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SEPTEMDER 230193 A 1
Dr. Coats is one of very fewHe was the' sore'-af Robert ,.
former Clintonians who Coats and Mary Parke and:
appear in the Canadiana : his brother till was registrar
H ncylopedia. for the Coufxty of Huron.
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A noted Canadian, and native of the Clinton area, Dr.:
Robert Hamilton Coats, was honored last, Saturday when a
• plaque was unveiled in his memory on the front lawn of
Central Huron Secondary School. Participating in the
ceremony were left.•to right: David McClure, president Of•
the Huron County Historical,Society; the Rev. Harold Snell,
In a ceremony on the
grounds of Huron Central
Secondary School at Clinton
on Saturday ' "a .plaque
honoring the late Dr. Robert'
Hamilton Coats, Canada's
.first statistician, was un-
veiled by the Huron. County
Historical - Society and the
Ontario Heritage Foundation.
Dr: Coats, born and raised ,.
in t -he now Fraser House on
the Bayfield Road in
Goderich Township, died in.
Ottawa, at his 'horde in Rock-
cliffe on February 7, •19'0 at
the age of 85.
Born in Clinton where" his
immigrant ' father was
genera.' merchant and
private banker, Dr: Coats
was honoured as titular head.
of the great thread making
family of,the Coats of Paisley,
Scotland.
He was an outstanding
student and life-long scholar,
beginning his education at SS
11, . Goderich. • Township" then
going on to Clinton Collegiate
and the University of
Toronto.
Dr: Coats Was a writgr•,a
statistician, teacher and civil
servant for most of his life.
He found .the Canadian
government • in . statistical
chaos and in 1918, conceived
and built .the Dominion
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who dedicated- the plaque; Professor Donald McGregor,
Who unveiled the plaque; Doris Batkin of the Huron cobnty
Historical Society; Gerry Ginn, Reeve of Goderich
Township; Professor Ken Dawson of the Ontario Heritage
Foundation; MPP Jack Riddell; and. Clinton Councillor Roy
Wheeler. (News -Record photo)
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Bureau of Statistics. into an -that post until 1942 when he
international model. retired
He . graduated from
University of Toronto in 1896
in the same class as former
Prime Minister Arthur
Meighen and a year later
than former Prime Minister
•Mackenzie King. He was
honoured in later years with
doctor of laws degrees from
Toronto, McGill and
Dalhousie Universities.
He entered public service in
1.903 after a couple of years on
the now defunct Toronto
World and later, the Toronto.
Globe.
When Mackenzie sing was
appointed as deputy minister
of labour, he persuaded Mr.
Coats to enterthe department
as assistant' editor of the
Labour. Gazette. He later.
became editor.- and chief
:statistician of the labour
department. • -
Canada, on the brink of its
fantastic growth, had a
'government tangled in a
' maze of conflicting statistical
information:- There- Ames •no •
record 'of' price and ho in-;
dicationof cost of living. •
The agricultural depart-
•, Merit took the census and the
CustornsDepartment issued
trade . figures which were
promptly revamped by the,
Trade and . Commerce
Department. Each govern-
ment.
overnment. department issued ' its
own statistics, and. the
proyinces, as ,well as some
municipalities issued their
own reports, frequently a
confusing, conflicting
unrelated mess of figures.
In 1911, Sir George Foster
became the minister of Trade
and Com mexce and took over
census from agriculture:,He..
'appointed •a commission of
Dr. Adam. Shortt and Mr.
Coats 'which in 1913 recom-
mended centralization of .
vital= statistics and national
records:
In 1916, Dr. Coats left the,
Labour •' department to take,
charge of the prairie •census
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Dr. Coats was a Canadian
delegate to numberous in-
ternational conferences On
statistics, past president of
the American Statistical
Association, an honourary
Fellow 4. of the Royal
Statistical ''Society ,and',, an
honourary member of the
Hungarian, Mexican • and
Italian Statistical Societies.
He also was for some time,
on the board of governors of
Carleton University.
He was also an adviser on
statistics to the Ontario
government and' was a
statisfi'cal . consultant ito the
United Nations Food 4: and
Agriculture Organizations..
Dr. Coats was author' and
co-author of severac major
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eatbcls
nd lower
eeds do
ave lives:
This is wiiatOntari�'s n�wv
regulations are proving.
Since January 1, 1976, Ontario motorists have •
been required to'wear seat belts. And since that
date, Ontario speed limits have been lowered to
60 miles per hour on freeways and 50 miles per
hour .on'other highways.
• These new regulations are paying off. For the
first 6•amonths•of 1976, there were 66 fewer deaths
.on Ontario highways and 6,765 fewer injuries.
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Police officials in Major Ontario centres credit
the Wearing ?f seat belts and the lower speeds
With theselower death.and injury rates. And indeed,
improved safety is the prime reason for the.
regulations. But there are other benefits, too.
When you drive slower, you save -gasoline — and
louver yourlfuel costs,- .
So•buckle up..SIow down and drive sensibly.
For your free copy of the booklet "What You Should
Know About Seat Belts," write to:
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Ministryof Transportation and Communications
1201 WilsonAvenue
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Ministry of Transportation
and Corhmunications
James Snow, •
Minister
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William Davis,
Premier .
Province of Ontario
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