| 词条 | Harold Ernest Forster |
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Harold Ernest Forster (1869[1] – September 26, 1940[1]) was a rancher, miner and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Columbia from 1912 to 1916 as an Independent Conservative. He was born in Ontario, but both his parents died before he was one year old, and he was raised by a grandmother in Galt, Ontario and uncles who lived near Carlisle, England.[2] Forster travelled with Harold Topham, a British climber, during Topham's visit to the Selkirks in 1890. In 1912, he married Meda Hume.[1] He had purchased a ranch in the upper Columbia Valley in 1898. Forster was the owner of the SS Selkirk, a sternwheeler steamboat that he had transported by rail to the upper Columbia River. He and John Lundy, a house guest, were shot by a Cranbrook man who had asked the two men for liquor and been refused. Forster's house was burned in an attempt to cover up the crime.[2] Frank Sylvester was hanged for the murder of John Lundy the following year.[3] Mount Forster, Forster Creek and Forster Pass were named after him.[4]References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221940-09-579123%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13169%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 |title=Vital Event Death Registration |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2011-09-17}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Harold E}}{{BritishColumbia-politician-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/pdf/vol4issue27.pdf |newspaper=Columbia Valley Pioneer |last=Isted |first=Dorothy |pages=24–5 |title=Harold Forster murdered on his ranch |date=July 6, 2007 |accessdate=2011-09-20}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7xxlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7YcNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5025,2133903 |title=Indian is hanged for B.C. Slaying |newspaper=Edmonton Journal |date=January 24, 1941 |page=1 |accessdate=2011-09-20}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5qVu36F64dYC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99 |pages=99–100 |title=Canadian mountain place names: the Rockies and Columbia Mountains |last=Boles |first=Glen W |author2=Laurilla, Roger W |author3=Putnam, William Lowell |ISBN=1-894765-79-6 |year=2006 |publisher=Rocky Mountain Books |accessdate=2011-09-20}} 5 : 1869 births|1940 deaths|British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs|People murdered in British Columbia|Deaths by firearm in British Columbia |
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