A fact from John Henry Dunn appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 20 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that John Henry Dunn resigned from the Executive Council of Upper Canada only three weeks after his appointment, throwing away a post he had sought for 16 years, on a matter of political principle?
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Latest comment: 3 years ago4 comments3 people in discussion
Detailed discussion of DYK nomination: September 2021
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
Overall: This review is for ALT2, which is the most interesting IMO (ALT1 is too cluncky and refers to a totally unrelated person). Some issues with unsourced paragraphs. Heavily reliance on 1 source, but I can live with that... P 1 9 9✉15:35, 10 September 2021 (UTC)<Reply
I've merged one sentence with the following paragraph, with a cite at the end which applies to the entire paragraph.
I have added cites to the unreferenced paragraphs - thanks for pointing that out.
For the "cite needed" - it seems relatively minor, and this is not a Good Article candidate. However, I have deleted the reference to those two settlements, and that eliminates the "cite needed".
I appreciate that the article relies heavily on the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, but that is a very reputable source. I've not found any other easily accessible article on Dunn himself and his early career, but find that he is cited in a number of other books and articles, once he started getting involved in politics. His 20+ years in the government of Upper Canada means that he was a significant figure. Plus the fact that he won Toronto for Reform in the 1841 election, which is supported by more than just the DCB, as is his subsequent role in the 1st Parliament.
I had tried to add the picture from the article in the "image" field, but something went wrong and it got lost in the nomination. If this is approved for DYK, would the image be worth including? File:John Henry Dunn.jpg