Compensation Board. Born at Caradoc Township, Middlesex County, Ont.,
February 16, 1863, son of Richard and Mary (Whiting) Price. Educated at
local Public School, Strathroy and St. Thomas Collegiate Institutes;
Trinity University (B.C.L., gold medal); Osgoode Hall (scholarship each
year, gold medal, 1895). Taught school for some time; read law with
McLean & Son, St. Thomas, and Magee, McKillop & Murphy, London; called
to Ontario Bar, September, 1895; practised at St. Thomas; Secretary,
Elgin Law Association. Royal Commissioner (Ontario) for settlement of
Cobalt mining disputes, 1905; Mining Commissioner for Ontario,
1906-1912; Royal Commissioner for inquiry into alleged fraudulent action
of Fort Frances Lumber Co., and Keewatin Lumber Co., 1909; Commissioner
_re_ eight-hour day for miners in Ontario, 1912-1913; reported to
Ontario Government on eight-hour law and drafted Bill (now in force);
Royal Commissioner to investigate mining labor troubles on Vancouver
Island, 1913; assisted in general revision of Mining Act of Ontario,
1908; drafted amendments to mining laws and other Ontario legislation,
1907-1913; refused Chairmanship of Ontario Railway and Municipal Board;
engaged (on recommendation of late Chief Commissioner Mabee) in
consolidation and revision of Railway Act, 1912-1913; recommended by
late Chief Commissioner Mabee for appointment as a member of Railway
Board of Canada; appointed to present position Aug., 1914; President
West Elgin Liberal-Conservative Association, 1904-1905. Member Public
Library Board. Author “Mining Commissioner’s Cases,” 1910; articles on
Mining Law, “Canada Law Times” and Journal Canadian Mining Institute,
1910-1911. Societies: A.F. & A.M., K.P., C.O.C.F., C.O.F. Liberal
Conservative; Anglican.
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=Jones, George Burpee= (Apohaqui, N.B.), son of Stephen Jones and Susan
Eliza, his wife, both Canadians, was born January 9, 1866, at Belle Isle
Bay, Kings County, N.B. Educated at Apohaqui Superior School. At twelve
years of age Mr. Jones entered the employ of the late J. A. Sinnott, and
after six years resigned and accepted the position of General Manager
with Hugh McLean, of Salmon River, Queens County, in general business
and lumber. Resigned that position in September, 1889, and commenced
business in his present stand in Apohaqui and is senior member of the
firm of Jones Brothers, general merchants and lumber manufacturers, of
Apohaqui. Is president of the “St. John Daily Standard.” Has been a
member of the School Board of Apohaqui Superior School for the past 25
years. First elected member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly in
1908 and re-elected at the general elections in 1912, and re-elected
general elections in 1917. Is of Loyalist descent and a member of the
Presbyterian Church. Married August 15, 1888, to Melissa J., daughter of
William Fowler, and is the father of two children, Colby Herbert and
Muriel B.
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=Izzard, Dennis Jabez=, son of James Izzard and Elizabeth Whetstone, was
born in Norton, Hertfordshire, England. With his parents he came to
Canada in 1861, and for a time worked as a boy at farming. He secured
his education in the schools of those early days under the excellent
teachers who have left their stamp on the men and women of to-day.
Growing to manhood Mr. Izzard decided to follow contracting and
building, in which he achieved success for many years. Many of the
public buildings in Bruce County were erected under his guidance, and
stand as a monument to his ability. He made Port Elgin his home shortly
after coming to the County of Bruce, and he has ever been one of its
leading men. He served as councillor in the village council for a number
of years. In 1880-81 he served as reeve. Retiring, he was out of
municipal life until 1890-91, when he again adorned the reeve’s chair.
In 1909 the people again made him their choice, and he continuously
represented them from that time until 1918. At the January meeting of
the Bruce County Council in 1917, he received the marked honor of being
elected warden of the county, by acclamation, he being the second man in
the history of the county to have been so honored. He is kindly and
courteous in disposition, and nowhere has it shown to better advantage
than in his able handling of public bodies he has been connected with.
His advice has always been received with the fullest confidence that he
knows the matters being dealt with from a first hand knowledge. In
January, 1918, he was chosen by the county council of Bruce as
superintendent of the good roads of the county. In politics he is a
Liberal, and his parents were English Methodists. He is fond of curling,
fishing, shooting, in all of which he is skilful. He is a member of Port
Elgin Lodge, No. 429, A.F. & A.M. In April, 1891, he married Mrs.
Frilzinger, Waterloo County. Two children were born, Stewart Elmo,
deceased, and Miss Pearl E., who resides at home.
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=Shutt, Frank Thomas= (Ottawa, Ont.), son of William D. and Charlotte
Shutt. Born, London, England, September 15, 1859. Educated at London and
the University of Toronto, from which latter institution he graduated in
1885 with honors in Natural Science; M.A., 1886; he also has had
conferred on him D.Sc. and is regarded as one of the highest authorities
on Agricultural Chemistry in America. Dominion Chemist and Assistant
Director Experimental Farms. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of
Canada, Fellow of Chemical Society (Eng.), Fellow of the Institute of
Chemistry (Eng.), and Fellow of the American Chemical Society, and also
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Since
1887 he has been Chemist of the Dominion Experimental Farms. Dr. Shutt
founded the “Cawthorne Medal” in Natural Science, Toronto University,
and has been examiner in Chemistry there. President of Toronto
University Graduates’ Club, Ottawa, 1894-5; President of Ottawa Field
and Naturalists’ Club, Ottawa, 1895; President, Ottawa Schubert Club,
1896. President Chem. and Phys. Section Royal Society 1916-17. British
Judge, World’s Fair, Chicago, 1893, and is the author of the reports and
bulletins of the Dominion Chemists’ Experimental Farm and of many papers
on original investigations in the Royal Society of Canada. The Doctor is
a man of fine musical tastes and is especially interested in the organ.
He finds recreation in pictorial photography.
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=Montgomery, Hugh John= (Wetaskiwin, Alta.), was born on the 31st of
July, 1876, at Bedeque, P.E.I., son of James Montgomery and Kate
McFarlane, both Canadians, born of Scotch parents. Educated at the
Public School, Bedeque, P.E.I., and Charlottetown Business College. Went
to Wetaskiwin in the Province of Alberta in 1898. Elected to the City
Council as Alderman in 1905, and served four years and elected Mayor in
1910. First elected to the Provincial Legislature as Liberal candidate
for the constituency of Wetaskiwin at a by-election on November 17,
1914, defeating his opponent by a majority of 501. Re-elected at the
Provincial general elections of June 7, 1917, by a majority of 817.
Married December 31, 1903, Adelaide, daughter of Clifford E. Vaughn, of
Minneapolis, Minn., and is the father of two children: Kenneth Gordon,
and Lawrence Vaughn. Mr. Montgomery is a successful general merchant. In
religion he is a Presbyterian.
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=MacDonald, Selkirk M.=, Portage la Prairie, Man. A thorough westerner
is Selkirk M. MacDonald, Deputy Clerk Crown and Pleas, C.J.D.; Surrogate
Court Clerk, C.J.D., and County Court Clerk, since November 1, 1903. Mr.
MacDonald, who succeeded his father, John MacDonald, in the above
offices, was born in Portage la Prairie on February 1, 1875. His mother
was Isabella MacKay, a daughter of Selkirk Douglas MacKay, who had the
distinction of being the first white child born in Manitoba, his parents
having come to Canada with the Lord Selkirk settlers. Mr. MacDonald is
not only a westerner by birth and by all his traditions, he was educated
in Portage la Prairie and has always taken a prominent part in the
outdoor sports which are such a feature of Western Canadian life. In his
youth he played hockey and lacrosse with the Victorias of Winnipeg, and
the Portage la Prairie clubs and was also a member of the famous
lacrosse club of Victoria, B.C. In bicycling, football, baseball,
running, jumping he was always prominent, and he finds his greatest
present recreations in hunting, curling, motoring and trap-shooting. Mr.
MacDonald is not married, is a Presbyterian in religion, a prominent
member of the Masonic Society, and a member of the Portage Club, and of
the Portage Country Club.
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Oshawa]
=Sainte-Pierre, F.=, Managing Director and Secretary-Treasurer of Credit
Canada, Limitée, the largest French-Canadian Bond houses in Canada. Mr.
Sainte-Pierre was born at Chicoutimi on the 13th December, 1885, a son
of F. Sainte-Pierre, general merchant, and Josephine Saint-Pierre. He
was educated at Chicoutimi Seminary and the Commercial Academy of
Quebec, graduating at Quebec in 1902. As a student, Mr. Sainte-Pierre
was a frequent contributor to the Society Magazine. He was married on
7th October, 1913, to Miss Noemi Decary, daughter of the late A. C.
Decary, N.P., Registrar. He has two children, Helene and Jean
Sainte-Pierre. He is a member of the Maccabees and a Roman Catholic. Mr.
Sainte-Pierre is a Liberal in politics, in which he takes a keen
interest, his name having been suggested as a candidate for
parliamentary honors on more than one occasion. Mr. Sainte-Pierre is an
enthusiastic motorist and also keenly interested in motor boating and
fishing. Having been a dealer in a very large way in municipal
securities, Mr. Sainte-Pierre has for the past few years given a great
deal of attention to the improvement of municipal borrowing. He favors
the appointment of a Government Expert Officer to safeguard and study
the best methods of borrowing money, realizing that many municipalities
have not the expert financial knowledge that enables them to decide on
the most propitious times to float loans, he believes that the suggested
reforms would be greatly in the interest, not only of the
municipalities, but of the financial houses that deal in these
securities. Mr. Sainte-Pierre, as the executive head of Credit Canada,
Limitée, has been very active in the financing of large school
municipalities and cities. His firm has handled some of the largest
issues floated in the Province of Quebec in recent years. He has made
various suggestions for the improvement of School municipalities in the
province. Mr. Sainte-Pierre is also well known as an expert accountant,
and systematizer. He is a member of several fraternal societies and it
is well recognized that the prominent position obtained by Credit
Canada, Limitée, is due to the energy and financial skill of Mr.
Sainte-Pierre.
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=Mackenzie, Norman, K.C.=, one of the leading barristers of the Canadian
West, is head of the firm of Mackenzie, Thom, McMorran, McDonald,
Bastedo and Jackson, Regina, Saskatchewan. He was born at Sarnia, Ont.,
January 27, 1869, the son of John Alexander and Helen Mackenzie. He was
educated at private schools. Upper Canada College and Osgoode Hall,
Toronto. He read law in the offices of Morphy, Miller, Levesconte &
Smythe, Toronto, from 1888 to 1891, and in latter year was called to the
Ontario Bar. He at once went to Regina, then the capital of the
North-West Territories, was there called to the Territorial Bar and
commenced practice. On the division of the North-West Territories into
Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905, he became a solicitor
entitled to practice in both Provinces by virtue of the Act. Was created
K.C. in 1907, was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of the North-West
Territories in 1898, and continued to represent the North-West
Territories until 1905, and since then the Province of Saskatchewan,
retiring in 1919 as a Bencher ex-officio under the Act, during which
period he was at different times President of the Society, served as
Public Administrator from 1898 to 1910; 1916 to 1918 he was
Vice-President for Saskatchewan of the Canadian Bar Association. Mr.
Mackenzie finds his chief recreation in art and in his dogs. He is a
member of many social organizations including the Assiniboia Club,
Regina, Wascana Country Club, Regina Golf Club, Manitoba Club, Winnipeg.
He is a Presbyterian and a Liberal in politics. On May 29, 1909, he
married Clara Erma, daughter of Henry McMorran of Port Huron, Michigan
and resides at 2336 Victoria Ave., Regina.
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=Johnston, Ebenezer Forsyth Blackie, K.C.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in
Berwickshire, Scotland, December 20, 1850, and received a thorough
scholastic training in his native country. He came to Canada in boyhood,
and for a short time looked to farming as an occupation and became also
interested in educational matters. The bent of his mind being in the
direction of the law, he pursued the studies thereof, and in 1876 was
sworn in as a solicitor, and in 1880 he was called to the Bar, and
practised at Guelph for a few years, where he met with big success. Upon
receiving the appointment (in 1885) as Deputy Attorney-General and Clerk
of the Executive Council, he came to Toronto, and held the position for
four years. He then resumed the practice of his profession and was
subsequently appointed for three years Inspector of Registry Offices,
which office, by reason of his increasing practice he was compelled to
resign in 1894. He has frequently acted as Crown Counsel at the
Provincial Assizes, being retained in several important murder trials,
and in that capacity has won distinction and success, by reason of the
fact that he has perhaps conducted more criminal cases than any man in
Canada. To cite a complete or anything like a complete list of the cases
which he has been retained for, would read like a city directory. He was
a gentleman of pleasing address, yet withal a forceful orator, and had
the faculty of being in a position through his remarkable tenacity to
hold the jury and convince them to his way of thinking. He had a ready
mental grasp, quick and clear conceptions, and was ever ready to see a
point and turn it to the advantage of his client. In 1887 was appointed
a Commissioner to enquire into the working of municipal institutions,
and was president of the Guelph Caledonian Society, and secretary of the
Reform Association for a number of years. He was appointed as Q.C. by
the Ontario Government in 1890. Mr. Johnston was senior partner of the
well-known law firm of Johnston, McKay, Dodds & Grant. He was a
Vice-President of the Royal Bank of Canada, Chairman of the Standard
Reliance Mortgage Corporation, Director on several Boards, and President
of the Chartered Trust Co. He was for some years a Bencher of the Law
Society. Mr. Johnston passed away January 29th, 1919.
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=Saint Cyr, Joseph Fortunat= (Montreal), one of the well-known lawyers
of that city, was born at Saint Jean, Quebec, on December 6, 1875, the
son of Olivier Saint Cyr, clerk, and Rose de Lima Gosseline, his wife.
He was educated at the College de Montreal and graduated in 1897 with
the degree of B.A. Studied law at Laval University, where he obtained
the degree of LL.L. Admitted to the Bar in 1900. He at once commenced
practice as an advocate in St. John’s, P.Q., in which his talents
speedily brought him to the fore. He is the author of several legal
treatises, including “La Loi des Licenses de Quebec”; “La Loi pour
Tous,” and a Digest of Montreal Law Reports. In 1909 he was appointed
magistrate for the district of Beauharnois and Iberville, and in 1917
became Judge of the Sessions of the Peace for the District of Montreal.
In 1918 he resigned the latter office to take the very important post of
Chairman of the Montreal Tramways Commission. He is a Liberal in
politics, a Roman Catholic in religion, and a member of the Knights of
Columbus. In April, 1910, he married Cecile, daughter of L. G. Dubois
and has one daughter, Lisette.
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=Boyd, Leslie Hale, B.A., B.C.L., K.C.= (Fort William, Ont.), Chairman
of the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, was born in Montreal,
July 31, 1873, the son of Andrew and Georgiana Louisa (Hale) Boyd. He
was educated at Montreal High School and McGill University, graduating
B.A. in 1894, and B.C.L., 1897. He commenced the practice of law in his
native city and also took a prominent part in politics and municipal
affairs. He was alderman for St. George Ward from 1910 to 1917,
inclusive, and also Life Governor of the Homeopathic Hospital, School
Trustee, St. Henri; and a member of the Protestant Board of School
Commissioners, Montreal. On one occasion he unsuccessfully contested the
St. Lawrence division for the Quebec Legislature as a Conservative
candidate. His appointment by the Dominion Government to the important
post of Chairman of the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada, for
which his abilities and experience well qualified him, necessitated his
removal to Fort William. His recreations are golf, curling and fishing,
and he is a past president of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association.
His clubs are the Engineers and Canada, Montreal; the Kaministiquia,
Thunder Bay Golf and Canadian, Fort William. Mr. Boyd is a Presbyterian
and unmarried.
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=Allan, John=, Member for the riding of West Hamilton in the Ontario
Legislature, was born at Guelph, Ont., on May 22, 1856, the son of James
and Agnes (Rodgers) Allan. His boyhood was spent in the city of which he
is now an elected representative, and he was educated in the public
schools there. On leaving school in 1871 he qualified himself for
mechanical pursuits with William Hancock and John Taylor of Hamilton,
remaining with them for three years. From 1874 to 1879 he followed his
trade in the Western States and in the latter year removed to New York
City. In 1885 he became a builder on his own account in the American
metropolis and continued there for the next twenty-one years. He
prospered to an extent that in 1906, at the age of fifty, he was able to
retire from business and return to the city where he had spent his youth
and for which he had always cherished a deep affection. His friends
persuaded him to enter municipal politics in 1908 and he has proven a
most useful public servant. He was Alderman, 1908-9; Controller,
1910-12; Chairman of the Parks Board, 1911; Mayor for the years 1913 and
1914. His regime was marked by businesslike methods and he was popular
with all classes of the community. In 1914 on the retirement of Sir John
Hendrie, the present Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, who had long
represented the riding of West Hamilton in the Ontario Legislature, Mr.
