Cannon family (Canada)

For the American political family, see Cannon family.

The extended Cannon family has had strong regional and national political influence in Canada for over a century and is considered to be influential as one of Canada's hereditary ruling class families, members having served in positions as lawyers, judges, Supreme Court judges, senators, ministers of defence, solicitors general, and Members of Parliament. They have had large influence in the national resource industries, as "barons" in the lumber industry particularly, as well as in broadcasting.

Notable members

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/26/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.