Edward Chester Plow
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1904–1988)}}
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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Edward C. Plow
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| order = 22nd
| office = Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
| predecessor = Alistair Fraser
| successor = Henry Poole MacKeen
| term_start = January 15, 1958
| term_end = March 1, 1963
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| governor_general = Vincent Massey
Georges Vanier
| premier = Robert Stanfield
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|9|28}}
| birth_place = St. Albans, Vermont
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|4|25|1904|9|28}}
| death_place = Brockville, Ontario
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Edward Chester Plow {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CBE|DSO|CD}} (September 28, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was a Canadian soldier and the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Education
Born in St. Albans, Vermont, Plow was educated at Lower Canada College and then entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1921, student # 1649.
Career
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Plow was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in 1925. He served in Canada and England before World War II began. During World War II, he commanded the artillery of the 1st Canadian Corps. In 1944, he was promoted to Brigadier, Royal Artillery.
After the war, he was promoted to Major-General and became the commander of the Eastern Command in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1958, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19571213&id=3MgxAAAAIBAJ&pg=2338,3049359|title=Maj.-Gen. E. C. Plow Named N.S. Governor|last=The Canadian Press|date=December 14, 1957|work=Ottawa Citizen|page=10|access-date=December 15, 2014}} and served until 1963.
He died of lung cancer in Brockville, Ontario in 1988.
Awards and decorations
References
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- {{cite news|title=Edward Chester Plow Career army officer held vice-regal post|work=The Globe and Mail|date=1988-04-27}}
- {{cite web|url=http://gunner.ca/English/Great%20Gunners/plow.htm|title=MGen EC Plow CBE, DSO, CD|work=The Virtual Artillery Museum of Canada}}
- 4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
- H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
- H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968
- H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston]. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984
External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Plow/Edward_Chester/Canada.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:Military personnel from Vermont
Category:Royal Military College of Canada alumni
Category:Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery officers
Category:Canadian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Canadian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Category:Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Category:Deaths from lung cancer in Canada
Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario