Charles A. Dunni n<> 



PremierofSaskaicli\vaii;begahliis 

 Canadian Qrcer on a Homestead 



PREMIER DUNNING of Saskatchewan came 

 to Canada from Leicestershire in 1 902. He was 

 only seventeen years of age and sickly and thought 

 it would be well to try another clime. He decided on 

 Canada because, as he said, "he wanted to be where 

 there was wood and water," and Canada has plenty of 

 both. 



When he landed in Canada his bankroll was close to 

 an overdraft and his assets nil with the exception of 

 a heart beating with a strong determination to succeed 

 and courage overplus. He found that the streets were 

 not paved with gold, as he had been told, or even silver 

 or copper. But he got a job. 



At Yorkton, some 25 miles beyond the railway head, 

 he sold his services to a farmer and gave good value 

 for small wage. When he knew the game a bit, he 

 took up a homestead in North-East Saskatchewan. 

 There he made a success, and through a short speech 

 at a farmers' convention his marked ability brought 

 him into the limelight. He became a director of the 

 Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, then 

 its secretary and finally its general manager. From 

 then onward much sought after in the political 

 world he became Premier in the spring of 1922. 



To leave his home in England at seventeen a poor 

 boy in humble circumstances and come to a new 

 country with no definite idea of where he would 

 locate, and at thirty-six to become Premier of one of 

 Canada's most important provinces, is a rapid rise. 

 There was no luck about it; it was hard work backed 

 by grit and study and ambition. He demonstrated 

 his fitness for the work in hand. 



The career of Premier Dunning is the best possible 

 proof that any young man may, with good reason, 

 hope to do well in Canada. It presents him with 

 opportunities which, if he is wise, he may, like C. A. 

 Dunning, turn to his own advantage. 



Department of Colonisation and Development 



Canadian Pacific Railw 



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