Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "William J. S. Elliott" in English language version.
...the organization's first chief not to have served on a police force.. Editor's note: according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Lawrence Herchmer had not served in the police at the time of his appointment as 5th commissioner of the NWMP, but in the British Army (Horrall, S. W. (1998). "Herchmer, Lawrence William". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.).
Elliott was appointed the first civilian commissioner in the RCMP's history
...the organization's first chief not to have served on a police force.. Editor's note: according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Lawrence Herchmer had not served in the police at the time of his appointment as 5th commissioner of the NWMP, but in the British Army (Horrall, S. W. (1998). "Herchmer, Lawrence William". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIV (1911–1920) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.).
Elliott was appointed the first civilian commissioner in the RCMP's history