Allan was nominated by the Conservative party and elected. As a
legislator his services as a member of the standing committees of the
House are especially valued. In religion he is a Presbyterian and is a
member of the following organizations: Commercial Club, A.F. & A.M., and
Knights of Pythias. In 1881 he married Catherine, daughter of Conrad
Euler.
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=Stewart, Charles=, first saw the light of day in the pioneer homestead,
lot 13, concession 11, Township of Ashfield, County of Huron. His father
was David Stewart, of Caithness, Scotland, and his mother Mary McLean,
of Ross-shire, Scotland. In 1842 this estimable Scotch couple set sail
for Canada, and that same year began their pioneer life on the homestead
now occupied by the subject of this sketch. To their son they have
imparted their sterling qualities of character. Charles Stewart received
his education in the public schools of his native county, but his heart
was ever in his chosen occupation of farming and he has become one of
the sterling sons of the soil, proud that he knows how to farm and do it
well. He is unmarried. Studious by nature, his hobby has ever been
municipal affairs, and for nine years he was a member of the municipal
council. Four of these, 1914-15-16-17, he occupied the honored position
of reeve, retiring in 1918. He was a member of Huron’s County Council,
and there as in his own council he was ever found leading in movements
for forwarding the country’s interests. He is an advocate of
Hydro-Electric and Hydro Radials, feeling that the peculiar geographical
situation of the township in which he lives can eventually be served by
these two important public utilities. He is a good debater, states his
case with Scotch deliberateness, and sticks to his point in the face of
all opposition, until convinced that there might be some better way than
the one he advocates. Kindly and generous by disposition, he has friends
by the score, and has been attested by his continuous representation in
the council for so many years. He is an ardent admirer of Highland games
and fond of good driving horses, though of late the automobile has
superseded his once famous pacer. He is perhaps one of the most
aggressive farmers in his community, and his name has from time to time
been mentioned for parliamentary honors, but he has refused to be lured
into the wider field of political activity. If he should ever run and be
elected, he will be a distinct asset to the farmers of Canada, because
he knows what they want. He is a member of Lucknow Lodge, No. 184, A.F.
& A.M. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian.
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=Macaulay, Thomas Bassett, F.I.A., F.S.A., F.S.S.=, of Montreal,
occupies a high position in Canadian finance, and is besides an
insurance expert of international fame. He was born at Hamilton, Ont.,
on June 6, 1860, the son of Robertson and Barbara Maria (Reid) Macaulay,
and educated at Hamilton and Montreal. He entered the service of the Sun
Life Assurance Company of Canada at Montreal in 1877 and by 1880, when
but twenty years of age, he had so qualified himself in the science of
insurance that he was made Actuary. In 1891 he was appointed Secretary
of the Company, and in 1898 was elected a Director. In 1906 he became
Managing Director of the Sun Life and in 1915 President, succeeding his
late father. Under his direction the company has enjoyed an immense
expansion on sound and conservative lines, and its President is
recognized in financial circles the world over as an expert in insurance
and master of business organization. The head offices are on Dominion
Square, Montreal, but it has many branches in Canada and other parts of
the world. Mr. Macaulay is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of
Great Britain, a Charter Member of the Actuarial Society of America, and
a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He was elected Vice-President
to represent the Actuaries of the United States and Canada at the
International Congress of Actuaries held at Paris in 1900, and again at
the Congress held in Berlin, Germany, 1906. He is Past President of the
Life Insurance Officers’ Association of Canada. His financial interests
are by no means confined to insurance however. He is a director of The
National Trust Company of Toronto, a Director of the Dominion Glass
Company, a Director of the Illinois Traction Company, a Director of the
Western Railways and Light Company, and a Director of the Barcelona
Railway, Light and Power Co. Mr. Macaulay has taken a great interest in
the development of closer relations between Canada and other British
possessions in North America, and is President of the Canadian and West
Indian League. The Navy League of Canada, of which Mr. Macaulay is
Honorary President, has his active support. His chief recreation is
farming, and his hobby, the breeding of fine stock. In religion he is a
Congregationalist and has been twice married, firstly in 1881 to
Henrietta (deceased daughter of O. T. Bragg, New Orleans); secondly in
1912 to Margaret (deceased), daughter of Rev. William Allen, London,
England. He has two sons and three daughters, and resides on Westmount
Boulevard, Westmount, Quebec.
