Category: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)

In 1919, Parliament voted to merge the Royal North-West Mounted Police with the Dominion Police, a federal police force with jurisdiction in eastern Canada. When the legislation took effect on February 1, 1920, the Force's name became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and headquarters was moved to Ottawa from Regina. For events in Western Canada prior to February 1, 1920, see North-West Mounted Police.

The RCMP returned to provincial policing with a new contract with Saskatchewan in 1928.

From 1932 to 1938, the RCMP took over provincial policing in Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, nearly doubling in size to 2,350 members.

The years following World War II saw a continued expansion of the RCMP's role as a provincial force. In 1950, it assumed responsibility for provincial policing in Newfoundland and absorbed the British Columbia provincial police.

Women were first accepted as uniformed members in 1974. The 70s also brought an expansion of responsibilities in areas such as airport policing, VIP security and drug enforcement.

In 1989, the RCMP participated in its first United Nations mission, sending 100 police officers to Namibia to monitor national elections.

Today, the RCMP's scope of operations includes organized crime, terrorism, illicit drugs, economic crimes and offences that threaten the integrity of Canada's national borders. The RCMP also protects VIPs, has jurisdiction in eight provinces and three territories and, through its National Police Services, offers resources to other Canadian law enforcement agencies.

In French the RCMP is known as Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC). Colloquially, it is known as the "Mounties", and internally as "the Force".

Aee free space profile RCMP Memorial

Links

• Wikipedia - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• rcmp-grc.gc - RMCP History
• Encyclopdie Britannica - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Better know a Canadian functionary: the Commissioner of the RCMP J.J.K. Turcotte. Wordpress. 2014.

RCMP Memorial

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Frederick Anderton 17 Dec 1889 England, United Kingdom - 20 Oct 1974

B

Living Bodnarchuk

Mark Bourque 04 Mar 1948 Stoneham, Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, La Jacques-Cartier, Quebec, Canada - 20 Dec 2005

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Gordon Cameron 22 Jan 1900 Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada - 29 Apr 1996

Howard Carlson 1940s - 2010s

Joseph Luc Carrière 1956 - 1997

Joseph Chauvin 17 May 1948 Pointe aux Roches, Essex, Ontario, Canada - 09 Apr 2017

George Clifford 09 May 1884 England - 07 Jan 1948

Gordon Collins 11 Sep 1916 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 18 Feb 1985

Charles Constantine 13 Nov 1846 Bradford, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England - 05 May 1912

Gerald Covey 06 Apr 1928 Dartmouth, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 25 Jan 2022

Ralph Cudmore 29 Dec 1906 Union Corner, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada - 13 May 1952

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Charles Davidson 13 Sep 1896 Fort Macleod, Alberta (or Northwest Territories), Canada - 26 Apr 1971

William Davis 06 May 1931 Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 18 Oct 2009

William Dempster 21 Oct 1876 Wales, United Kingdom - 25 Oct 1964

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Francis Fitzgerald 12 Apr 1869 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 11 Feb 1911

Merle Fox 08 Jan 1928 Jacksonville, Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada - 01 Jul 2001

Harry Fraser 1885 India - 13 Nov 1932

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Claude Green 12 Jun 1931 Sahtlam, British Columbia, Canada - 12 Oct 1995

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George Harrison 1906 - 08 Oct 1935

Joseph Howe 05 Aug 1855 St John, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Joseph Kessler 1907 Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan, Canada - 1987

Alfred Kirkby 24 Jun 1910 Lynden, Whatcom, Washington, United States - 06 Jan 1996

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Henry Asbjørn Larsen 30 Sep 1899 Herføl, Hvaler, Østfold, Norge - 29 Oct 1964

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Donald McComber 02 Nov 1928 Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada - 10 Jun 2009

George McDougall 1900s - 1980s

Frances McGill 18 Nov 1882 Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada - 21 Jan 1959

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John Nash abt 1849 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada - 11 Mar 1876

Ingvard Nielsen 20 Apr 1900 Egens, Egens, Mols, Randers, Denmark - 02 Jul 1975

P

Charles Parsons 13 Aug 1913 Brigus, Newfoundland

R

Francis Randle 14 Oct 1869 Shipton under Wychwood, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Oct 1942

Joseph Roy abt 1940 De Salaberry, Manitoba, Canada - 07 Mar 2008

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Robert Teather 1947 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada - 15 Nov 2004

Claude Tidd 21 May 1885 Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1949

Philip Tidman 05 Nov 1943 Merton, London, England, United Kingdom - 20 Apr 1966

Brian Timmis 05 Dec 1899 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 22 Aug 1971

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Alexander Urquhart 30 Jun 1903 Martintown, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada - abt 1962

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Thomas Wallace 1896 Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 08 Oct 1935

Edward Walton 28 Sep 1925 Neptune, Laurier No. 38, Saskatchewan, Canada - 29 Jan 2014

Alphonsus Whelan 29 Dec 1906 Kildare Capes, Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada - abt 1991

David Wynn 18 Oct 1972 Newcastle, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada - 21 Jan 2015

Z

Franco Zanetti 02 Dec 1889 Gambolò, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy - 02 May 1971

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