Bourinot, Sir John George

(1837-1902). Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Educated at Trinity University, Toronto. Chief official reporter to the Nova Scotia A embly, 1861-1867, and in 1880 appointed chief clerk of the Dominion House of Commons. For many years honorary secretary of the Royal Society of Canada. Index : BL On Baldwin's University Bill, 293; on Tory opposition to Rebellion Lo es Bill, 313, Bib. ; Works: Canada under British Rule ; Federal Government in Canada ; How Canada is Governed ; Manual of Constitutional History of Canada ; Parliamentary Procedure and Government in Canada ; Canada ; Builders of Nova Scotia . For biog., see Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog.