=Jones, Alfred Gilpin= (1824-1906). Born at Weymouth, Nova Scotia, of United Empire Loyalist stock. Built up great shipping industry at Halifax. Entered public life as an opponent of Confederation. Represented Halifax in Dominion House 1867-1872, 1874-1878. Became minister of militia, 1878. Defeated in general election of that year, and again in 1881; elected in 1887, but defeated in 1891. Lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia 1900-1906. =Index=: =H= Asked by Howe to attend conference with Sir John Rose, on financial situation, 223; his reasons for declining, 224; leader of Anti-Confederate party in Nova Scotia, 224. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can. Men_; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._ =Jones, John Paul= (1747-1792). Born in Scotland; son of John Paul, of Arbigland; assumed name of Jones. Entered American navy, 1775. Captured the _Serapis_, 1779. Entered Russian naval service, 1788, with rank of rear-admiral. Died in Paris. =Index=: =Hd= Mentioned in Haldimand's correspondence, 245. =Bib.=: Sherbourne, _Life of Paul Jones_; Mackenzie, _Life of Paul Jones_; Hamilton, _Life of Paul Jones_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Jones, Jonas= (1791-1848). Educated at Cornwall under John Strachan. Served as an officer of militia during the War of 1812-1814, attaining the rank of colonel. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1815. Elected to the Assembly for Leeds and Grenville, 1821, 1825, and again in 1832. A strong supporter of the union of Upper and Lower Canada. Appointed a puisne judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1837. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_. =Jones, Peter.= =R= His visit to England in 1831, 90. =Jonquest, Étienne.= =Ch= Marries Anne Hébert, 113; death of, 117. =Jordan, John.= =W= Member for St. John in New Brunswick Assembly, 105; referred to in Wilmot's speech, 105. =T= Defeated in St. John County in 1850, 11. =Joseph, Saint.= =L= Chapel dedicated to, in church at Quebec, 84; patron saint of Canada, 87. =Ch= Jesuit mission in Huron country, 93; French colony placed under patronage of, 150. =Jotard.= =Hd= Editor of Mesplet's publications, 277. =Journal de Québec.= =C= Cauchon writes for, 24; praises Cartier in, 88. =Journal Tenu à l'Armée.= =WM= Quoted, 169; severe criticism of Montcalm, 205; Canadians praised, 196; quoted as to loss on French side, 205. =Juan de Fuca.= =D= His real name Apostolos Velerianos, 9; expedition to North-West Coast, 9; authenticity of his _Voyage_, 9, 19; his name rescued from oblivion, 23. =Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_. =Juan de Fuca Strait.= Between Vancouver Island and United States mainland. =Index=: =D= Its discovery, 9, 14, 19; rediscovered by Kendrick, 25. =Bib.=: Walbran, _British Columbia Coast Names_. =Jubilee.= =Ch= Granted by pope, celebrated in Quebec, 1618, 114. =Juchereau, Jean.= =Ch= A settler from La Ferté Vidame, in Thimerais, 252.