# Hewitt Bostock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hewitt_Bostock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hewitt_Bostock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewitt_Bostock > Source revision: 1292734669 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian politician (1864–1930) The Hon. Hewitt Bostock, c.1914 **Hewitt Bostock**, [PC](/source/King's_Privy_Council_for_Canada) (May 31, 1864 – April 28, 1930) was a Canadian publisher, businessman and politician. ## Early life He was born in Walton Heath, [Epsom](/source/Epsom), England and studied at [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) graduating with honours in mathematics.[1] Bostock then studied law and was called to the bar in 1888. Rather than begin a legal practice he toured North America, Australia, New Zealand, China and Japan before settling in [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia) in 1893. He purchased the [Monte Creek Ranch](/source/Monte_Creek_Ranch) (also known as the Ducks Ranch) in 1888, taking up residence there in 1894.[2] In addition to the ranch, he also operated a lumber company. ## Career He founded the *[Province](/source/Vancouver_Province)* newspaper in 1894.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He then entered politics winning election to the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as a [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) in the [1896 election](/source/1896_Canadian_federal_election), representing the riding of [Yale—Cariboo](/source/Yale%E2%80%94Cariboo) for one term (until the [1900 election](/source/1900_Canadian_federal_election)). In 1904, he was appointed to the [Senate of Canada](/source/Senate_of_Canada) by the prime minister, [Wilfrid Laurier](/source/Wilfrid_Laurier). A decade later he became [Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_the_Canadian_Senate). Bostock broke with the [Laurier Liberals](/source/Laurier_Liberal) over the [Conscription Crisis of 1917](/source/Conscription_Crisis_of_1917), and became a [Liberal-Unionist](/source/Liberal-Unionist), campaigning in favour of the [Union government](/source/Unionist_Party_of_Canada) of Sir [Robert Borden](/source/Robert_Borden) during the [1917 election](/source/1917_Canadian_federal_election). Following World War I, Bostock reconciled with the Liberals and, in 1921, became [Minister of Public Works](/source/Minister_of_Public_Works_(Canada)) in the Liberal government of [William Lyon Mackenzie King](/source/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King). Several months later, in 1922, he became [Speaker of the Senate of Canada](/source/Speaker_of_the_Senate_of_Canada) and held the position until his death in 1930. In 1925, he served as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Assembly of the [League of Nations](/source/League_of_Nations). There is a Mount Hewitt Bostock (2183 m or 7162 ft)[3] named in his honour[4] in the northern end of the [Canadian Cascades](/source/Canadian_Cascades), about 20 kilometres northeast of the [Fraser Canyon](/source/Fraser_Canyon) town of [Boston Bar](/source/Boston_Bar%2C_British_Columbia), which is in what had been the riding of [Yale—Cariboo](/source/Yale%E2%80%94Cariboo) where his political career began (today in [Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon](/source/Chilliwack%E2%80%94Fraser_Canyon)). His eldest daughter [Marian Noel Sherman](/source/Marian_Noel_Sherman) was a physician in India and a prominent [humanist](/source/Humanism) in western Canada.[5] ## Further reading - Bostock, Hugh S. (1977). [*The Bostocks of Monte Creek, British Columbia*](https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/tru%3A158/datastream/PDF/download/tru_158.pdf) (PDF) (2nd ed.). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Hewitt, Bostock (BSTK882H)"](https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=&suro=w&fir=&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=BSTK882H&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50). *A Cambridge Alumni Database*. University of Cambridge. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Belshaw, John Douglas; Duckworth, Elisabeth (1998). ["Bostock, Hewitt"](https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/angel_james_14E.html). In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). *[Dictionary of Canadian Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography)*. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). [University of Toronto Press](/source/University_of_Toronto_Press). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Canadian *Mountain Encyclopedia* entry on Mount Hewitt Bostock](http://bivouac.com/MtnPg.asp?MtnId=1133) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Mount Hewitt Bostock"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/13934.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Block, Tina (2014-12-09). ["Ungodly Grandmother: Marian Sherman and the Social Dimensions of Atheism in Postwar Canada"](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/563308). *Journal of Women's History*. **26** (4): 132–154. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1353/jowh.2014.0067](https://doi.org/10.1353%2Fjowh.2014.0067). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1527-2036](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1527-2036). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [144715436](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144715436). - [Hewitt Bostock – Parliament of Canada biography](https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=3993) Parliament of Canada Preceded by The electoral district was created in 1892. Member of Parliament for Yale—Cariboo 1896–1900 Succeeded by William Alfred Galliher Political offices Preceded by George William Ross Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1914–1919 Succeeded by Raoul Dandurand Preceded by Raoul Dandurand Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1920–1921 Succeeded by James Alexander Lougheed v t e Ministers of public works of Canada Public works (1867–1996) McDougall Langevin Mackenzie Tupper Langevin Smith Ouimet Desjardins Tarte Sutherland Hyman Pugsley Monk Rogers Ballantyne Carvell Reid (acting) Sifton Reid (acting) McCurdy Bostock King Perley Ryckman Elliott Stewart P. Cardin Michaud (acting) Fournier Harris (acting) Winters Green Walker Green (acting) Fulton Deschatelets L. Cardin McIlraith Laing Dubé Drury Buchanan Ouellet Nielsen Cosgrove LeBlanc Lapointe La Salle McInnes Jelinek (acting) MacKay Dick Dingwall Marleau1 Public works and government services (1996–2015) Marleau Gagliano Boudria Goodale Owen Brison Fortier Paradis Ambrose Finley Public services and procurement (2015–present) Foote Qualtrough Anand Tassi Jaczek Jean-Yves Duclos 1As part of substantial governmental reorganization, the position was merged with that of the minister of supply and services to create the position of Minister of Public Works and Government Services on July 12, 1995. v t e Ministers of immigration and colonization of Canada Calder Edwards Bostock (acting) Stewart (acting) Robb Gordon Stewart (acting) Manion (acting) Drayton (acting) Forke Stewart (acting) Mackenzie Gordon Crerar1 1The offices of Minister of Immigration and Colonization, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Mines and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs were abolished and the office of Minister of Mines and Resources was created and proclaimed in force December 1, 1936. v t e Speakers of the Senate of Canada Cauchon J. Ross Cauchon Botsford Cauchon Chauveau Christie Wilmot Macpherson Botsford Macpherson Miller Plumb Allan Lacoste J. J. Ross Pelletier Power Dandurand Kerr Landry Bolduc Bostock Hardy Blondin Foster Parent Vien King Beauregard Robertson Drouin White Bourget Smith Deschatelets Fergusson Lapointe Grosart Marchand Riel Charbonneau LeBlanc Molgat Hays Kinsella Nolin Housakos Furey Gagné --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hewitt Bostock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewitt_Bostock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewitt_Bostock?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.