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=Clark, Lt.-Col. Hugh=, born May 6, 1861, at Kincardine Township. A son
of Donald Clark and Mary MacDougall, both in Argyllshire, Scotland;
father was a farmer and a school teacher. Mother died in 1909, father
lived to be over 90 years of age. Educated at the public school and high
school Kincardine, from which latter institution he graduated in 1887,
and taught school for three years, 1887 to 1889. In 1890 was editor of
the “Walkerton Herald,” and in the same year purchased the “Kincardine
Review,” which he has conducted ever since, with the exception of the
years 1897 and 1898, when he was managing editor of the “Ottawa
Citizen.” A member of the Legislative Press Gallery in Toronto, 1900.
Entered the Militia of Canada in 1892 with a Lieutenant’s commission and
commanded the 32nd Bruce Regiment as Lt.-Col. from 1906 to 1911. In 1902
Lt.-Col. Clark was nominated by the Conservative party as candidate for
the Legislative Assembly for Centre Bruce, and was elected with a
majority of 5; unseated on petition he was re-elected in February, 1903
by a majority of 44, and re-elected in 1905 by a majority of 317 and
again in 1908 by a majority of 356. In 1911 Lt.-Col. Clark resigned his
seat in the Legislature to contest North Bruce for the Federal
Parliament and was elected by a majority of 82. Re-elected at the
general election to the House of Commons in 1917 by a largely increased
majority, and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External
Affairs, which he held until November, 1918, when he took over the duty
of Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment. Married
September 24, 1894, to Catherine MacKay, daughter of Dr. H. M. Ross of
Richard’s Landing, Ont., and has one son, Hugh Stuart Clark. Has a fine
reputation as a journalist and is regarded as one of the brightest
paragraphists in the country; he is a particularly effective platform
speaker and has a clear and convincing style. He is exceedingly popular
with all classes in the House and is recognized as being straightforward
in all his election methods and business dealings. He accompanied Sir
Robert L. Borden in the campaign of 1908 through Ontario, Quebec, New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and toured the Western
Provinces with the Premier in 1911. Lt.-Col. Clark is recognized as an
authority on everything affecting the Militia of Canada and has lectured
on Imperial defence. He is a Presbyterian in religion and belongs to the
following orders: A.F. & A.M.; L.O.L.; I.O.O.F.; C.O.F. His principal
recreations are golfing and bowling. He is a member of the Kincardine
Club, Albany Club, Toronto, Rideau and Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Ottawa.
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Ottawa]
=Sharpe, Samuel Simpson, Lieut.-Col., D.S.O.= (Uxbridge, Ont.), son of
George Sharpe, of Suffolk, England, and Mary Ann Simpson, of County
Tyrone, Ireland, born March 13, 1873, at Zephyr, Township of Scott,
County of Ontario. Educated at Uxbridge Public and High Schools, Toronto
University and Osgoode Hall; graduated in 1895, degrees B.A. and LL.B.
Married, August 26, 1903, to Mabel E., daughter of H. A. Crosby and
granddaughter of Joseph Gould, ex-M.P. for North Ontario. Town Solicitor
for Uxbridge for ten years. He lived and practised his profession in
Town of Uxbridge, near the place of his birth, after being called to the
bar and achieved a large measure of success. Lieut.-Col. Sharpe always
took a great interest in the militia, and was formerly a member of the
34th Regiment, in which he attained the rank of Major. On the outbreak
of the war he organized and recruited the 116th Ontario County Battalion
and took it to France. He held a fine record for overseas service,
having won the D.S.O. and having been mentioned in the despatches. It is
said of Col. Sharpe that he was one of the most popular O.C.’s sent from
Canada, and he never missed an opportunity of looking after the
interests of his men. He returned to Canada in the end of May, 1918,
after having seen much hard service, his health impaired and succumbed
in a few weeks to a nervous disorder. He was elected to the House of
Commons in 1898, when he defeated George D. Grant by 200 majority;
re-elected in 1911, when he defeated Major H. M. Mowat, K.C., nephew of
the late Sir Oliver Mowat, by 588; was appointed one of the Ontario
Whips by Rt. Hon. Sir R. L. Borden, prior to the election of 1911, and
was returned by a large majority at the general elections in December,
1917, during his absence at the front. Lieut.-Col. Sharpe took an active
and prominent part in the councils of the Conservative Party after he
became a member of the House, and was recognized as a good debater, with
a full knowledge of National affairs. He was a member of the Albany
Club, Toronto, and the Rideau Club, Ottawa; also a member of the Masonic
Order, Independent Order of Foresters, Sons of England, and Independent
Order of Oddfellows. He held the Ontario championship in tennis for two
years and the undergraduate championship for one year. In religion
Lieut.-Col. Sharpe was a member of the Methodist Church at Uxbridge.
