=MacDonald, Neil S., B.A., D.Paed.= (Tor_A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century

Inspector, is the son of the late John F. MacDonald and Mrs. MacDonald,

formerly of Darlington, now of Toronto. Born in Bowmanville, Durham

County, Ont., on January 28, 1872, he received his early education in

Clarke Union Public School and Bowmanville High School. At the end of

six months in the latter school, he obtained a Third Class Teacher’s

Certificate, and at the next Departmental Examination he obtained a

Second Class Certificate and spent several years teaching in the rural

schools of the Townships of Cartwright, Darlington and Hope. Feeling

that he had learned all he could in these schools, he returned to

Bowmanville High School to prepare for honor matriculation into Toronto

University, and at his matriculation made a splendid record, receiving

honors in Mathematics, Science, English, History and Geography. He did

not enter the University, however, but took a year’s course in practical

teaching in the Ontario Normal College at Hamilton, after which he was

engaged as Principal in Richmond Hill Public School, where he stayed for

one year, going from there to Toronto to accept the office of

Vice-Principal of Ryerson School, which he held for six years, receiving

while there training in the method of city schools under Principal

McAllister. Then he was promoted to the Principalship of Duke Street

Public School and after three years there was once more promoted, to be

Principal of Cottingham Street Public School. He spent one year here,

when he was promoted to Bolton Avenue School. Mr. MacDonald held a high

ideal of success ever before his mind and backed it up with praiseworthy

perseverance, and he owes his marked success in life to the

stick-to-it-iveness which is one of his special characteristics. In 1910

he graduated from Queen’s University with the degree of B.A., very much

to his credit, for he obtained this degree by private study while

filling the position of Principal in a city school. Mr. MacDonald

married Christina Lamb, the daughter of William Lamb, and has one son,

Donald, born on August 29, 1913. Upon the retirement of Mr. R. W. Doan,

in June, 1914, Mr. MacDonald became Principal of Dufferin School,

Toronto, and it has been said of him, “His educational attainments,

energy and enthusiasm mark him as a man well qualified to fill the

highest position a School Board may offer.” Besides managing the regular

school work, he took an active interest in the school sports and cadet

drill, and his scholars always obtained good standing in these. After

three years as Principal of Dufferin School, Mr. MacDonald was

transferred, in September, 1917, to Ryerson School, as Principal in

succession to the late W. E. Groves. Ryerson School is the school for

practice teaching in connection with the Faculty of Education. As

Principal he was chief critic teacher and supervisor of critic teachers.

In February, 1918, the Toronto Board of Education appointed him Public

School Inspector in District Five, a position left vacant by the death

of Inspector W. F. Chapman, B.A. He is a Presbyterian in religion,

belonging to St. John’s Presbyterian Church, where he is also

Superintendent of the Sabbath School; a Conservative in politics and a

member of St. Andrew’s Masonic Society, St. Patrick’s Royal Arch Masons

and Cyrene Preceptory. In the spring of 1918 the degree of Doctor of

Pedagogy was conferred upon Mr. MacDonald, and in partial fulfilment for

the degree he submitted a thesis on “Open Air Schools,” which he has

recently published.

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=McCullough, Charles Robert= (Hamilton, Ont.), was born in Bowmanville,

Ont., Feb. 18, 1865, educated at Private, Public and High Schools,

Bowmanville, and special schools in Belleville and Toronto. Married in

1897 to Eola Luxton, second daughter of George and Harriet Luxton, of

Hamilton. Children: Evan (deceased), Luxton and Kathleen. A member of

the Canadian Club of Hamilton, and the Hamilton Club, a Fellow of the

Royal Colonial Institute; Honorary President Assn. of Canadian Clubs,

teacher mercantile subjects, 1885-1903, founded Federated Business

Colleges, founded Business Educators’ Assn. of Canada, first President

of the latter; founder Canadian Club Movement in Hamilton, December 6,

1892; President Hamilton Canadian Club, 1895 and 1910; together with

John Cousins founded the General Council of Canadian Clubs and

Societies, Niagara Falls, N.Y., July, 1905; is President of the Ontario

Engraving Co., and Hamilton Conservatory of Music; one of the Founders

and first Governors Art Gallery of Hamilton; represented Collegiate

Institute on the Board of Education for three years; member of the

Canadian Manufacturers Assn., ex-Chairman Industrial Committee thereof;

Vice-President and Chairman of Executive Committee Win-the-War league of

Ontario, and President Win-the-War League of Hamilton; President Union

School Club of Bowmanville; gazetted Capt. 91st Regt., Canadian

Highlanders, 1907, and Lieut.-Colonel, 1916, organized the first

recruiting league in Hamilton, 1915, has done a great deal to promote

recruiting throughout the Province, at various points, especially in

connection with the Canadian Club of Hamilton and the Recruiting

Committee of the Citizens’ Service League in affiliation therewith.

Lieut.-Col. McCullough projected Semi-Centennial Celebration of Canada

for 1917 as far back as 1910. He believes that a mutual respect for, and

confidence in each other, should be entertained by the great English and

French-speaking peoples constituting the Canadian nation. Lieut.-Col.

McCullough has addressed various Canadian Clubs throughout the Dominion

and has done excellent work in inculcating a robust Canadian sentiment.

F. D. Monk, K.C., M.P., said a few years ago: “In initiating the

Canadian Club movement, Mr. McCullough has done a better work than any

politician since Confederation.” Lieut.-Col. McCullough’s recreations

are, skating, golfing, canoeing. In religion he is a member of the

Church of England and of the Church of the Ascension of Hamilton.

Colonel McCullough was an active, early promoter of a Union,

non-partizan Government. Made three public speaking tours of District of

Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, 1917-1918, as guest of

the American Red Cross.

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=Beach, Mahlon F.=, Manufacturer (Iroquois, Ont.), who died January 4,

1917, at the ripe age of more than eighty-three years, was one of the

most remarkable self-made men in Eastern Canada and belonged to a family

which can boast one of the most striking genealogical records in the

Dominion. The family record shows his lineage back to John Beach, one of

three pilgrim brothers who migrated from England to New Haven Colony,

Conn., early in the Seventeenth Century, the two other pilgrim brothers

being Richard and Thomas. Richard first appears in the New Haven Colony

in 1638, and was a man of some note in his day. Thomas first appears in

the records in 1646, and settled in Milford, Connecticut. John is first

mentioned in the New Haven Colony records, January 4, 1643. Four years

later he bought “an house lott” there and in 1650 married Mary ——.

Next we find him at Stratford, Connecticut, where he acquired land in

1660 and was chosen “Town Crier” in the following years, being allowed

fourpence “for everything he should crye and every time he cryed.” He

signed the Articles of Agreement for the Wallingford Plantation in 1670,

and was granted a “house lott” there in 1671. He appears fourth in a

list of six persons of “Hiest Rank,” July 29, 1672, and in 1675 was one

of a committee to establish a Church, dying between the years 1678 and

1680, the ancestor of a large number of Beaches, scattered over United

States, Canada and South America. Mahlon Ford Beach, the subject of this

sketch, was born November 10, 1833, in Oxford Township, Grenville

County, Province of Ontario, where his father, Mahlon Beach, son of

David Beach, arriving from New Jersey, was one of the first settlers.

His Mother, Mercy May, born in New York State, May 12, 1798, was a

daughter of Lyman Clothier, who migrated to the vicinity and built the

first mills in what is now known as the Village of Kemptville. Married

Louise C. Wickmire, of Augusta Township, Grenville County, in 1865, and

leaves a family of ten boys, all of whom are living, born as follows:

Charles A., of Cornwall, 1866; Fred. W., of Morrisburg, 1868; Dr. Anson

W., of Toronto, and Benson C., of Ottawa (twins), 1870; Mahlon W., of

Kingston, 1872; Howard B., of Iroquois, 1873; D. Easton, of Ottawa, and

G. Weston, of Winchester (twins), 1875; J. Russell, of Ottawa, 1878; and

Olin A., of Ottawa, 1882. One daughter, born in 1877, died in infancy.

Mrs. Beach died in 1907, aged seventy-one years and eleven months, and

Mr. Beach married Mrs. Hannah M. Barber, of Winnipeg, in 1912, by whom

he is survived. Although controlling probably a quarter of a million

dollars at his death, Mr. Beach started life like thousands of other

poor boys, with only his native industry, wit and enterprise to raise

him above his restricted circumstances and give his talents a larger

field of activity. He was a born captain of industry and remarkable in

many ways, exciting a big influence not only in his community, but

throughout the county. Possessed of a strong personality, an untiring

energy, quick perception and bold and fearless in his business

enterprises, he left his stamp on the community in which he lived and

his name will always be connected with the village and township of

Winchester. This place was hardly a settlement when Mr. Beach first came

there, and when he erected his first mill it was the beginning of a new

life in the community, as previously the nearest mill was at Iroquois.

He was educated at the common schools of his native place and set out to

carve his own fortune early in life. He first worked at the millwright

business, and in 1856 went to the Township of Winchester, Dundas County,

where he built a small saw mill, later adding other machinery and

buildings, such as planing mills, sash and door, and flour mills. During

the years 1861-1864 he engaged in square timber operations, taking the

timber to Quebec. In the spring of 1883 he bought a water privilege on

the St. Lawrence Canal, at Iroquois, and moved there in June of the same

year, where he commenced a roller flour mill, which was put in operation

in the fall of 1884. At Mr. Beach’s place in Winchester, where the old

business is still continued, he saw grow up what is now a flourishing

village. Between the years 1861-1878 Mr. Beach was connected directly

and indirectly with the general store business and has always been

successful in his undertakings. In 1884 his mills at Winchester were

destroyed by fire, and a number of other valuable buildings, also a

quantity of sawn lumber, flour and wheat to the amount of about $75,000,

were all swept away without any insurance to cover the loss. This

naturally crippled him financially, but nothing daunted, he commenced

again, rebuilding the mills in a much better manner than before and

adding a furniture factory to them, thus showing that the spirit of the

man was bigger than any adversity and that he did not know the meaning

of failure. He met every obstacle with indomitable faith in himself as

the biggest asset of human enterprise, which, more than any other, was a

characteristic of Mr. Beach. He had absolute faith in his own judgment

and with great capacity and resource he soon recovered his losses. He

was President of the Beach Foundry Co., Ltd., of Ottawa, and also with

his son Charles A., established the Beach Furniture Factory, at

Cornwall. In 1909 he completed a water power development in Iroquois,

one of the latest and most improved hydro-electric power plants in

America. In order to carry out this undertaking, he was obliged to

resort to the European markets for the electrical apparatus. The

generators came from Sweden, where they were designed and made

especially for the conditions met with in development. It might truly be

said that this was the pioneer plant in Canada for the vertical type,

direct connected to wheel, operating under a low head of water. This

fact was attested to by many eminent engineers from all over the

American continent, who inspected the plant after its completion. In

1910, with his two sons, Benson C. and Charles A., he was interested in

the development of a 4,000 h.p. Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Hound

Chute, on the Montreal River, furnishing the first electrical energy

used in the Cobalt District. Associated with the late Hon. Andrew

Broder, M.P., he secured in 1882, a charter for the Montreal and Central

Canada Railroad. With the charter they interviewed Sir Wm. Van Horne, of

the C.P.R. Asked what they wanted for their charter and expense of

promoting, the reply was “We want a railroad.” The C.P.R. took over the

charter, the line was built and now forms part of the main line between

Toronto and Montreal. Mr. Beach was one of the foremost men interested

in the erection of the present magnificent Methodist Church at

Winchester. His public career has been confined to municipal affairs. He

was warden of the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry for

the year 1873. In politics he was a Liberal, and in religion a

broad-minded adherent of the Methodist Church, and opposed to

ostentation. Even passing his eighty-third birthday, Mr. Beach exhibited

remarkable vitality of mind and body, being still actively engaged in

his several interests, but on January 4, 1917, he suddenly passed away,

the direct cause being due to acute congestion of the kidneys,

complicated with pneumonia. His useful and successful life will long be

remembered with respect.

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=Macdonald, John= (Toronto, Ont.), the present head of the great

wholesale dry goods firm of John Macdonald & Co., of Toronto, is still a

young man. He bears the name of his father, the founder of the business,

and was born on the 4th of November, 1863, at the old family homestead,

Oaklands, a beautiful villa on the hills overlooking the city of

Toronto. He was educated at Upper Canada College, which boasts the names

of a very large number of distinguished families on its rolls, and while

still a lad entered (1880) the great dry goods establishment which then

bore his father’s name and was founded by him in 1849. Under his

distinguished father’s guidance he received a sound business training,

and was thus, on the death of the latter, able to undertake the great

responsibility devolving upon him. The firm was made a Joint Stock

Company, of which he was appointed President in 1906. He is a Director

of the following: Bank of Toronto, Confederation Life Association,

Toronto Hotel Co., Ltd., Guarantee Company of North America, Millers and

Manufacturers Insurance Co., Humane Society, Hospital for Incurables,

Academy of Music. Honorary Governor Toronto General Hospital; member

Toronto Board of Trade; Chairman Bureau Municipal Research; Trustee and

Official, Yonge St. Methodist Church; Vice-Chairman, Financial

Committee; member Defence League. The late Hon. John Macdonald sat in

the Senate of Canada for several years, and was a most distinguished

figure in religious and philanthropic work. The subject of this sketch

is a man of varied interests and wide social popularity, while retaining

the sound business energy characteristic of his family. In the affairs

of his alma mater, Upper Canada College, he has taken a deep interest,

and was one of those public-spirited graduates who took an active part

in the work of reorganization which a few years ago put it on a sound

basis and largely increased its usefulness. He is also a member of the

Methodist Communion, in which his father was so long an eminent figure,

and has interested himself in the affairs of Yonge Street Methodist

Church, of which he is a Trustee. He holds the office of Justice of the

Peace, but fortunately is not compelled to frequently exercise his

function as a magistrate. Among the commercial organizations with which

he is identified, may be mentioned the Toronto Board of Trade, in which

he is prominent in the dry goods section. His is also one of the

best-known names on the roll of the Commercial Travellers’ Association,

one of the most powerful organizations in Canada. He is also a member of

the British Empire League, the object of which is to further the

progress of an enlightened Imperialism in Canada; of the well-known

benevolent society, the Ancient Order of United Workmen; of the

Caledonian Society, to which he belongs by virtue of his Scottish

descent; and is a member, also, by virtue of the family traditions, of

the York pioneers; a member also of the Methodist Union College Heights

Association, Upper Canada College Old Boys’ Association, St. Andrew’s

Society, and the Canadian Institute. Clubs: York, National, British

Empire. Like all men of active mind, Mr. Macdonald has a hobby, and in

his case the hobby is horseflesh. His beautiful home at Oaklands always

boasts some fine animals in its stables, and he has earnestly devoted

himself to the improvement of Canadian stock. He was one of the original

promoters and is a Director of the Annual Horse Show at Toronto, and is

also an active member of the Horse Breeders’ Association, and of the

Hackney Horse Association. It will thus be seen that Mr. Macdonald is a

man of catholic tastes and wide energies. He resides at 116 Farnham

Avenue, Toronto.

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=Longley, Hon. J. W.= (Halifax, N.S.), Judge of the Supreme Court of

Nova Scotia. One of the best-known men in Canadian public life, and a

gentleman who combines literary graces with a practical public spirit,

is Hon. James Wilberforce Longley, late Attorney-General and

Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Province of Nova Scotia. Hon. Mr.

Longley was born at Paradise, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, on January

4, 1849, the son of Israel Longley and Frances Manning. Like so many

noted Nova Scotians, he is a descendant of an old New England family,

and his grandfather, William Longley, came to Nova Scotia from

Massachusetts in 1760, and settled at Belleisle, in Annapolis County.

The subject of this sketch attended school first at Paradise and later

received his education in the higher branches at Acadia University,

Wolfville, N.S., where he received the B.A. degree in 1871; M.A., 1875;

D.C.L., 1897; Hon. LL.D. St. Francis Xavier College, Antigonish, N.S.,

1905. He began the study of law in the office of Hiram Blanchard, K.C.,

of Halifax, and completed his course with the legal firm of Johnston &

Bligh; read law with Bethune & Hoyles, Toronto, and W. A. Johnson,

Halifax, N.S.; he also attended for a term at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and

was called to the Nova Scotia Bar at Halifax in 1875, where he

immediately began the practice of his profession; two years as Bligh &

Longley; four years with Mr. Motton, and as McCoy & Longley. He quickly

made a reputation by his ability, and in 1883 was appointed by the

Provincial Government as one of the commission for the revision and

consolidation of the Statutes. Journalism had always attracted Mr.

Longley, and while a law student he had become identified with the

“Acadian Recorder,” of Halifax, as its chief editorial writer.

Subsequently he joined the staff of the “Halifax Morning Chronicle,” and

for some time filled the responsible post of managing editor. Mr.

Longley’s literary and clear attractive style has borne fruit in

contributions to many of the leading reviews and periodicals of England

and the United States. In 1898, “Love,” a religious and philosophical

essay appeared in book form and has passed through several editions. He

has also written “Socialism, Its Truths and Errors”; “The Greatest

Drama”; “A Material Age”; “Canada and Imperial Federation”; “Religion in

the 19th Century”; “Makers of Canada” (Series); “The Political History

of Canada” (four volumes complete); “Life of Joseph Howe,” and “Life of

Sir Charles Tupper.” He was President of the Nova Scotia Historical

Society and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. Coincident with his

legal and literary activities, Hon. Mr. Longley has taken an active part

in politics. He was for some years President of the Young Men’s Liberal

Club of Halifax, and entered public life in 1882 as member of the Nova

Scotia Legislature for Annapolis County, which constituency he

represented until 1905. Two years later Hon. W. S. Fielding, in forming

his Government, invited Mr. Longley to enter it, and in July, 1884, he

was sworn in as a Minister without Portfolio. In 1886 he was appointed

Attorney-General. In 1896 he resigned to enter a contest for Federal

honors in the House of Commons. Being defeated, his old constituents in

Annapolis at once re-elected him by acclamation. At the request of the

Premier, Hon. Mr. Murray, he resumed the duties of Attorney General for

Nova Scotia, which position he held for over nineteen years. In his

public capacity, he was a member of the famous inter-Provincial

Conference at Quebec in 1887, and was one of the prominent figures in

the historic convention of the Reform Party in 1893, when the platform

of the then Opposition was struck. As a legislator he has initiated many

useful provincial measures, embracing important changes in the criminal

procedure, the abolition of imprisonment for debt, consolidation of

County Court Procedure and the incorporation of towns. He is a director

of the British Empire Financial Corporation, and is a great social

favorite in most of the cities of Canada. Has been a Fellow of the Royal

Society of Canada and was elected Honorary President. On September 4,

1877, he married Annie Brown, daughter of Mr. Newton Brown (deceased,

October, 1899); secondly, Lois Fletcher, daughter of George Fletcher,

Yorkshire, Eng., April, 1901, and has five sons and one daughter. He is

a member of the Halifax and Saraquay Clubs; a director of the Home Life

Association, and received his present appointment in 1905; also a member

of A.F. & A.M. He was created K.C. by Lord Stanley (afterwards Earl of

Derby) in 1890.

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=Morgan, Colin Daniel= (Montreal, Que.), Merchant, is the son of William

Morgan and Jane Brown; was born at West Linton, Scotland, in 1846, and

educated at Edinburgh, Scotland. He married Martha Gold, the daughter of

Hon. Theodore S. Gold, an agriculturist, of West Cornwall, Conn., and

has four children, Theodore, Marjorie, Henry and Alice. He is a member

of the Presbyterian Church, and takes his recreation motoring, etc.

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=Antliff, Rev. James Cooper, M.A., D.D.=, 41 St. Mark Street, Montreal.

Born February 1, 1844, at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Rev.

Wm. Antliff, D.D., and Barbara Cooper. Educated at Haslingden Wesleyan

School and Edinburgh University from which he graduated with the degree

of M.A., 1873, B.D. in 1874. Left England for Canada by appointment of

Primitive Methodist Conference, 1878. Professor in Wesleyan Theological

College, Montreal, for nine years. Received degree of D.D. Victoria

University, 1887. Member of First Œcumenical Conference. President of

Montreal Conference, 1891. Secretary of First General Conference of

Methodist Church. Canadian delegate to Wesleyan Methodist Conference,

1907. Was editor of Christian Journal for three years; and is the author

of several illuminating magazine articles on various subjects. Married

first, Fanny Holden, daughter of John Holden Esq., of Dalbury Lees,

Derby, England; second, Jane Elizabeth Gooderham, daughter of the Rev.

Ezekiel Gooderham of York Mills, Ont., has one surviving son, born the

22nd of March, 1869. Rev. Dr. Antliff has traveled extensively and is a

man of ripe scholarship.

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=Arrell, Harrison= (Caledonia, Ont.), was born at the Township of

Onondaga, Brant County, November 14, 1874, son of Samuel Arrell, farmer.

Educated at Caledonia High School and after matriculating, studied law

in the office of Mr. Justice Teetzel, Hamilton, and Osgoode Hall,

Toronto, and was called to the bar in 1898. Married, in 1907, to Eva,

daughter of H. B. Sawle, of Caledonia, and is the father of two

children: Alec. and Hugh. Is a member of the Masonic Order, and in

religion is an Anglican. Politically, he is a Conservative. Was

appointed Crown Attorney and Clerk of the Peace for the County of

Haldimand, in June, 1915.

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=Musson, Charles Joseph= (Toronto, Ont.), Publisher, is the President of

The Musson Book Co., Ltd., and Vice-President of Hodder & Stoughton,

Ltd. He is the son of Elizabeth and the late Capt. Thomas Musson,

general merchant and postmaster, Islington, Ont., where he was born on

September 15, 1869, receiving his education at Islington Public School,

Streetsville High School and Parkdale Collegiate Institute, Toronto. Mr.

Musson married Jennie Bird, daughter of the late Wm. Williams, farmer,

Bowmanville, Ont., and has two children, Ralph Thomas Musson,

Lieutenant, Royal Garrison Artillery, and Glena Elizabeth Musson. He is

a life member of the Historical Landmark Society of Canada, and of

Harmony Lodge A.F. & A.M. Scottish Rite, a 32nd Degree Mason, a Workman,

and Past Grand Master Canadian Order of Oddfellows. In politics Mr.

Musson is a Conservative, and in religion a member of the Church of

England.

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=Massey, C. D.= (Toronto, Ont.). The name of Massey is known throughout

the length and breadth of Canada, not only on account of the vastness of

the business interests associated with that name, but because of the

great philanthropies with which it is also synonymous. As the surviving

head of the family that has built up Canada’s greatest individual

industrial enterprise, the figure of Mr. Chester Daniel Massey, the

subject of this sketch, is doubly fraught with interest. He is the son

of the late Hart A. Massey, who was the son and successor in business of

Daniel Massey, the founder of the great establishment for the

manufacture of agricultural implements now known as the Massey-Harris

Company, Limited, and has been associated with that business, of which

he is now the Honorary President, since boyhood. Both the brothers who

had also been identified with the growth and management of the

enterprise, Charles A. Massey and Walter E. H. Massey, have also passed

away. But Mr. Chester D. Massey is splendidly carrying out the

traditions of the family. He was born on June 17, 1850, in Haldimand

Township, in the County of Northumberland, Ontario, and received his

education at the Public Schools of the province. While still a boy he

entered the business establishment of his father, then centred at

Newcastle, Ontario. Literally speaking, he has grown up with the

business, which in turn has grown up with the country (coincident with

the vast expansion of agricultural enterprise in Canada). In 1879 the

headquarters of the Massey firm were removed to Toronto, where Mr.

Massey has resided since the year 1882. In 1884 his eldest brother,

Charles A. Massey, died, and the duties devolving on him became the

heavier. The period that has elapsed since then has been one of immense

expansion, which the firm attained by a judicious policy of amalgamation

and by extending its agencies not only from the Atlantic to the Pacific,

but beyond the seven seas in all the corners of the earth. As has been

intimated, commercial interests do not by any means absorb the entire

attention of Mr. Massey. He is largely interested in all religious and

philanthropic movements. He is a member of the Methodist Church, to

which he is greatly attached, and his voice is at all times valued in

its councils. He is a Governor of the University of Toronto; a Regent of

Victoria University, and a Trustee of the Metropolitan Church and the

Methodist Deaconess Home and Training School, all of Toronto. He is also

a Trustee of Massey Music Hall, one of the finest buildings that

unselfish citizenship ever gave to a community. As chief executor of his

father’s estate, he necessarily takes a deep interest in the valuable

works of philanthropy which have been carried out under the provisions

of the will. On March 17, 1886, Mr. Massey was married at Erie, Pa., to

Miss Anna D. Vincent (deceased, London, England, November 11, 1903), and

secondly to Miss Margaret Phelps, of Gloversville, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1907;

has two sons by first wife, Charles Vincent and Raymond Hart Massey.

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=Smith, William, M.P.=, for South Ontario (Columbus, Ont.), was born in

the Township of East Whitby, November 16, 1847, is the son of William

Smith and Elizabeth Laing, his wife, natives of Morayshire, Scotland. He

was educated at the public school, Columbus, and Upper Canada College,

Toronto. He was Paymaster of the 34th Battalion for a number of years.

He has been a Trustee of Columbus Public School for over 21 years. Was

President of the South Ontario Agricultural Society in 1881. Was Deputy

Reeve for the Township of East Whitby from 1878 to 1882, and Reeve from

1883 to 1887. Was Vice-president and President of the Clydesdale

Association of Canada for a number of years. Is President of the Record

Board since 1912. Is President of the Maple Leaf Farmers’ Mutual Fire

Company, and has been since its incorporation in 1896. Is a Director of

the Dominion Shorthorn Association. He has always taken an active

interest in municipal and political affairs: Contested South Ontario,

1882, 1887, 1891, 1892, 1896, 1900 and 1911; successful in 1887, 1892

and 1911. In politics he is a Conservative and in religion a

Presbyterian. He was married, May 25, 1880, to Helen Burns, daughter of

the late James Burns, of the Township of East Whitby. Three children:

Bessie, Robert B., and Wm. Bruce. Robert B. is senior Major of the

116th, now in England, and went over with the first contingent in 1914.

Mr. Smith is a farmer, and takes a great interest in Clydesdale horses,

Shorthorn cattle and Cotswold sheep.

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=Mikel, William Charles, K.C., B.C.L.= (Belleville), was born in

Belleville, Ont., the son of W. V. and Matilda (Wilson) Mikel, a

descendant U.E.L. family. His great-grandfather fought on the side of

Great Britain in the American Revolution, after which he came to Canada

and was granted 300 acres of land in Ameliasburg Township, Prince Edward

County. Again he fought on the side of the Government forces in

Rebellion of 1837. The subject of this sketch was educated at Belleville

High School and the Ontario Business College, Albert College (honors),

and Trinity University (B.C.L., 1897). Practises law at Belleville; has

been Crown Prosecutor at Ottawa, Toronto and other places throughout the

province. Appeared before Legislature and Parliament in several

important matters, and acted as one of the Counsel for the depositors of

the Farmers Bank of Canada, when the Government and House of Commons

approved of payment of over one million dollars to depositors. Served as

Alderman, Auditor and City Solicitor of the Corporation of the city of

Belleville; created King’s Counsel, 1908. One of the founders of the

Ontario Bar Association and President 1911-12; President

Liberal-Conservative Auxiliary, Belleville; President Ontario Municipal

Association, 1907-08. Grand Master A.O.U.W., 1914-15-16; President

Canadian Fraternal Association, 1918-19; P.M. Moira Lodge, No. 11, A.F.

& A.M., 1st P. Moira Chapter, No. 7, G.R.C.; member King Baldwin

Preceptory; member L.O.L. No. 274, and Royal Black Knights of Ireland.

Member of Albany Club, Toronto; a Presbyterian in religion. Formerly

Captain 15th Batt. A.L.I., volunteered, 1915, for service in the Great

War, but was rejected. Offered to organize and take command of a

battalion, not accepted. Secretary Speakers’ Patriotic League at

Belleville; assisted in recruiting several military organizations for

service overseas; member of Council of the Win-the-War League, and was

one of the Committee of the League which presented to Sir Robert Borden,

August, 1917, the resolutions of the League supporting Union Government,

conscription and other patriotic measures. Strong supporter of the Union

Government, and assisted many of the Union Government candidates in the

election of December, 1917. Married Miss Lillian Ewen, daughter of T. E.

Ewen, M.A., veteran of the Fenian Raid; has one daughter, Miss Audrey

Mikel. On July 25 and 26, 1918, he presided over a meeting at Belleville

called by him, as President of the Canadian Fraternal Association,

comprised of delegates from a number of Canadian Fraternal Societies

representing Protestants and Roman Catholics, both English and French

speaking, for the purpose of promoting a better understanding between

the English and French speaking Canadians; and again at Ottawa on

November 28, 1918, he presided over a similar meeting called by him. His

brother, R. Y. Mikel, served in France with the American Flying Corps in

the Great War, so that the great-grandsons of the men who fought against

the American army in the Revolutionary war, served in that army, showing

how closely the people of the British Empire and of the United States

have been brought together by this war.

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=Robb, Thomas= (Westmount, Que.), Manager and Secretary of the Shipping

Federation of Canada, is Managing Director of the Marconi Wireless

Telegraph Co., and a Director of George Davie & Sons, Limited. He has

been employed as Acting Staff Embarkation Officer, with the rank of

Major, under Generals McDonald and Biggar, and has also rendered

valuable services to the Marine and Naval Departments in connection with

the war. Royal Commissioner on Pilotage, 1911; Chairman of Royal

Commission on Pilotage, 1918, arising out of Halifax disaster.

Commissioner on Traffic Regulations dealing with explosives, and also

Royal Commissioner on Commission appointed to investigate labor unrest

in Shipbuilding industry in Province of Quebec. He was a member of the

delegation sent to Washington, D.C., in opposition to the proposed Long

Sault Development, and has been called to that city on several

occasions, notably in connection with the revision of the American

Seamen’s Act. He is a member of the American Geographical Society, and

has delivered an address on “Navigation—Ancient and Modern” before the

Nomad’s Club, which was subsequently published in pamphlet form, also

other addresses on Marine subjects. Mr. Robb’s chosen recreations are

golf and fishing. He is a Justice of the Peace, a Mason, and a member of

the Canadian Club and Canada Club, both of Montreal. Mr. Robb was born

in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1863, where he received his education at

McLaren Academy. Thomas Robb is the son of Ann Thomson and Thomas Robb,

an able writer. He married Elizabeth Andrew, daughter of James McLaren,

merchant, of Stirling, Scotland, in 1890, by whom he has three daughters

and one son, Elizabeth, Mabel, Chrissie, Robert.

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=White, Arthur V.=, Consulting Engineer, Toronto, Ontario, was born in

Woodstock, Ontario, August 21, 1871. His father was the late James

White, Esq., a prominent merchant, well known throughout South-western

Ontario, and for more than twenty-five years Clerk of the County of

Oxford, in which office he succeeded his father, who was one of the

early Scotch pioneers of Woodstock. His mother was Dorothy Jessie

McLeod, eldest daughter of W. C. McLeod, Esq., one of the most

widely-known merchants and financiers of pioneer days in Ontario. Mr.

White’s early education was carried on in the Woodstock Public and High

Schools, after which he entered the University of Toronto, where he

graduated from the School of Practical Science with high standing in

1892. He later obtained from the University of Toronto the degree of

M.E. (mechanical engineer), being the first graduate of that institution

to receive this degree. After graduating, Mr. White followed his

profession in connection with manufacturing establishments in Canada and

the United States, and for some years was Chief Draughtsman for the

Canadian General Electric Company, at Peterboro. Subsequently, he was

Lecturer in Mechanical Drawing and Machine Design at the Toronto

Technical School. He spent about five years in London, England, as

engineering expert to Messrs. Brown Brothers, for whom he executed

important commissions on the Continent, as well as in the United States,

travelling extensively in connection therewith. August 28, 1901, Mr.

White married Aidine Squire, eldest daughter of Hon. Watson C. Squire,

LL.D., of Seattle, Wash., ex-United States Senator from that State, and

formerly Governor of Washington Territory, and Ida Remington, eldest

daughter of Philo Remington, Esq., the noted manufacturer of firearms.

Mr. White has three children—James Arthur, Remington, and Caroline

Lathrop. Returning to take up his residence in Canada in 1902, Mr. White

continued his professional work. In 1905, representing the noted

engineers, Messrs. Ross & Holgate, Mr. White personally canvassed

leading manufacturers in South-western Ontario respecting power

requirements and collected much of the field data basic to the

recommendations of the Ontario Power Commission, the precursor of the

present Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Later he worked

chiefly upon constructional engineering and devoted considerable time to

designing in connection with Harbor Works for the Department of Public

Works, Canada. In 1910, he was engaged by the Commission of

Conservation, Ottawa, with which he still remains as Consulting

Engineer. He has reported for this Commission upon the Water Powers of

the Provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British

Columbia; also upon the St. Lawrence Long Sault Rapids, the Chicago

Drainage Canal, Niagara Power and other matters. In 1911, he was

appointed Consulting Engineer representing Canada to the International

Joint Commission, under the Boundary Waters Treaty, to report jointly

with the consulting engineer from the United States upon the official

reference relating to the levels of the Lake of the Woods, including the

control and utilization of its waters and those tributary thereto. The

Report upon this subject was completed in 1917 and is a comprehensive

work to which the engineering press has referred as reflecting great

credit on its authors. Mr. White has written extensively upon

engineering subjects, but his principal efforts have been devoted to his

various reports for the Federal Government. He is regarded as a high

authority on many questions connected with International waters, and has

made a special study of Niagara power and the exportation of electric

energy with its relationship to coal supply. To the important subject of

Canada’s fuel problem, Mr. White has, for many years, devoted special

attention. Since as early as 1910, he has contributed valuable articles

to such periodicals as the “University Magazine,” the “Monetary Times,”

and prominent engineering and technical journals, as well as to the

daily press, urging that this subject be viewed and dealt with in its

broad national aspect, and that Canada take immediate steps to secure

the greatest possible independence with respect to her fuel supply. Mr.

White possesses a very comprehensive collection of rare books dealing

with the early History of Astronomy. He is opposed to the views of

modern _theoretical_ astronomy as represented by the Copernican System,

and an article from his pen in the University Monthly, in 1909, entitled

“The Shape of the Earth,” has excited considerable comment. In religion

Mr. White is a Protestant. He is non-sectarian, but of strong Christian

belief and is a staunch supporter of the Scriptures. In politics, as in

religion, he is independent.

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=Beaumont, Ernest Joseph= (Kitchener, Ont.), Local Registrar of the

Supreme Court, is the son of Joseph Wilson Beaumont, D.D., and Louisa

Beaumont. He was born at Mirfield, Yorkshire, England, February 28,

1855, and received his early education at “The Grammar School,”

Sheffield, Eng. Coming to Canada as a young man, Mr. Beaumont practised

law in Galt, Ont., for twenty-seven years, and served as Town Solicitor

of that place for eighteen years. He was also a member of the Public

School Board for 4 years, and late Major of the 29th Waterloo Battalion,

retiring with rank in 1888. He received his present appointment as local

Registrar of the Supreme Court of Ontario in January, 1908, is a Roman

Catholic in religion and a member of the Canadian Order of Foresters.

Ernest J. Beaumont married Helen McNab, daughter of Benjamin Wood of

Ingersoll, Ont., and had one son, George Joseph Beaumont, Lieutenant in

the 11th (S.) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, B.E.F., France, who

died of wounds in France on January 24, 1917.

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=Mackintosh, Charles Herbert= (Ottawa, Ont.), was born in London,

Ontario, in 1843; a son of the late Captain William Mackintosh, county

engineer of Middlesex, Ontario, and Leonora Sophia, daughter of Colonel

Dickenson of Jamaica, West Indies. Captain Mackintosh came to Canada as

an attaché of the ordnance branch of the British Army. Mr. Mackintosh

has led an unusually active life, succeeding in making his way, unaided,

to positions of honor and influence. He was educated at the Galt Grammar

School (Tassie’s), and Caradoc Academy (Middlesex Co.), two well-known

institutions at that time. When the Prince of Wales (afterwards King

Edward VII) visited Canada in 1860, an ode of welcome from the pen of

Mr. Mackintosh, then a youth of seventeen, was presented to His Royal

Highness. Two years later, under the title of “Fat Contributor,” he

wrote for the London “Free Press,” a series of articles,

characteristically entitled “Hurry-Graphs.” These attracted wide

attention, and the entrance of the young writer into journalism was a

foregone conclusion. He relinquished the study of law, and became,

first, reporter, and soon afterwards city editor of the “Free Press.”

Believing that the early history of pioneer life in Upper Canada should

be heard from the lips of those who had passed through the ordeal, Mr.

Mackintosh organized a Committee, the result being a Pioneer Banquet, at

which 400 old settlers from local and distant points were in attendance.

Col. J. B. Askin, one of the early pioneers acted as chairman, Mr.

Mackintosh, as the youngest Canadian, acting as Secretary. Subsequent to

this, he assisted in promoting the Western Fair, which to-day has

expanded to noticeable proportions. His journalistic career was marked

by rapid progress. In 1864 he was city editor of the Hamilton “Times.” A

year later he founded the “Dispatch,” of Strathroy, which he conducted

until 1873. In 1868 he married Gertrude Cooke, daughter of T. Cooke,

J.P., of Strathroy. In 1871 he founded the Parkhill “Gazette,” which he

controlled for some time, while still managing the “Dispatch.” In the

same year, he unsuccessfully contested North Middlesex as Conservative

candidate for the local legislature. In 1871 he visited Chicago during

the fire, and wrote a description of the terrible event; 60,000 copies

being sold in two weeks. He was also elected a member of the town

council of Strathroy, in which capacity he exhibited talents, which

afterwards showed to better advantage in a wider sphere. Believing in

himself, as all men do who come to the front in human affairs, he

proceeded to prepare for a higher sphere in public life which he was

destined to fill. Deciding that the protection system which had long

been established in the United States, deserved consideration in Canada,

he accepted the position of managing editor of the Chicago “Journal of

Commerce.” While resident in the western metropolis, he studied

carefully the protection system, as well as other issues in the United

States. He also wrote a graphic account of the United States’ “panic of

1873.” Returning to Canada, at the request of Sir John A. Macdonald the

day after his government was defeated in 1873, he declined an editorial

position on the “Mail”; sold out his interest in the Strathroy

“Dispatch,” and went to Ottawa, being appointed editor of the Ottawa

“Citizen,” the Conservative journal of the capital. He at once attracted

attention, not only because of the vigorous management and writing of

the “Citizen,” but because of knowledge of public questions. At the

celebration of the O’Connell Centennial, he wrote a poem which won the

gold and silver medal over many others submitted. He was an ardent

protectionist long before the Conservative party accepted that system as

a plank in their platform, and must be counted as one of the leaders in

that economic movement. In 1877, the late John Riordon, of St.

Catharines, urged Mr. Mackintosh to co-operate with him in reorganizing

the “Mail,” but the offer was again declined. His active interest in

public affairs, combined with an unusual share of those qualities which

make men popular with their fellows, caused him to be nominated for the

Mayoralty of Ottawa in 1879, the result of the election being his return

by a large majority. He promoted the first Dominion Exhibition, which

was opened by the then Governor-General, Lord Lorne—afterwards Duke of

Argyle. In the two succeeding years he was re-elected, and though

unseated on a technicality after the third contest, was a fourth time

favored with the support of the people. As Mayor of the Capital of

Canada, he inaugurated many reforms, which proved of great benefit to

the city. When retiring from the Mayoralty, the city presented him with

an address; also, citizens generally passed resolutions and presented an

illuminated address. In the General Election of 1882 he was one of the

Conservative candidates in Ottawa for the House of Commons, and was

elected senior member by a sweeping majority. During his term in

Parliament, he made several speeches which were notable for keen common

sense. He spoke but seldom; when he did he always secured an attentive

hearing. He became President of the Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railroad,

now a part of the Canadian Pacific, and was also a Director of the

Canada Atlantic Railroad, now a part of the Grand Trunk System. Mr.

Mackintosh resigned his seat for Ottawa in July, 1886, but at the

request of friends agreed to hold it until the dissolution, which he

did. The Capital of Canada is no bed of roses for any active or generous

man, and thus the senior member found it, hence his positive objection

to being again a candidate at that time. In the General Election of

1887, Mr. Mackintosh, by the unanimous wish of the Conservative party,

contested Russell against Mr. W. C. Edwards, the largest lumber

manufacturer, and most popular Liberal in the County, and was defeated

by a narrow majority, owing mainly to the feeling against the Government

among the French-Canadians, aroused by the execution of Riel. He polled

2,146 votes, or between 400 and 500 more than were ever given to a

Conservative candidate in that county. The Home Rule and Riel cries

concentrated at least 1,600 votes solidly against any Conservative

nominee, the Constituency being largely Catholic. It should be said,

however, that Mr. Mackintosh was an ardent advocate of and believer in

Ireland’s right to control her own local affairs. But he had voted in

favor of Orange incorporation, publicly declaring that such would, in

the end, ameliorate the bitterness between Protestants and Catholics.

Mr. Edwards upon a protest was unseated for Russell, and a score of his

supporters reported for corruption. The Conservative party let the

matter drop; another election took place with the same result, Mr.

Edwards (now Senator) being returned. In 1888 Mr. Mackintosh declined to

accept nomination for the Mayoralty, and also to be a candidate for the

County of Carleton. In 1890, upon the death of the sitting member, Mr.

Perley, a requisition was presented, signed by prominent Liberals and

Conservatives, asking Mr. Mackintosh to be a candidate. There were four

candidates in the field, but he was elected by over 1,000 majority, and

was again returned at the General Election of 1891. During this time he

became interested in the “Lake Manitoba Railway and Canal Company,”

which subsequently was merged with the Canadian Northern

Transcontinental Line. His leader, Sir John A. Macdonald, died in June,

1891, and until Sir John Thompson became Premier, Mr. Mackintosh took

little interest in political affairs, disposing of his newspaper the

Ottawa “Citizen.” In October, 1893, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor

of the Canadian North-West Territories, then including the Yukon. Before

leaving Ottawa he was presented with a testimonial and address by the

workingmen of Ottawa, the Conservative Association, and a dinner

tendered by the members of the Rideau Club, at which Judges of the

Supreme Court, Sir John Thompson and other Ministers were present.

During his term, he organized a Dominion Territorial Exhibition in 1895,

spoken of as inaugurating a very beneficial settlement in the

North-West. Prize competition entries reached nearly 8,000 in the

various departments. It was opened by Lord Aberdeen, then

Governor-General. On this occasion the city of Regina presented him with

an oil painting of himself and a complimentary address. In January,

1898, Mr. Mackintosh resigned his high position, going to British

Columbia, successfully organizing the British America Mining

Corporation, of which he was Managing Director, until he resigned, about

1900. In 1902, when King George V (then Duke of York) visited Canada,

Mr. Mackintosh, upon behalf of the Miners of British Columbia, presented

him with unique gold specimens extracted from the western mines. Mr.

Mackintosh remained in the western province for several years, engaging

in literary work. In 1908 he was awarded the 1st prize for an essay on

“British Columbia—Its Resources.” He was for some time in Toronto,

where (in 1910) he wrote a series of articles for the “Mail and Empire,”

forecasting Germany as the storm centre of a coming war. In 1911, when

the Reciprocity issue was before the electors, he wrote a series of

articles against the proposition, visiting nearly every constituency in

Ontario, publishing a signed telegram in the “Montreal Star,” the day

before the election, forecasting the defeat of the Laurier Government

and allowing them not more than fourteen seats in Ontario. When his

party returned to power, he accepted a position as Inspector of Customs,

and has also written many articles on the European War, which broke out

in August, 1914. In May, 1917, a pamphlet written by Mr. Mackintosh,

dealing with the Home Rule issue and entitled “Are Ireland’s Problems on

the Eve of Solution?” attracted much attention, being quoted from at the

Irish Conference by several delegates. Mr. Mackintosh spends much of his

time in British Columbia where he is Chairman of the Halcyon Springs

Company, and is greatly interested in the development of that province’s

mining resources.

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=Meek, Edward= (Toronto, Ont.), Barrister, was born in the village of

Port Stanley, Ontario, on December 27, 1844. His father, James Meek,

came to Canada at the early age of three years with his parents, in

1818, from Ballymena, North of Ireland. They settled in the same year in

Talbot District, and took up a tract of land near Port Stanley, being

among the earliest pioneers of that part of the country. At the time of

Edward’s birth his father was a carpenter and builder, but afterwards

became a partner in a foundry which was carried on successfully for a

number of years; but a disastrous fire destroyed the whole of the

extensive establishment, and he returned to his farm, on which he

remained till his death. Edward received his early education at the Port

Stanley school, and afterwards at the Grammar School, St. Thomas. After

leaving school, at the age of seventeen, he was granted a certificate to

teach, which occupation he followed for three years. He then accepted a

position as bookkeeper in a grain warehouse, at which he continued for a

short time only; but thinking a short journey among strangers would

improve his prospects, he went to Boston and engaged with a publishing

house of a prominent firm there. After a short sojourn he returned to

London, Ontario, and there commenced the study of law. In 1873 he

removed to Toronto, where he continued his studies and finished his law

course in the office of Harrison, Osler and Moss, three gentlemen who

afterwards became distinguished judges. He was called to the Bar of

Ontario in the spring of 1874, and he then formed a partnership with the

Hon. John O’Donohoe, which continued for four years, when it was

dissolved. He then opened an office of his own until he formed a

partnership with the late William Norris, of Woodstock, which lasted

till Mr. Norris returned to Woodstock. In 1877 he commenced to take an

active part in the politics of the country, and especially in the

promotion of the National Policy; in fact, he was one of the originators

of the word, and travelled over Ontario assisting in the formation of

political organizations to enable the National Policy party to carry

their new platform to a successful issue. He continued from that time to

take an active part as one of the political writers and speakers on the

platform until the winter of 1884, when he and a number of other

politicians conceived the idea of forming a coalition government for the

Province of Ontario, their object being to do away with partyism in the

local legislature. Others were brought into the scheme who were

impatient of the slow method of bringing about the change by argument,

and thought that a sufficient number of the members of the Legislature

could be secured by offers and promises to at once defeat the Mowat

Government, when the coalition could be immediately formed during the

spring session of 1884. The plans were disapproved of by the originators

of the idea, but the hot heads could not be kept under control, and the

public know the result of the unfortunate conspiracy case which sprung

from it, involving those more actively concerned in the long and tedious

investigation and prosecution before a Royal Commission and in the

criminal courts. The Royal Commission brought in a divided report, which

the House never acted upon. The verdict of the jury in the criminal

court, in the trial of May, 1885, acquitted the accused. Since that time

Mr. Meek has devoted himself strictly to the practice of his profession

in Toronto, and the promotion and formation of joint stock and other

companies. Mr. Meek was joined in marriage, on June 30, 1873, to Anna

Margaret McBride, daughter of Samuel McBride, of London, Ontario, by

which union they have issue two sons and one daughter. Mr. Meek and

family are members of the Church of England. Since the publication of

the preceding matter in the second edition of “Representative

Canadians,” about thirty years ago, Mr. Meek has continued to practise

law in all its branches in the city of Toronto, and is considered a

well-read lawyer, a sound legal adviser, and a successful practitioner.

While carrying on his legal practice, during the past twenty-five years,

he has written many thousands of “Legal Opinions,” published weekly in

the Saturday edition of the “Mail & Empire” newspaper. These concise and

clearly expressed statements of the law have been widely read, and

highly appreciated by many thousands of readers of that journal, and

have been copied in other newspapers. Mr. Meek has also written and

published pamphlets; and essays on Legal and Constitutional questions in

reviews and magazines which have been favorably criticized and commented

upon—notably two essays comparing our Canadian System of Federalism

with the American System of Federalism, entitled, “Some Observations on

the Constitution of the Dominion of Canada,” published in the American

Law Review of 1895, 1896; “The Legal and Constitutional Aspects of the

Manitoba School Questions,” published in the “Canadian Magazine” and in

pamphlet form in 1895; “Political Lessons from the Time of Cicero,”

“Representative Government and Federalism,” the “Plebiscite”—an answer

to an Essay published by the late Sir Geo. W. Ross—and other Essays,

all to be found in the “Canadian Magazine” between 1898 and 1904;

“Sunday Laws,” published in the “Canadian Law Review” in 1904; “The

Mistakes made by the Framers of the Constitution of the United States of

America,” and “Government and Political and Municipal Corporations,”

etc., published later. In 1913 Mr. Meek published a book of 600 pages,

entitled, “Business and Law,” which has had a wide circulation. Mr. Meek

was created a Q.C. in 1896, but for political reasons the patent was

never issued. He was, however, made a K.C. by the Ontario Government in

1908. He has recently published a few short poems which have been much

admired. Now 72, he is in robust health, and his writings are as clear

and concise, and his forensic abilities as convincing as 30 years ago,

with the added copiousness and accuracy acquired by long years of

experience. His eldest son, Mr. Charles S. Meek, is managing director of

the British Pacific Engineering & Construction Company, of Vancouver,

where he resides with his family, consisting of a wife and two

daughters. His second son, Mr. E. J. Meek, is the chief accountant of

the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and resides in Toronto with wife and two

children—a son and daughter. Mr. Meek lives at 177 Jamieson Ave., with

his wife and unmarried daughter, Miss Gertrude Meek.

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=Harris, Reginald V.= (Halifax, N.S.), Barrister-at-Law, son of Rev.

Canon V. E. Harris, Secretary, Diocesan Synod of Nova Scotia. Honorable

W. B. Troop, M.L.A., in Holmes-Thompson Government of Nova Scotia

(1878-82) grandfather; Honorable Chief Justice Harris, of Nova Scotia,

uncle; was born March 21, 1881, at Londonderry, N.S.; educated at

Amherst Public Schools; Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont., and the

University of Trinity College, Toronto, from which latter institution he

graduated with the degree of B.A., 1902 (honors); and also received the

degree of M.A., Toronto University (1910), and a similar degree from

King’s University (1911). Barrister and Solicitor, Bars of Manitoba

(1906) and Nova Scotia (1905). Member of Henry, Rogers, Harris &

Stewart, Barristers, Halifax, since 1908. Mr. Harris is the author of

the following publications: “The Governance of Empire” (1910);

“Organization of a Legal Business” (1909); and is a frequent contributor

to the press and magazines on Educational, Municipal and Imperial

subjects. Mr. Harris has taken a large interest in the municipal affairs

of the city of Halifax, of which he was Alderman (1911-13), and

Controller (1913-15). He was also Vice-President of the Union of

Canadian municipalities (1912-13); Vice-President, Union of Nova Scotia

municipalities (1913-15); Commissioner of Schools, Halifax (1911-14);

Chairman, School Board, Halifax (1913-14). Appointed Lieutenant 246th

Overseas Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Forces, September, 1916.

Captain and District Casualty Officer, Military District No. 6, June,

1917; District Military Representative (M.S.A.), October, 1917; Chief

Public Representative, N.S. (M.S.A.), February to October, 1918. Is

Governor and Treasurer of King’s College, Windsor, N.S.; member of

Diocesan, Provincial and General Synods of Church of England in Canada;

member and Secretary Board of Management, King’s College School,

Windsor, N.S.; member of Council, Halifax Board of Trade (1911-14);

President Commercial Club, Halifax (1914-15); member of the City Club,

Halifax, and also a member and Secretary (N.S.) of the Royal Colonial

Institute. Chairman Halifax Centre St. John Ambulance Association;

District Superintendent St. John Ambulance Brigade; Esquire, Order of

Hospital of St. John, December, 1917. In religion, a member of the

Church of England, and in politics a Conservative. Mr. Harris married,

June 4, 1907, Ethel W., daughter of Edmund G. Smith, merchant, of

Halifax, and has two sons, R. Gordon Harris and Arthur St. G. Harris.

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=Sutherland, Donald= (Ingersoll, Ont.), son of Robert Sutherland and

Elizabeth Hutchison, both born in the County of Oxford, of Scotch

parentage; born in West Zorra, Oxford County, April 8, 1863. Educated in

the local county schools. Married, April 22, 1896, to Minnie Pearl

Hossack. First elected to the council of North Oxford Township in 1896.

Reeve during 1897 and 1898; County Commissioner for the Town of

Ingersoll, North and West Oxford, 1901-2. Elected to represent South

Oxford in the Ontario Legislature at the general elections held on May

29, 1902. Election unsuccessfully protested, re-elected at the general

election, January 25, 1905. Seconded the address in reply to speech from

the throne at the session of 1907. Defeated by a small majority at the

general election, June 8, 1908. A candidate at the general election for

the House of Commons on October 26 of the same year, and again defeated

by a small majority. Appointed director of Colonization and Immigration

for the Province of Ontario by the Whitney Government, March 10, 1909,

when an active campaign was entered upon in Great Britain by provincial

officers to promote immigration to the Province, and the system of

advancing assisted passage to farm laborers and domestic servants was

adopted. Resigned as Director of Colonization, August 8, 1911, to become

a candidate for the House of Commons at the general elections held on

Sept. 21, 1911, in response to a unanimous nomination tendered him by

the Liberal-Conservative Association of the Riding, when he was elected

over the late representative, and re-elected at the general elections

held in December, 1917. Moved the address in reply to the speech from

the throne at the special war session of August, 1914. Mr. Sutherland is

a practical farmer, and extremely popular with all classes. He was the

first Conservative elected to represent the riding in the Legislature,

and also in the House of Commons. He is the father of seven children,

viz.: Robert Bruce, William Evans, Donald Baikie, James Burleigh, John

Angus, Jean Elizabeth and Olive Helen. The eldest, Robert Bruce,

enlisted at 17 years of age and went overseas with the 1st Canadian

Contingent, served at the front in France and Belgium, 1915-16,

qualified as pilot in the Royal Air Force and served in Egypt and

Palestine under Generals Murray and Allenby during 1917-18 until the end

of the war; promoted to a Captaincy and Flight Commander, and awarded

the Distinguished Flying Cross for conspicuous gallantry. William Evan

also enlisted at 18 years, and was a member of the R.A.F. at close of

war. Mr. Sutherland is a Presbyterian and a member of the Masonic Order.

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=McInenly, William=, Electrical Contractor, was born at Sillery, Quebec,

January 20, 1874. He was educated at the Quebec Commercial Academy from

which he graduated in 1888. From 1889 to 1910 he was engaged in the

lumber business in Quebec, and in 1911 started in the electrical

machinery business in Ottawa, and at once became General-Manager of the

“Mac Electric Company,” whose works and offices are at 52 Queen Street,

Ottawa. While the company has never undertaken the wiring of residences,

ordinary apartment houses, or accepted any like contracts, it repairs

anything electrical from an electric iron to a 500 horse-power electric

motor. Among the principal electrical contracts accepted by the firm and

carried out to completion are the New Ottawa Gas Company plant, the

Ottawa Electric Company’s new plant on Middle Street, and the Ottawa Car

Manufacturing Company plant on Albert Street. Every kind of electrical

machinery is built by the company—motors, dynamos, generators, etc. Mr.

McInenly is the son of the late James McInenly, lumber merchant, and

Ellen M. Paul. On June 19, 1901, he married Miss Norah Ahearn, the

daughter of the late Maurice Ahearn, who became distinguished as an

artist, and a brother of Thomas Ahearn, president of the Ottawa Electric

Railway Company, etc. He has four sons, James, Maurice, Bertram and

Thomas. He is Chairman of the Electrical Dealers and Contractors

Association of Ottawa, is a director of Weir & Company, Limited, Ottawa,

manufacturers of aerated waters; a director and secretary-treasurer of

the Simmons Printing Company, of Ottawa, and of the Ottawa Electrotype

foundry. He is connected with the following clubs: The Canadian,

Laurentian, Rideau Curling and Golf, and the Peckanoc Fish and Game. His

principal recreations are fishing and curling. In religion he is a Roman

Catholic. In politics, Independent. His residence is 439 Elgin Street,

Ottawa.

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=Belcourt, Hon. Napoleon Antoine=, Senator (Ottawa). Parents, Ferdinand

Napoleon Belcourt and Marie-Anna Clair; profession, barrister-at-law.

Was born at Toronto, September 15, 1860. Educated at St. Joseph’s

Seminary, Three Rivers, in arts and Laval University in law. Graduated

at Laval in Law, Master of Laws, _cum summa dignitate_ 1882. Admitted to

the Quebec Bar, July, 1882; Ontario Bar, September, 1884. Member of Law

Faculty, Ottawa University, since 1891. An LL.D. of Ottawa University

(1895); also LL.D. of Laval University. Crown Attorney for Carleton

County, June, 1894, to May, 1896. Resigned to become candidate for House

of Commons. K.C. in Ontario and Quebec Provinces. Founder and First

President of the Club National d’Ottawa, retaining that office for ten

years consecutively. Former Vice-President of Ontario Liberal

Association; first elected to House of Commons at general election,

1896; re-elected 1900, and general election 1904, his majority being

nearly 2,000. Elected Speaker of the House of Commons, March 12, 1904,

and sworn as Privy Councillor, January 11, 1905. Resigned his seat in

House of Commons and appointed to the Senate November, 1907. First

President, Ottawa Hunt Club; member, Rideau Club, Ottawa; Reform Club,

Montreal; Reform Club, Toronto; University Club, Ottawa; President,

Connaught Park Jockey Club of Ottawa also member of Country and other

Clubs. Married (1st) Jan. 29, 1889, to Hectorine, eldest daughter of

Hon. Jos. Shehyn; (2nd) Jan. 9, 1903, to Mary Margaret Haycock, of

Ottawa. Hon. Mr. Belcourt has taken a prominent part since the inception

of the war in promoting recruiting and in the work of the Patriotic

Fund, Red Cross and other kindred war activities. As leader in the

defence of the French language in the schools of Ontario he has on the

platform and in many pamphlets, as well as before the Courts of Canada,

and the Privy Council, earnestly and constantly labored for the

preservation and propagation of the French language in the Dominion and

for the development of a spirit of true national unity.

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=Ball, Emerson Ewart= (Chesterville, Ont.), was born October 31, 1880,

at the Village of Orono, in the County of Durham. Is the son of Edwin

Ball, of Islington, Ont. Educated at Willowdale Public School, Richmond

Hill High School, Toronto Junction High School and Humberside Collegiate

Institute. He then attended Toronto University, graduating in 1906 with

honors in Modern Languages, and is now Principal of Chesterville High

School. Was married, July 22, 1908, to Cora M., daughter of John Harris,

of Whitevale, Ont., and is the father of two children: Dorothy, born

Mar. 2, 1910, and Gordon, born June 2, 1914. In religion Mr. Ball is a

Methodist and a member of Trinity Methodist Church, Chesterville. In

politics he is Independent. Member of Independent Order of Oddfellows,

Chesterville Lodge, No. 288.

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=Patterson, John Pratt=, President and General Manager of

Norris-Patterson, Limited, Advertising Agency, 10 East Adelaide Street,

Toronto, Ontario, was a Councillor of the Town of North Toronto prior to

its annexation by the city, and is to-day a Justice of the Peace. Mr.

Patterson is a member of the National Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht

Club, the Albany Club, Rotary Club, Board of Trade, Canadian Club and

Empire Club, all of Toronto; in addition to York Lodge, A.F. & A.M., St.

Paul’s Royal Arch Chapter, the Scottish Rite and the Canadian Order of

Foresters. He is an ex-member of the Queen’s Own Rifles, a

Liberal-Conservative in politics and a member of the Church of England

in religion. The subject of this sketch was born in Toronto, August 18,

1874; the son of Thomas and the late Jane Williams Patterson, receiving

his education at Upper Canada College. He married Millie, daughter of

the late Richard Harold, of Palmerston, June 21, 1893, and had one son,

Thomas Harold Patterson, since deceased.

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=McLean, Major-General Hugh Havelock, K.C., A.D.G., M.P.= (St. John,

N.B.), son of Lauchlin McLean and Sophia Marsh. Born March 22, 1855, at

Fredericton, N.B. Educated at the Grammar School there. Married,

September 2, 1879, to Jennie Porteous. Children: Colonel C. W. Weldon

McLean, D.S.O. (two bars), Commanding Divisional Artillery, 9th Scottish

Division, B.E.F,; W. W. McLean, who served through the war in South

Africa; Jennie Elise Stetson and Major Hugh H. McLean, Jr., C.E.F. Is a

Barrister-at-law, senior member of the firm of Weldon & McLean,

established in 1878. Has a large corporation counsel practice, being

counsel in New Brunswick for Canadian Bankers’ Association, Bank of

Montreal, Canadian Pacific Railway Company and a number of other

companies. Is President and Director of a number of railway and other

companies. He has been actively associated with the Militia for

forty-five years. He was for many years Captain and Adjutant of the 62nd

St. John Fusiliers, and was in command of that Regiment for a long

period. In 1892 he was appointed to the command of the 12th Infantry

Brigade, a post which he retained until January, 1911. He raised in

1911, in New Brunswick, a Regiment of Cavalry of four squadrons (28th

New Brunswick Dragoons), and was gazetted to the command of this

Regiment on March 1, 1911; in 1912, appointed to command of Cavalry

Brigade. In 1878, when war was imminent between England and Russia,

General McLean raised a company of sixty men and offered his own and

their services in case of war. For this offer he received the thanks of

the Imperial Government. In 1885 he was appointed Captain and Adjutant

of the Regiment raised in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, for

service in the North-West. In 1890 he went to England in command of the

Bisley Team. In December, 1899, he offered himself and one hundred men

for service in South Africa, the men to be raised at his own expense,

and to consist of guides and trappers. For this he received the thanks

of the General Officer Commanding. In October, 1901, he was appointed to

the command of all the troops in New Brunswick assembled at St. John

during the visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York. In

the same month he was in command of a brigade at the Royal Review,

Halifax. He was in command of the Maritime Provinces Brigade at the

Tercentenary in Quebec in 1909. He has been President of the Provincial

Rifle Association since 1900, and has taken a very active interest in

rifle shooting. In 1905 he raised the St. Andrew’s Boys’ Brigade. He is

the Vice-President of Canada for the British and Foreign Sailors’

Society; was appointed by Earl Grey, Honorary A.D.C. Commanded the

troops sent from Canada to the Coronation of our present King and Queen.

For this service was promoted to the rank of full Colonel. At the

commencement of the war was appointed to the command of all Overseas

Troops in New Brunswick, and then to command of 7th Overseas Brigade.

Promoted Brig.-General, 1915; promoted Major-General, 1917. Is a member

of the following Clubs: Union Club, Cliff Club, St.John; Mount Royal,

Montreal; Rideau Club, Ottawa. First elected to Parliament, 1908, and

re-elected 1911 and 1917 for the constituency of Royal. A Unionist and a

Presbyterian. Gen. McLean is of Loyalist descent, and is an ardent

Imperialist.

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=Denton, Frank, K.C., D.C.L.=, of English (Yorks) origin, son of the

late William Denton, J.P., and Mary D. (Lucas) his wife, born at

Richmond Hill, York County, Ont., 1858, educated Richmond Hill and

Orangeville High School, Collingwood Collegiate Institute, Toronto

Normal School, Trinity University, B.C.L. 1883, D.C.L. 1893, and Osgoode

Hall, Toronto. Taught two years as English Master in Cobourg Collegiate

Institute (when affiliated with Victoria University). Married 1884,

Elizabeth Clingan, daughter of the late Fleming Clingan, J.P., of

Orangeville. Has six children. Called to the Bar in 1886, he practised

his profession with distinction and specialized as a Corporation and

Commercial lawyer. Took silk in 1899, having for years been head of the

firm of Denton, Dunn & Boultbee (now Denton, Grover & Macdonald). He

acted for some time as City Solicitor of Toronto. He has always taken a

keen interest in public affairs, particularly in education, serving for

several years as President of the Board of Trustees of the Toronto

Collegiate Institutes. Has acted as delegate to the annual and general

conferences of the Methodist Church, of which he is a prominent

supporter. A fluent and eloquent public speaker, he has been a candidate

(Liberal) for the Federal Parliament. He is a member of the Masonic

Order (Past Master), and of the Canadian, National, Ontario and Rosedale

Golf Clubs. Recreations, golfing and curling. Address, 42 Admiral Road,

Toronto.

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=Chabot, Lt.-Col. John Leo, M.D., C.M., M.A.= (Ottawa, Ont.), born on

February 23, 1869, at Ottawa. Son of P. H. Chabot and Marguerite Ethier.

Ancestors on father’s side were Normans, and one was Admiral, under the

first Napoleon. His maternal grandfather, Ethier, fought under Drs.

Nelson and Papineau in 1837. Educated at a Private Academy, Ottawa

University and McGill University, Montreal, successively, receiving the

Academic degrees of B.A., M.A., and M.D., C.M. Has successfully

practised his profession at Ottawa for a number of years. Is Senior

Surgeon of The Ottawa General Hospital, also Physician and Surgeon to

the University of Ottawa, and has been Police Surgeon of the City since

1900. Has always taken a keen interest in athletics, believing that

clean sports and games make young men more healthy, manly and

self-reliant. The doctor has been an active supporter of the Canadian

Militia, holding the rank of Lt.-Col., R.M.S., and still member of the

5th Princess Louise Guards since beginning of the war; has been acting

as Officer Commanding, Ottawa General Military Base Hospital; is an

ex-President of the Old Chirurgical Society; also of the Ottawa Medical

Society and latterly of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. Was Conservative

Candidate in Ottawa against Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1898, and reduced the

Liberal majority of 1,800 to 630. First elected to the House of Commons

as one of Ottawa’s representatives at the general elections of 1911, and

again returned in the general elections in December, 1917, as Union

Government supporting Win-the-War candidate, defeating Sir Wilfrid

Laurier by over 5,000. Is interested in several industrial concerns and

commercial enterprises. Married June 25, 1894, to Mary, daughter of the

late Edward Devlin, of Ottawa, who died; married in 1916 Miss Hope

Brunel, daughter of W. H. Brunel, of Ottawa. Dr. Chabot is a member of

several clubs and societies, including Rideau Club, Ottawa Golf Club,

Knights of Columbus, Canadian Club, Royal Arcanium, I.O.F., C.O.F.,

A.O.U.W., L. Institut Canadien, University Club, Fish and Game Club,

Honorary President Capital Lacrosse Club and City Lacrosse League, and

ex-President of C.A.A.A. Dr. Chabot is extremely popular in his native

city and has long occupied a prominent place in the medical, military,

political and athletic life of the Capital.

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=Cole, George M.=, President and Manager of the Plattsburgh Gas and

Electric Company, Plattsburgh, N.Y., U.S.A., was born at Brockville,

Ont., December 31, 1862, his father being W. H. Cole. Receiving his

early education at the Brockville Public and High School, Mr. Cole

migrated to the United States in 1887 where, as a contractor, he was

connected with the construction of several early street railways in that

country; building the first in Columbia, South Carolina; Ansonia,

Connecticut; and Newburgh, New York; in addition to an extension to

existing lines in Brooklyn, New York. Two years later, in 1889, he

purchased the Plattsburgh Gas Works in partnership with a New York

capitalist and became the Manager of the business, which position he

still occupies. So successful was the undertaking that Mr. Cole was

approached by the owners of the Plattsburgh Electric Lighting Plant with

the result that the two works were amalgamated in 1890 and very

considerably enlarged. By this time the old-fashioned horse cars had

become a thing of the past and George Cole obtained a franchise for the

construction of a modern street railway, which he built and managed for

some years in addition to supplying the necessary power for its

operation. This railway was later purchased by the Delaware & Hudson

Railway Co., the present owners. To-day the Gas and Electric Company

controls its particular field in Plattsburgh and vicinity, owning and

operating two water power developments on the Saranac River, which is

the outlet of the Upper and Lower Saranac Lakes, among the largest in

the Adirondacks. Mr. Cole married Emma, daughter of W. H. Chappel, in

1891, by whom he has two sons, Eugene M. and Howard C. He is a member of

the Presbyterian Church and a Republican in politics. Among the

societies of which he is a member are Plattsburgh Lodge 828, A.F. &.

A.M., Plattsburgh Chapter, No. 39, R.A.M., De Soto Cun. No. 49, K.T.,

Plattsburgh and Oriental Temple A.A.O.N.M.S., Troy, N.Y.

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=Charlton, William Granville=, Editor and Publisher (Aylmer, Ont.), the

son of John R. and Emily J. Charlton, one of six children, one girl and

four boys, all living except one, was born in the Township of South

Dorchester, January 1, 1868; his earlier education took place at the St.

Thomas Collegiate Institute, going from there to the Transylvania

University, Lexington, Ky., and finally to Bethany College, Bethany,

Va., where he graduated in 1893. He married Martha N. Black, the

daughter of Martha M. Wells, widow of the late Noris Black and has one

daughter, Eunice Eva Charlton, born May 13, 1901. Mr. Charlton was

brought up on a farm and has practically devoted his energies to farming

most of his life, and almost by his own efforts secured his education.

He is a member of the Church of Christ, and for twenty-seven years has

preached the Gospel with little intermission due only to illness. He is

a great Bible School worker, and has been preaching and teaching

prohibition for thirty years, and happy to be living to see the fruits

of his labor in that direction. He has been connected with newspaper

work since January 1, 1916, when he became editor and publisher of the

“East Elgin Tribune.” In politics he is a Liberal and in 1913 was chosen

by that party as a candidate for Federal honors to represent East Elgin

at the next Dominion Elections.

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=Ball, Robert James, M.P. for South Grey, Ont.= (Hanover, Ont.), was

born at Allan Park, Township of Bentinck, Ont., on Jan. 15, 1857. Is the

son of James Ball and his wife, Jane, formerly Jane Cain. Lived on his

father’s farm till eighteen years of age. Was educated at Hampden Public

School, Collingwood Collegiate Institute and Ottawa Normal School, from

which latter institution he graduated with a Second-class Teacher’s

Certificate, Grade A. On graduating, he taught school for ten years,

then spent five years as an accountant, three years as a private banker,

and two years in the life insurance business, when he became a furniture

manufacturer, which business he has carried on for twenty-two years. He

is managing director of the Ball Furniture Co., Limited, and also

director in Morlock Bros., upholsterers; he is also President of The

Reliance Investment and Developing Co., Ltd., of Hanover, Ont.

Politically, Mr. Ball has been very active, being three years Municipal

Councillor of the Town of Hanover, two years Commissioner for the County

of Grey, two years Reeve of the town of Hanover, and, in 1908, was

Warden of the County of Grey. In 1908, he was Conservative candidate for

South Grey against H. H. Miller, and was defeated, but reduced Miller’s

majority from 316 to 87. In 1911 he was elected to the House of Commons

over H. H. Miller by a majority of 48. Mr. Ball was married August 11,

1882, to Mary Jane, daughter of Anthony and Mary Leonard, of the

Township of Normanby, and is the father of six children: Milton Leonard,

Austin Elmer, Ethel May, Elma Lilian, Captain Stanley Stafford Ball,

M.D., and Mabel Lottie. He is a member of the Masonic Order and also of

the Independent Order of Foresters. In religion he is a Methodist, and

politically is a Liberal-Conservative.

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=Coombs, Albert Ernest= (St. Catharines, Ont.), son of John and Susan

Coombs. Was born on a farm near Richmond Hill in the County of York,

April 2, 1871. Educated at the public and high school of Richmond Hill

and at Toronto University, from which he received the following degrees:

B.A. with honors in classics, 1892; M.A., 1895, and B.Paed., 1897.

Principal Coombs began his teaching career in 1892 and was principal of

Richmond Hill High School, 1895-99. Principal of Newmarket High School,

1899-1909, when he accepted the position of principal of St. Catharines

Collegiate Institute, which he now holds. He served three years as

examiner at Normal College, and set papers in History of Education and

School Management. Is a Past President of the Classical Association of

Ontario and has frequently acted as Association Examiner. Successively a

director, Horticultural and Agricultural Societies; member Town Council

and chairman Public Library Board, Newmarket. Has had considerable

experience as a lecturer on a variety of subjects. Was formerly in the

Militia and holds a Captaincy in the 19th Lincoln Regiment and served in

that capacity on the Welland Canal Protective Force in 1914. Has always

been opposed to the abolition of written examinations in our educational

system, and is a strong friend of the Boy Scout movement, being Boy

Scout Commissioner of St. Catharines district. Married in 1897, to Miss

Beatrice Elliott, daughter of the late Wm. Elliott, V.S., of Palmerston,

Ont., and is the father of three children: Alice, born 1899; Adele, born

1905; Margaret, born 1908. Is a member of the Canadian Club, St.

Catharines, of which he is a Past President; also is Past Master of the

Maple Leaf Lodge, A.F. & A.M., St. Catharines, and Past Principal of

Mount Moriah Chapter; Member of the I.O.O.F. Principal Coombs was

formerly a long-distance bicycle rider and association football player.

He now takes a lively interest in lawn bowling. In religion he is a

Methodist and a member of St. Paul Street Methodist Church, St.

Catharines. Politically, he may be classed as an Independent-Liberal.

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=Anderson, James T. M., M.A., LL.B., D.Paed.=, Yorkton, Sask. One of the

many graduates of the Ontario “little red school-house” who have

achieved success in their chosen professions is Dr. James Thomas Milton

Anderson, M.A., LL.B., of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Dr. Anderson, who has

won many scholastic honors, is at present inspector of schools for the

Yorkton district. Dr. Anderson was born at Fairbank, Ontario, July 23,

1878. His parents were Mary and James Anderson and the present inspector

of schools had all the advantages of early life on a farm. One must

consider it an advantage when one remembers the sons of farmers who have

gone to the top in scholastic circles. The subject of this sketch began

his education at Public School, S.S. No. 15, York, and went from there

to West Toronto Collegiate Institute. Going west he won his degree of

Bachelor of Arts at the University of Manitoba in 1911, when he was

Silver Medallist in Classics. He gained his LL.B. at the same university

in 1913, and his M.A. in 1914, completing his preparation for his

present work by graduating as Doctor of Pedagogy in 1917. Dr. Anderson

showed rare power of concentration in study as these three degrees were

obtained extra-murally and he is also a medallist in penmanship and a

clever cartoonist. His life for the last ten years has been devoted to

teaching and working among the foreigners who have come to Canada’s

great “melting pot.” Dr. Anderson is intensely interested in the work of

assimilation which means so much to Canada’s future as a nation. He has

published a number of articles on the subject and a book on the

“Education of the New-Canadian” (J. M. Dent & Sons, Toronto). Dr.

Anderson, whose mother resides in Saltcoats, Sask., was married on July

26, 1911, to Edith, daughter of Mrs. M. Redgwick, Grenfell,

Saskatchewan, and has two children: Byron R., born October 10, 1913, and

Edith Elaine, born March 31, 1917. In religion he is an Anglican, a

member of the Orange Order, and President of the School Inspectors’

Association of Saskatchewan.

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=Elliott, John Campbell, D.C.L., M.L.A.= Middlesex West (Glencoe, Ont.).

Son of George Campbell (Irish descent), and Jane Elliott (Scotch

descent); both parents were born in Canada. Was born at Ekfrid Township,

Middlesex County, on July 25, 1872; educated at Ekfrid Public School,

Glencoe High School, and Trinity University, B.C.L. 1898, and Toronto

University, D.C.L. 1905. Mr. Elliott’s early days were spent on the farm

where he was born; he took a third-class certificate in 1890;

second-class in 1891, and Matriculation 1892, and was called to the Bar

in 1898, having taken a high standard at the Law School at Osgoode Hall.

