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Record 1 - external organization data 2018-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

Royal Canadian Mounted Police; R.C.M.P.: name and initialism created on February 1, 1920 after the merging of the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the Dominion Police.

OBS

Royal North-West Mounted Police; R.N.W.M.P.: name and initialism used from June 24, 1904 to January 31, 1920.

OBS

North-West Mounted Police; N.W.M.P.: name and initialism used from August 30, 1873 to June 23, 1904.

OBS

North-West Mounted Rifles: name considered before Prime Minister John A. Macdonald opted for "North-West Mounted Police."

Key term(s)
  • Royal Northwest Mounted Police
  • Northwest Mounted Police
  • Northwest Mounted Rifles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

Gendarmerie royale du Canada; G.R.C. : appellation et sigle créés le 7 octobre 1949.

OBS

Royale Gendarmerie à cheval du Canada; R.G.C.C. : appellation et sigle en usage du 1er février 1920 au 6 octobre 1949 après la fusion de la Royale Gendarmerie à cheval du Nord-Ouest et de la Police du Dominion.

OBS

Royale Gendarmerie à cheval du Nord-Ouest; R.G.C.N.-O. : appellation et sigle en usage du 24 juin 1904 au 31 janvier 1920.

OBS

Gendarmerie à cheval du Nord-Ouest; G.C.N.-O. : appellation et sigle en usage de 1898 jusqu’au 23 juin 1904.

OBS

Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest; P.C.N.-O. : appellation et sigle en usage du 30 août 1873 jusqu’en 1898.

OBS

Fusiliers à cheval du Nord-Ouest : appellation envisagée avant que le premier ministre John A. Macdonald opte pour «Police à cheval du Nord-Ouest».

Key term(s)
  • RGCNO
  • GCNO
  • PCNO
  • PMNO

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