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=Macaulay, John= (Wiarton, Ontario), Manager of the Dominion Fish Co.,
head office, Toronto, was born April 13, 1865, at Southampton, Ont. He
is a son of Donald MacAulay, of Stornoway, Scotland, and Annie MacLeod,
of the same place. The father was a fisherman and sailor on the great
lakes. The subject of this sketch received his education in the public
schools of his native town. Early he began to follow in the footsteps of
his father, and soon became one of the best fishermen on the lakes. He
had splendid executive ability, and this with his tenacity of purpose
soon marked him as a leader in the fishing business. The Dominion Fish
Co. recognized his business acumen and made him manager of their
extensive business with headquarters at Wiarton. Here he is one of the
most highly esteemed citizens of the place. He is a member of Cedar
Lodge, No. 369, A.F. & A.M., Offanta Preceptory, Owen Sound, and a
Shriner of Rameses Temple, Toronto. His favorite pastimes are curling
and bowling. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a
Liberal. He was the Liberal standard bearer in the Federal Riding of
North Bruce in 1917. He married Miss Margaret McLeod, of Ripley, Ont.
They had a family of three sons and two daughters, Graham, Gordon,
Irvine, May, and Marie (the first three named are deceased, the two
latter living).
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=Lighthall, William Douw, K.C., M.A., B.C.L., F.R.S.C., F.R.S.I.=
(Montreal, P.Q.), one of the most widely known of Canadian publicists,
was born at Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 27, 1857, the son of William Francis
Lighthall, Dean of the Notarial Profession in Montreal, and Margaret
Lighthall. His scholastic career was brilliant; he was gold medallist of
Montreal High School, and Shakespeare Gold Medallist of McGill
University. He was called to the Bar in 1881, and has almost ever since
been a prominent figure in both the literary and public life of Canada,
due to the fact that he is a man very fertile in ideas. He has an
international reputation as a municipal reformer, which began with his
career as Mayor of Westmount, from 1900 to 1903. In 1901, in conjunction
with the late Oliver A. Howland, Mayor of Toronto, he founded the Union
of Canadian Municipalities, which has effected a great work of municipal
improvement in Canada. He was Chairman of the School Commission in his
city for 1908-9, and is a member of the Royal Metropolitan Parks
Commission, for the planning of a Greater Montreal. Mr. Lighthall’s
literary and scientific interests are comprehensive. He was
Representative Fellow in Arts of McGill University, 1911-3, and he
originated the Society of Canadian Literature, and the Chateau de
Ramezay Historical Museum. As an author his works include: “Thoughts,
Moods and Ideals” (verse), published in 1887; “The Young Seigneur, or
Nation Making” (a romance), 1888; “Montreal After 250 Years,” 1892; “The
False Chevalier” (a romance), 1898; “The Glorious Enterprise,” 1902;
“Canada, A Modern Nation,” 1904; “The Master of Life,” 1910; as well as
many Ethical, Historical and Literary Pamphlets. He also devised and
edited “Songs of the Great Dominion,” the most important existing
anthology of Canadian verse, up to its date of publication, 1891; and
also selected and edited the volume, “Canadian Poets,” issued in
connection with the Canterbury Poets series, published in London, Eng.,
in the early nineties. Mr. Lighthall has also been actively interested
in military affairs. He served with the College Company, Prince of Wales
Regiment, Montreal, 1877-8; in the Victoria Rifles, 1881-3, and is a
member of the Reserve of that battalion. He originated the idea of the
Great War Veterans’ Association and, in 1915, was a member of the
Committee of Friends of the Canadian Association of Returned Soldiers.