First elected to the Ontario Legislature at the general elections in

1908; re-elected 1911-1914. He is a member of the Ontario Club, and the

Masonic Order, of which he was Past District Deputy, Erie District; of

the Sons of Scotland and the I.O.O.F. He is a member of the Baptist

Church, and a Liberal in politics. Mr. Elliott is recognized as a clever

lawyer and an able speaker, and enjoys the confidence and respect of the

members on both sides of the House. He is unmarried.

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=Bronson, Hon. Erskine Henry=, was born at Bolton, Warren County, New

York, September 12, 1844. He is the son of the late Henry Franklin and

Edith (Pierce) Bronson, the one man who, coming to Ottawa, Canada, in

1852, understood the feasibility of converting the large lakes and

furious and foaming falls of the Ottawa River into a channel for the

driving of saw-logs, and erecting mills on its banks, placed in

operation a lumber industry that soon had in its employ hundreds, and

afterwards thousands of employees. Having received a good education at

Sandy Hill, N.Y., and at the Grammar School, Ottawa, when quite a youth,

the Hon. Erskine Henry Bronson, joined his father’s company, The

Bronson-Weston Lumber Company, and in 1867 acquired an interest in the

company. In 1870 he became a member of the Ottawa City Council and

chairman of the Finance Committee, and continued as such until 1878,

when he retired. For fourteen years he was a member of the Ottawa School

Board. He is ex-Trustee of Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Unlike

his father, who never interested himself in politics, in 1882 Mr.

Bronson was an unsuccessful candidate to the House of Commons for

Carleton County, Ontario; but in 1886, having had presented to him a

petition signed by thousands of the best and most influential residents

in the Capital urgently soliciting him to become a candidate for the

local Legislature, he consented to run and was elected by a large

majority, and re-elected at every succeeding election until 1898, when

he retired from active political life. In 1890, September 10, four years

after he was first elected, he joined the Mowat Government without

Portfolio and held a similar position when the Hardy Government was

formed. Had he so desired he could probably have remained a member of

the local Legislature even to this date, as few, if any, in Ottawa were

or are more appreciated or ever received more popularity than the same

Hon. Erskine Henry Bronson. The poor of the city, to whom his firm in

winter time never failed to extend the helping hand in furnishing them

with winter fuel and in other ways, could never forget, nor overlook,

his kindly and substantial consideration of their needs and his name

was, and is to-day, cherished in every home. To others, with whom he

came in contact, he was always a valuable friend and counsellor, and his

advice on financial and other matters was eagerly sought and freely

given. On his father’s decease Mr. Bronson succeeded him as President of

the Bronson-Weston Lumber Company, in 1889. He was one of the

inaugurators of the Ottawa Electric Company. Mr. Bronson is President of

the Bronson Company, Water Power and Manufacturers of Ground Wood Pulp,

150 Middle Street, Ottawa; President, Ottawa Improvement Company;

Vice-President, Ottawa Light, Heat & Power Company; President, Ottawa

Power Company, and a director of the Ottawa Electric Company. In 1874

Mr. Bronson married Ella H. Webster, of Norfolk, Va. He has one son and

one daughter. In religion he is a Presbyterian. In politics, a Liberal.

His residence is 75 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa.

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=Bain, John=, Journalist, private secretary, civil servant, promoter,

and now financial broker and departmental agent and customs specialist,

Castle Building, Ottawa, came to Canada in 1888 and engaged in law and

newspaper work. Later he was engaged as expert shorthand writer in the

New York law courts. When the Liberal Party was returned to power in

1896 he was appointed Private Secretary to the Minister of Customs, Hon.

Wm. Patterson, and accompanied the Minister to England in 1902, doing

the secretarial work there connected with the trade questions that were

discussed at the Colonial Conference. His services were also utilized in

connection with the trade negotiations with the French Government at

Paris. He held the position of Assistant Commissioner of Customs of

Canada for five years, and was Secretary of the Tariff Commission of

1906-07. He promoted and organized the Canadian Western Natural Gas,

Light, Heat and Power Company, Calgary. He was appointed Imperial Trade

Correspondent for Ottawa District for the British Board of Trade in

1909. Although one of the old, steadfast and prominent Liberals in the

capital, he joined and became active in the ranks of the Unionist Party

during the general elections in 1917, and, as publicity director,

rendered valuable service to the Unionist cause. His pithy paragraphs

and pointed questions, such as “How would the Kaiser Vote?” which were

printed in the campaign literature and in the press throughout Canada,

attracted widespread attention and were used with telling effect by the

various public speakers during the campaign. Mr. Bain is the son of

Robert and Agnes Bain and was born at Paisley, Scotland, June 8, 1869,

where he received his education. April 5, 1899, he married Maude

Buckley, daughter of P. Buckley, Paris, Ontario, and has two

daughters—Audrey Maie, born 1900, and Alison Muriel, born 1903. In

politics Mr. Bain is a Liberal, in religion a Presbyterian. His

residence is 167 James St. He is a member of the Laurentian Club,

Ottawa, and the Ranchman’s, Calgary.

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=De Celles, Alfred Duclos, LL.D., F.R.S.C., C.M.G.=, Chevalier of the

Legion of Honor, General Librarian of Parliament, was born at St.

Laurent, near Montreal, in 1844, and was educated at Laval University,

Quebec, where he graduated in letters. He is the son of Augustin D. De

Celles, a prominent notary, and Agnes Holmes, an American lady. Abbé

John Holmes, a noted preacher in Quebec, related to O. W. Holmes, was

his uncle. In October, 1876, he married Eugenie Dorion, daughter of

Eugene Dorion and Mary Panet, and has one son, Alfred Eugene De Celles.

He is a distinguished Canadian litterateur and publicist. For a time he

was a member of the Board of Civil Service Examiners. In 1867, Mr. De

Celles, on account of ill-health, left the Laval University to take up

the editorial chair of “Le Journal de Quebec” during Mr. Cauchon’s

absence in Europe. On the return of the latter he remained connected

with the paper until 1872, when he entered the “Minerve”, chief

Conservative paper of the province of Quebec, as editor-in-chief. He

remained there until 1880, when he was appointed assistant librarian of

the Parliamentary Library of Ottawa. In 1886, he became joint librarian

with Mr. Martin J. Griffin. For several years after he entered the

Library he had charge of “L’Opinion Publique,” a weekly paper published

in Montreal, chiefly devoted to literature and history. Mr. De Celles,

in 1896, published a History of the United States under the following

title: “Les Etats-Unis, origine—institutions—development.” For this

work he received a prize from the Academie des Sciences Morales et

Politiques of France. A few years later he wrote in English, the Life of

Papineau and Cartier, in “The Makers of Canada.” This work was

subsequently published in French, in an enlarged form, together with a

Life of Cartier, the three volumes forming a political history of

Canada. Reviewing Mr. De Celles’ Papineau, the London “Outlook” (Jan.

13, 1906) summed up this work as follows: “Mr. De Celles has traced this

out through the quarter of a century in which Papineau was the most

brilliant, if not the most wise figure in French-Canadian politics, with

the natural sympathy of a compatriot, though by no means without due

recognition of his hero’s failings. . . . He has given us an admirable

picture of a strange and picturesque career. Everyone has heard of

Papineau, and most Canadians have some idea of his achievements, but

little probably of his personality.” Mr. De Celles has also contributed

to “Canada and Its Provinces,” a synopsis of the History of Quebec under

Confederation and an extensive history of colonization under this title:

“The Habitant”: and an outline of the municipal system in Lower Canada.

He has contributed to The Chronicles of Canada the “Patriotes of 1837,”

a history of the Canadian Rebellion. In 1904, he was named Chevalier de

la Legion d’Honneur, and in 1907 received the title of C.M.G. In 1884,

he was received Member of the Royal Society, and since 1903 he has

occupied the post of President of l’Alliance Française. Mr. De Celles is

in religion a Catholic, and he resides in Ottawa.

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=Evanturel, Gustave, M.P.P.= for Prescott Co. (Alfred), was born March

19, 1880, at Ottawa, son of the Hon. Alfred Evanturel and Louisa Lee.

Father was Speaker of the Ontario Legislature from 1898 to 1902 and

Minister in the Ross Government from Nov. 22, 1904, to Jan. 25, 1905.

Educated at Bourget College, Rigaud, and Seminaire de Ste. Therese,

P.Q., and Laval University, from which latter institution he graduated

with the degree of B.L. Married, Sept. 26, 1910, Marie Emelia, daughter

of the late Paul Chevrier, of Vaudreuil. Notary public by profession;

was President of L’Alliance Nationale, a mutual life insurance company

of the Court of Alfred, which is called “Cercle Evanturel.” Mr.

Evanturel has taken an active part in politics since the age of 17

years, especially in the County of Prescott, which his father

represented from 1884 until 1905, being the first French-Canadian to

enter the Ontario Legislature, the first representative of that race to

be Speaker of the Ontario Assembly, and the first French-Canadian to

enter the Ontario Government as Cabinet Minister. The subject of this

sketch was first returned to the Ontario Legislature to represent the

County of Prescott on December 11, 1911, with a majority of 284, and

re-elected on June 29, 1914, over two opponents by an increased majority

of 350, defeating the Conservative candidate by over 1,000. Was Civil

Servant in the Privy Council Department in 1908, and, on his election as

a member for Prescott County, when he succeeded his late father, was the

youngest member of the Assembly. He is an eloquent speaker in both

French and English, and has been a strong supporter of bi-lingualism on

the floor of the Ontario Legislature, being the first member of the

House to open the discussion on the bi-lingual school question during

the Session of the Legislature in the years 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915,

1916. He has all the fire and dash of his race and is extremely popular

on both sides of the House, and throughout Eastern Ontario, where he is

well known.

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=Fraleck, Edison Baldwin=, was born in the township of Sydney in the

County of Hastings on the 6th day of February, 1841, being descended

from United Empire Loyalist stock. His grandfather, Lewis Fraleck, a

Loyalist, came to Canada; his father, Thomas Tillotson Fraleck, served

on the Loyalist side throughout the whole period of the war 1812-15,

being engaged on the Niagara Peninsula. His maternal grandfather was

Robert Nicholson, a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and a Major in a

Highland Regiment, served throughout the American Revolutionary War;

came to Canada about 1793. The subject of this sketch was educated at

the Public and High schools and Queen’s University, Kingston, from which

he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1863, and was called to the Bar

1868. Successfully practised his profession at Belleville for many years

and was appointed Junior Judge for the County of Hastings on December

28, 1881, which office he filled for some thirty-five years, when he

retired. Was revising officer for East and West Hastings, and a Judge of

the Surrogate Court for the County of Hastings for ten years, and a

member of Queen’s University Council for over twenty-five years. Served

as Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment 1868-74, and retired retaining rank.

He was noted as a strong and active writer on all political subjects

before his elevation to the Bench. Being a keen sportsman, taking a

lively interest in hunting, fishing, camping and canoeing, Judge Fraleck

contributed frequently to the “Canadian Magazine,” “Canada Sportsmen,”

“Forest and Stream,” the result of his experience. He has always been an

ardent Imperialist and Protectionist. Judge Fraleck has won distinction

as a ready and fluent speaker, and rendered splendid services as such

during the Confederation campaign and subsequently. Married August 14,

1874, to Jane E., daughter of William Judd, of Stirling, County of

Hastings, and five children were the result of the union: Ernest Leigh

(died 1909), Charles Cecil, Madeliene, Jessie, and Helen. He is a member

of the Masonic Order and Orange Order, and in religion is a

Presbyterian. Politically, the Judge was before his elevation to the

Bench, a member of the Conservative Party.

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=Davey, James= (Ottawa, Ont). The Ottawa Manager of The Toronto General

Trusts Corporation; has been with the Company since it was first

established by the late J. W. Langmuir, in the spring of 1882, and was

its first accountant. In April, 1917, he celebrated the 35th anniversary

of his connection with the company. In length of service he is the

oldest Canadian trust company officer. He has been manager of the Ottawa

branch of Toronto General Trusts Corporation since 1905. Mr. Davey

arrived in Canada in March, 1882, after having been for nearly ten years

in the accountant’s office of one of the largest newspaper publishing

houses in the West of England. For a period of 15 years he was chief

accountant of The Toronto General Trusts Corporation, afterwards

occupying the position of secretary for several years. Subsequently he

was placed in charge, for a period of three years, of one of the largest

loan company liquidations in Canada. In January, 1902, Mr. Davey was

appointed manager of the newly opened branch of The Toronto General

Trusts Corporation in Winnipeg, and in January, 1905 (shortly after the

Corporation purchased the business of the Ottawa Trust and Deposit

Company), Manager at Ottawa. Mr. Davey was born in Alderney, Channel

Islands, on September 15, 1855, and was educated at the National

Schools, Alderney, and the Grammar School, Lostwithiel, Cornwall,

England. His parents were James Davey and Mary Anne Davey. He married

Caroline Grace Gerrans, daughter of Joseph Gerrans and Mary Gerrans,

Cornwall, England, and is the father of six sons and daughters—Joseph

Frederick, Marion Elizabeth, Herbert Gerrans (now deceased), Thomas

Deslandes, Caroline Grace, Lillian James. Mr. Davey is a member of the

Laurentian Club, Ottawa, is a Methodist in religion, and an Independent

in politics. He resides at 430 Maclaren Street, Ottawa.

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=Tremeear, William J.= (Pasadena, Cal.), Counsellor-at-Law, a native of

Bowmanville, Ont., received his primary education at the public and high

schools at Oshawa, Ont., and matriculated at Toronto University in the

class of 1881, taking honors in mathematics and modern languages. He

afterwards attended the law school of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and was

admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1886, and practised in Toronto until

1918, when he removed to Pasadena, Cal., to take up legal literary work.

He is the author of several legal works of recognized authority, amongst

them three editions of an annotated Criminal Code of Canada. He is a

member of the Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the I.O.F.

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=Briggs, William, D.D.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in Banbridge, County

Down, Ireland, educated in Liverpool, England, and came to Canada in

1859. He preached successfully in Montreal, London, Cobourg, Belleville

and Toronto. In 1879 he was appointed Book Steward of the Methodist Book

and Publishing House, a position he holds until July, 1919, when, in

conformity with a recent enactment placing an age limit on all Methodist

General Conference officials, he became Book Steward Emeritus. Under his

management great progress has been made, and the Book Room is, without a

doubt, one of the most profitable publishing houses in Canada to-day. It

has grown year after year on a steady basis, and the large number of

employees engaged is an indication that business must be going on

regularly to carry a staff numbering in the hundreds. The mechanical

departments are manned with all the latest devices in machinery and

everything has been so arranged that the largest publication can be

turned out on the very shortest notice. To successfully carry so large

an institution means that great care is exercised by the management.

Among the trade throughout Canada, Dr. Briggs is credited as being one

of the most economic and shrewd managers connected with the business.

The name of William Briggs is a household word throughout the Dominion

and wherever he goes at the week end to supply a pulpit he is always

greeted with large congregations. The degree of D.D. was conferred upon

him by Victoria University. He is a member of the Toronto Board of

Trade.

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=Gibbons, John Joseph=, Advertising Counsel (Toronto, Ont.), has taken a

special interest in Patriotic work in connection with the Great War;

being a member of the Organization of Resources Committee (Ontario), the

Toronto and York County Patriotic Association, the Canadian Red Cross

Society, the Belgian Relief Association, and the Canadian War Contingent

Association. He is Vice-President of the Ontario Motor League; as also a

member of the National Club, the R.C.Y.C. of Toronto; and the Brantford,

Lambton and Caledon Clubs. Mr. Gibbons was born in Boston, Mass., March

15, 1877, and married, May 12, 1909, Helen E., daughter of James G.

Cockshutt, founder of the Cockshutt Plow Co., Brantford, Ont., by whom

he has three children—Kathleen, Mary and John Cockshutt. His recreation

is golf.

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=Bachand, Leonide Charles, M.D.= (Sherbrooke, Que.), son of the late J.

C. Bachand, N.P. Registrar County of Bagot, Quebec, and nephew of Hon.

P. Bachand, ex-Treasurer Province of Quebec. Was born at St. Pie, P.Q.,

October 6, 1854, educated at St. Hyacinthe and Victoria College,

Montreal; graduated Victoria University, Cobourg, with degree of M.D.,

1878; married, October 6, 1878, to Marie Agnes Georgine, daughter of

late H. O. Camirand, of Sherbrooke, P.Q. Practised his profession at

Coaticook, where he was mayor, President of Board of Trade, Chairman of

School Commissioners, and also editor and co-proprietor of L’Etoile de

l’Est; removed to Sherbrooke, 1899; elected Mayor there, 1908; appointed

Coroner District of St. Francis; President of Medical Board of the

Sherbrooke St. Vincent Hospital; Specialist in eye, ear, nose and

throat. Is father of three sons, viz.: Dr. J. D. Bachand, of St.

Johnsbury, C. E. Bachand, Joint Prothonotary, Sherbrooke, and Leonidas

Bachand, Notary Public, and Secretary Board of Trade, Sherbrooke. Dr.

Bachand is a Roman Catholic in religion, and formerly was a Liberal in

politics.

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=Denis, J. Wilfred= (Nicolet, Quebec), son of Drendonne Denis, was born

at St. Cuthbert, Cte. Berthier, January 21, 1871. Educated at the

College of Joliette and Laval University, Montreal, graduating with the

degree of B.A. Mr. Denis is a Notary Public and Registrar and

Prothonotary of the Supreme Court. He has been married twice and is the

father of four children, viz.: Berthe, Germaine, Jeanne and Laure. He is

a Roman Catholic in religion, and politically a Liberal.

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=Eddis, Wilton C.= (Toronto, Ont.), born in London, England, on

September 15, 1855, and educated at Merchant Taylors School, Mr. Eddis

has been a resident of Toronto for many years and is a prominent

Chartered Accountant, holding the degrees of F.S.A.A. and F.C.A. He

married Florence I., daughter of John Wyndham, of Dalwood, New South

Wales, in 1883, and is the father of the following children: John

Wyndham, Charles Sheppard, Dorothy Wyndham, Mrs. Muriel Greenwood, Mrs.

Margaret Green, Mrs. Esther Lane. He is a member of the following clubs:

Albany, Toronto Chess Club, Royal Canadian Yacht Club, also St. George’s

Society and the Board of Trade, Toronto. In religion he is a member of

the Church of England and a Conservative in politics. Mr. Eddis is also

Justice of the Peace. His favorite recreation is chess.

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=Bowes, James Leslie Llewellyn= (Toronto, Ont.), Merchant, was educated

at Oakwood Public School, Lindsay Collegiate Institute, and Toronto

University. After graduating from the latter, he started in the

wholesale produce business in 1902, with the firm of J. A. McLean

Produce Co., Ltd., of which he assumed the management three years later.

More recently he formed the Bowes Co., Ltd., which took over the parent

business as a going concern and in addition to its produce business,

developed the largest baker, confectioners, and ice cream manufacturers

supply business in Canada. Its connections extend from Halifax to

Vancouver, and they are both exporters and importers from all parts of

the world, besides manufacturing many lines supplied to its own trade.

Mr. Bowes was born in Oakwood, Ont., on February 26, 1877, the son of

Margaret Ellen and Thomas Bowes, farmer, live stock dealer and exporter.

He married Gladys Lansdowne, daughter of W. F. Barber, Guelph, Ont.,

September 22, 1908, by whom he has two children, Margaret Frances, born

1909, and Thomas Howard, born 1913. He is a member of the Royal Canadian

Yacht Club, Scarboro Golf and Country Club, Thistle Team Bowling Club,

and Cold Creek Trout Club. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion

a Methodist.

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=Thomson, Levi= (Wolseley, Sask.), Member of Parliament for Qu’Appelle,

Sask., is the son of John Thomson and Sarah McMillan, formerly of

Scotland. He was born near Hillsburgh, in Erin Township, Ontario,

February 17, 1855, and was educated in common school and Rockwood

Academy. After legal studies in Toronto he emigrated to the North-West

Territories in 1882, and engaged in farming near Wolseley, Sask., where

he now resides. Twelve years later Mr. Thomson commenced the practice of

law at Wolseley and was appointed Crown Prosecutor in 1897, which

position he resigned seven years later, but became Agent of the

Attorney-General of Saskatchewan for Moosomin Judicial District in 1906.

The future legislator was not long in making himself felt in the public

life of his community, being elected a member of the Wolseley Rural

Municipality in 1887, an office which he resigned after three years’

term only to become Councillor of the Town of Wolseley in 1902-3, and

finally Mayor, in 1904. In the same year Levi Thomson was the Liberal

Candidate for the Dominion House in Qu’Appelle constituency, but was

defeated by the narrow margin of 28 votes. Contesting Wolseley

constituency for the Saskatchewan Legislature a year later he was

unsuccessful by the even smaller majority of 20; but finally achieved

his ambition in 1911, being returned to the Federal House for

Qu’Appelle, with a handsome majority. Despite political activities, Mr.

Thomson has always retained his interest in farming and was the first

President of the Wolseley Agricultural Society when it was organized in

1885, retaining office for three years, and also Vice-President of the

Grain Growers’ Association of Saskatchewan in 1907. At present he is

extensively engaged in farming on his own account, specializing in grain

and the raising of Clydesdale and grade horses. In 1884 Mr. Thomson

married Mabel Maud, daughter of the late Hon. W. D. Perley, by whom he

has five children, Harold F., born in 1885; Allen P., in 1888; Edwin E.,

in 1890; Florence M., in 1896, and Arthur M., in 1901. Since 1908 he has

been a member of the Board of Governors of Saskatchewan University, and

he is also a member of the Independent Order of Foresters and the Royal

Templars of Temperance. In religion Mr. Thomson is a Disciple of Christ

or Christian.

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=Brock, Lieut.-Col. Henry=, son of William Rees Brock, M.P., and

Margaret Anna Diamond. He was born at Guelph, Ont., May 14, 1859.

Educated at Upper Canada College and The University of Toronto. B.A.,

B.C.L., D.C.L. Married, June 16, 1891, Anna Maude Cawthra, daughter of

Henry Cawthra, “Yeadon Hall,” Toronto, Barrister-at-Law. One child

living, Mildred Cawthra Brock. Is a Barrister-at-Law and for many years

practised in Toronto as a member of the firm of Cassels, Brock, Kelley &

Falconbridge. Elected a Director of the W. R. Brock Company, Limited, in

1904. Succeeded his father as President in 1918. Director of The Western

and British America Fire Insurance Companies, The British America Coal

Co., and President of The Stanstead Granite Quarries Company, Limited.

Was a Member of the Council of the Toronto Board of Trade for eight

years and President in 1913. On Council of Ontario Associated Boards of

Trade since its foundation in 1911; President of the Canadian Military

Institute, 1916, 1917, 1918. An advisory member of the Council of The

Aviation Club of Canada. In religion he is an Anglican and for many

years has been Churchwarden of St. James’ Cathedral. Lieut.-Col. Henry

Brock has had a long period of service in the Canadian Militia and at

the time of his retirement from the Command of the 10th Royal Grenadiers

to take a Staff appointment as Chief Recruiting Officer in Toronto was

one of the Senior Militia Officers in Canada on Active Service. He

joined the University Company, Queen’s Own Rifles, in July, 1877, and

was appointed a Lieutenant in October, 1882; Captain, November, 1888. He

served as a Lieutenant in the North-West Rebellion, 1885, was mentioned

in despatches for distinguished conduct in the field, and received the

Medal and Clasp. In 1891 he was posted to the Reserve of Officers and in

1897 was appointed to the 10th Royal Grenadiers as Captain, becoming

Brevet Major in 1899, Senior Major in 1907, Brevet Lieut.-Colonel in

1912, and took over the Command of the Regiment in 1913. He volunteered

for active service for the Nile Expedition in 1886, and for South Africa

in 1899. Received Long Service Decoration in 1907. For the late European

Campaign he volunteered for active service “in any position the

authorities thought him fit for.” Appointed Chief Recruiting Officer for

Toronto, July, 1915; Chief Recruiting Officer 2nd Military District,

October, 1915; Director of National Service 2nd Military District,

September 30, 1916. Member of Selective Tribunal under Military Service

Act, October, 1917. Recreations: Reading and, formerly, rifle shooting

and riding, cricket and football. Clubs: The Toronto Club, Toronto Hunt,

University Club, Canadian Military Institute, Toronto; The

Constitutional Club, London, England. Residences: 174 St. George Street,

Toronto, and Park Place, Oakville.

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=Fraser, George B.=, Dry Goods Merchant (Montreal, Que.), was born at

Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, September 29, 1854, and was educated

in the Old Deer Parish School. He married Rebecca, daughter of John

Morrison, Montreal, May 11, 1880, their children being Helen Edith and

James Morrison Fraser. As a Director of Greenshields, Ltd., Montreal, he

is actively engaged in the largest and oldest dry goods house in Canada.

He is also a Director of the Bank of Montreal, the Standard Life

Assurance Company and Hudson’s Bay Insurance Company. Mr. Fraser’s

public offices include the following: Member of the Montreal Board of

Trade, President of the Grace Dart Memorial Hospital, Vice-President of

the McKay Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Life Governor of the Montreal

General Hospital, Member of the Board of Management and Life Governor of

the Western Hospital, Montreal. He is a member of the St. James,

Montreal and Canadian Clubs, Forest and Stream Club, and of St. Andrew’s

Society. Is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in politics. His

chosen recreation is golf.

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=MacDonald, Neil S., B.A., D.Paed.= (Toronto, Ont.), Public School