was renamed from the Canadian Chamber of Agriculture (Ontario branch) in 1940. The OFA is a producer-led organization based in Guelph, Ontario that works to represent and champion the diverse interests of Ontario’s agri-food sector and rural communities. Their work includes government relations, farm policy development, research, lobby efforts, community representation, media relations and more.

In 1949, the Federation started Co-operators Insurance Association of Guelph (CIAG) as a service to farmers. It started as a wholly-owned subsidiary of OFA. The development of Co-operators was due in large part to OFA’s reaction to growing member concerns regarding a need for insurance protection for farmers. OFA identified (through member concerns) a significant need to establish an insurance company that could meet the unique insurance needs of farmers, starting with automobile coverage.

In 1968, OFA reorganized its structure to allow for individual farmers to become members of OFA. The OFA board of directors was comprised of individual service members (ISM), annually elected from their region and member organizations (county federations). Member organizations were county federations, commodity boards, provincial co-operatives and provincial educational groups. The Ontario Farm Machinery Agency was established as a subsidiary of OFA in 1970 to provide a wide variety of farm implements and parts at a substantial discount for OFA members.

Robert Clugston and his sons, Thomas A. and William R., were masons and building contractors in Kingston, Ontario.

Robert Clugston and his sons, Thomas A. and William R., were masons and building contractors in Kingston, Ontario.

Robert Clugston and his sons, Thomas A. and William R., were masons and building contractors in Kingston, Ontario.

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Glenn J. Lockwood was born on May 17, 1954 in Smiths Falls, Ontario. From 1973 to 1977 Mr. Lockwood attended the University of Ottawa, where he received he Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours), 1977 and the Master of Arts degree in 1981. From 1977 to 1978 he was a student at the McArthur College of Education, Queen's University where he received a Bachelor of Education degree. He attended the School of Graduate Studies at the University of Ottawa and received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1988. Mr. Lockwood has been involved with numerous committees and executive positions of the Ontario Historical Society and has been involved in several projects involving research on the history of Montague and Kitley Townships. He is author of "Kitley: 1795-1975" (1974); "Montague: A social history of an Irish Ontario Township, 1783-1980" (1980), "Joshua Bates: The hidden tragedy of the Smiths Falls Heritage House" (1985) and "Beckwith: Irish and Scottish identities in a Canadian community, 1816-1988" (in press). In addition to a number of other compiled works, he has been author of numerous articles on Ontario and Canadian history. Mr. Lockwood received the Canadian Historical Association Regional Certificate of Merit in 1982.

As one of the earliest settled areas in Ontario, the area comprising Frontenac County has evolved through every stage of municipal growth in over two hundred years of recorded history. The Loyalists settled in the first municipal areas, survey units called townships. As it was necessary to provide for the maintenance of law and order and the settlement of minor disputes, a number of magistrates, by an ordinance of 1785, were given limited civil jurisdiction The Loyalists, however, were accustomed to a substantial amount of great local automony. To satisfy these concerns and to provide for a rudimentary judicial and administrative system for the new settlers, Lord Dorchester, the Governor-in-Chief, divided the area into four Districts (Luneberg, Mecklenburg, Nassau and Hesse). At the same time he appointed judges of the Court of Common Pleas, justices of the peace, a sheriff, a clerk for the Court of Common Pleas, and of the sessions of the peace, and coroners in each district.

As early as 1800, certain townships -- for example, Amherst, Simcoe, Wolfe and Howe Islands, were added to the Frontenac County responsibilities. From time to time, certain townships were withdrawn and administered by other county jurisdictions. With the Act of Union in 1841 municipal government was established in Canada. Thus, from 1842 the Midland District Municipal Council administered this area of present-day Ontario. The Council consisted of twenty members. John Bennett Marks became the first Warden of the Midland District Council. This system of municipal government remained in effect until the passage of the Municipal Act of 1849 which is commonly called "the Baldwin Act."

In 1850 the United Counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington came into being. The first Council Meeting of the new United Counties met on January 28, 1850. The sixteen-member Council appointed David Roblin from Richmond Township as the first Warden.

This system of municipal government remained in effect until September 7, 1864 when the separation of the Counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington occurred. The first session of the Council of the new County of Frontenac was held on January 24, 1865. D.D. Calvin, the Reeve of Wolfe Island, was elected the first warden of the newly separated County. Since then Frontenac County has consisted of the following townships: Barrie; Bedford; North and South Canonto; Palmerston; Clarendon and Miller; Hinchinbrooke; Kennebec; Kingston; Loughborough; Olden; Oso; Pittsburgh; Portland; Howe Island; Storrington; and Wolfe Island.

The same basic structure remained until amalgamation was ordered by the Provincial Minister on January 7, 1997. The City of Kingston was joined with two townships (Pittsburgh and Kingston), and the 14 remaining townships were incorporated into four newly alligned municipalities (Central Frontenac, North Frontenac, South Frontenac, Frontenac Islands). The amalgamation became effective as of January 1, 1998. The County of Frontenac no longer exists as an administrative body but has been replaced by the new municipalities.