"In the history of the British Empire. The principle of local autonomy, which all communities of the Anglo race cherish and justly cherish so much, the right to manage or mismanage their own affairs free from external interference - to use the phrase of Lord Milner - had been acknowledged and understood; but its relation to the question to the question of a union for purposes of common defense had not been fully realized."
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Joseph Andrew Chisholm
1863 – 1950
Joseph Andrew Chisholm (9 January 1863 – 1950) was Mayor of Halifax and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
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