When Albert Ernest Walkey was born on 22 August 1879, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada, his father, William Walkey, was 24 and his mother, Mary Williams, was 21. He married Margaret Nicol on 26 December 1906, in Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada in 1906 and Manitoba, Canada in 1916. He died on 29 October 1965, in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 86.
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In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
In 1886, Ontario passed its first Workmen's Compensation Act. This was in response to the number of railway workers that were being injured.
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
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