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Jan 29, 2008 · He became the leader of the small but noisy Canadian Party, which demanded annexation to Canada and which roused Métis fears. Imprisoned by Louis Riel 's provisional government on 7 December 1869, Schultz escaped on 23 January 1870.
It was smuggled into the jail at Fort Garry during the Red River Disturbances in 1870. How did it get past the guards? It was hidden in a loaf of bread which had been baked by Mrs. John Christian Schultz and carried to her husband on 23 January 1870.
Leader of the “Canada First” party at Red River urging the union of all the provinces. Opposed the formation of the Provisional Government of Riel in December 1869 and was incarcerated in Upper Fort Garry. Escaped in February 1870 to Ottawa to raise opposition to Riel in Eastern Canada.
He returned to Manitoba in September 1870, and received a substantial claim for rebellion losses. He then turned to politics. In the provincial election of December 1870, he was defeated by Donald Alexander Smith in the constituency of Winnipeg—St. John’s.
He was barely thirty in 1870 when the authority of the Hudson's Bay Company was superseded by the Province of Manitoba and Riel, President of the Provisional Government, fled his native land. From that point on fortune smiled on Schultz.
Schultz escaped from Upper Fort Garry on 23 Jan. 1870 and made his way to Kildonan (Winnipeg). He sought to persuade the settlers there to join with a group of volunteers from Portage la Prairie, led by Major Charles Arkoll Boulton , in a attempt to rescue the remaining prisoners and to overthrow Riel’s provisional government.
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Oct 12, 2023 · John was defeated in the December 1870 Manitoba election in the riding of Winnipeg - St. John's. Subsequently, he was elected as a Conservative to represent the riding of Lisgar, MB in the House of Commons in 1871, 1872, 1874 and 1878.
