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He was born in Walton Heath, Epsom , England and studied at Trinity College, Cambridge graduating with honours in mathematics. Bostock then studied law and was called to the bar in 1888 . Rather than begin a legal practice he toured North America , Australia , New Zealand , China and Japan before settling in British Columbia in 1893 starting a Ranch and lumber company. He founded the '' Province '' newspaper and then entered politics winning election to the Canadian House Of Commons as a Liberal in the 1896 Election , representing the riding of Yale—Cariboo for one term (until the 1900 Election ). In 1904 , he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by the prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier . A decade later he became Leader Of The Opposition In The Canadian Senate . Bostock broke with the Laurier Liberal s over the Conscription Crisis Of 1917 , and became a Liberal-Unionist , campaigning in favour of the Union Government of Sir Robert Borden during the 1917 Election . Following World War I , Bostock reconciled with the Liberals and, in 1921 , became Minister Of Public Works in the Liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King . Several months later, in 1922 , he became Speaker Of The Canadian Senate and held the position until his death in 1930 . In 1925 , he served as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Assembly of the League Of Nations . There is a Mount Hewitt Bostock (2183 m or 7162 ft) named in his honour in the northern end of the Canadian Cascades , about 20 kilometres northeast of the Fraser Canyon town of Boston Bar , which is in what had been the riding of Yale—Cariboo where his political career began. EXTERNAL LINKS
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