John Wesley Dafoe 1866-1944

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2005

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted May, 2008

Plaque Location

The County of Hastings
The Municipality of Hastings Highlands
In Lookout Park, on the south side of Road 62
6.2 km west of Combermere

Coordinates: N 45 21.726 W 77 41.663

Plaque Text

Born in Bangor Township, Dafoe began his career with the "Montreal Daily Star" in 1883. Two years later he became editor of the "Ottawa Evening Journal" following which he served on the "Manitoba (later Winnipeg) Free Press", 1886-92. Returning to Montreal he worked on the "Daily Herald" and "Star". In 1901 he rejoined the Winnipeg paper remaining its editor until 1944. A crusading journalist, he championed Dominion status, the League of Nations and the welfare of the Canadian West and was a founder of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs. He took part in the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; the Imperial Conference, 1923; and served on the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations 1937-40.

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