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Adam Beck. Sir Adam Beck (June 20, 1857 – August 15, 1925) was a Canadian politician and hydroelectricity advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
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Adam Beck more than any other public figure in Ontario reshaped the institutional life of the province by making electricity a public utility and legitimizing, through his accomplishments, public ownership as an effective instrument of policy throughout Canada.
Feb 10, 2011 · Sir Adam Beck realized Ontario's electric-power capacity and chaired the enterprise that became Ontario Hydro (courtesy Canadian Heritage Gallery).
May 28, 2008 · As principal founder and guiding genius of ONTARIO HYDRO, Beck helped establish the public enterprise tradition in Canada, though his methods did little to render such enterprises more politically accountable.
Adam Beck was elected director of the National Horse Show Association of America, as well as the International Horse Show, London, 1911. He was master of the fox hounds at London Hunt Club from 1897-1922, and promoted the London Jockey Club and the London Hunt Club.
Sir Adam Beck, born in Baden, Ontario in 1857, was a man of immense energy, persuasive skills and long perseverance. He made important contributions in the fields of rural electric power, rural health, and in the breeding of horses.
