Dutch Canadians
First Dutch-born Canadians elected to the House of Commons:
- Simon De Jong, NDP MP for Regina East, 1979–1997
- John Oostrom, PC MP for Willowdale 1984–1988
- Peter Stoffer, NDP MP for Sackville-Eastern Shore, 1997–Present
First Dutch-born Canadian Senator: Roméo Dallaire, 2005–Present
First Dutch-born Canadian Provincial Premier: Bill Vander Zalm, Social Credit Premier for British Columbia, 1986–1991
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Famous quotes containing the words dutch and/or canadians:
“‘Tis probable Religion after this
Came next in order; which they could not miss.
How could the Dutch but be converted, when
The Apostles were so many fishermen?
Besides the waters of themselves did rise,
And, as their land, so them did re-baptize.”
—Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
“The Canadians of those days, at least, possessed a roving spirit of adventure which carried them further, in exposure to hardship and danger, than ever the New England colonist went, and led them, though not to clear and colonize the wilderness, yet to range over it as coureurs de bois, or runners of the woods, or, as Hontan prefers to call them, coureurs de risques, runners of risks; to say nothing of their enterprising priesthood.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)