death_date death_place children birth_place nationality birth_date known_for spouse article_title name occupation
27 march 1915 long beach , ca , u.s. 12 guelph , upper canada canadian 06 january 1850 founder , manitoba liberal party of great-west lifeco , st. charles country club louisa 1915 adelaide clara gillespie sept 6 , 1876 - jeffry hall brock
 jeffry hall brock businessman
jeffry hall brock

jeffry hall brock -lrb- 1850 -- 1915 -rrb- was a canadian businessman who was also politically active at the time of sir john a. macdonald .
he had a significant influence on the canadian insurance industry -lrb- great-west life turned out be the second biggest insurance conglomerate in canada , started the first western canada based insurance company -rrb- , politics -lrb- rallied against high tariffs and the railway monopoly -rrb- .
during his tenure as managing director of great-west life the company 's share of sales in canada 's insurance market rose from 0.5 % to 13.8 % .
he is a member of the canadian business hall of fame companions .