He was an ardent advocate of conscription in the Great War and when the
Government decided to adopt this policy, took the platform in support of
it. He is a member of many literary, social and scientific societies,
including the Royal Society of Canada (President, 1910), the Royal
Society of Literature of Great Britain, the Literary and Historical
Society of Quebec (corresponding member), the Antiquarian Society of
Montreal (of which he is President), and the following clubs in his home
city: Canada, Arts, Montreal, Canadian and University. His recreations
include the collection of old pictures and camping. He married Cybel,
daughter of John Wilkes, and has one son, Lieut, W. W. S. Lighthall, of
the Royal Flying Corps, and 3rd Dorsets, who during the late war saw
service in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Macedonia, and Palestine. Mr.
Lighthall has a residence, “Chateau-clair,” in Westmount, Que., and a
summer home, “Highbury,” at Lac Tremblant, Que.
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=Ellis, James Albert= (Ottawa), son of James and Margaret (Hall) Ellis,
and was born at Accrington, Lancashire, England, June 2, 1864, where he
also received his education. He came to Canada in 1885, and has resided
in Ottawa ever since. He was the leader in the establishment of the
Ottawa Municipal Electric Plant in 1905; Public School Trustee from 1898
to 1900; Alderman during the years 1901-1903, 1914; Controller, 1915;
Mayor, 1904-1906, 1913; City Treasurer, 1907-1912; member of Local
Legislature, 1911-1914. He was appointed Division Court Clerk in 1916
and a member of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, October, 1918.
Shortly afterwards he was placed in charge of the Housing Scheme of the
Province of Ontario as Director. Mr. Ellis has been for several years
Chairman of the Ottawa Hydro-Electric Commission. He was President
Ottawa Horticultural Society, 1911-1912; President Ontario Municipal
Association, 1906-1907. He was many years Secretary of the Ottawa
Conservative Association, and afterwards its President. Mr. Ellis
married Catherine Fishwick, daughter of James Fishwick, Accrington,
Lancashire, England, in September, 1884, and has one son and one
daughter. He is a Conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion.
His address is 131 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
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=Roche, Hon. Wm. James, M.D., P.C., LL.D.=, Chairman of the Civil
Service Commission for Canada, is a native of Clandeboye, Middlesex
County, Ontario, and was born November 30, 1859. He was educated at the
public schools of Lucan, Ont., at London Collegiate Institute, Trinity
Medical School, Toronto, where he studied for three years, completing
his course at the Western University, London, from which he was the
first graduate in medicine, and where he also took first class honors.
The hon. degree of LL.D. was conferred in 1911. This was in 1883, and he
immediately went to Minnedosa, Manitoba, and engaged in the practice of
his profession. From 1885 to 1901 he was Territorial Representative for
his district on the Manitoba Medical Council, and was very popular as a
physician among the various nationalities that constituted the early
population of the prairie province. He first entered politics in 1892
when he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature in the
Conservative interest. In the Federal Elections of 1896 he was the
nominee of his party for the riding of Marquette and was elected after a
stiff contest. His constituents showed their confidence in him by
returning him to the House of Commons at the general elections of 1900,
1904, 1908 and 1911. When the recently chosen Parliament met in 1901 the
Conservative caucus chose him as Whip for the West, a position he held
until 1910 when he was elected chief assistant Whip for the Conservative
party in the Commons. On the formation of the first Borden cabinet in
1911 he was appointed to the portfolio of Secretary of State and was
sworn in as a member of the Privy Council on October 10 of that year,
and was re-elected by acclamation. On October 27 he was transferred to
the portfolio of Minister of the Interior and Superintendent of Indian
Affairs in succession to Hon. Robert Rogers, who at that time became
Minister of Public Works. This post he continued to fill until the
autumn of 1917 when on the formation of Union Government he accepted the
position of Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of Canada and
retired from active politics. In 1916 Western University, London, his
Alma Mater, honored him by making him Chancellor of the institution. Dr.
Roche is very prominent in the Independent Order of Oddfellows, of which
he was Grand Master for Manitoba in 1893. In connection with the same
Order he was a Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge at
Chattanooga, Penn., in 1894, and at Atlantic City, N.J., in 1895. In
1883 he married Miss Annie E. Cook of Toronto. Though long resident in
Minnedosa he now by virtue of his public duties makes his home in
Ottawa.
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=McInnes, William, B.A., F.R.S.C., F.G.S.A.=, Directing Geologist,
Geological Survey, 37 years ago became a member of the Dominion Civil
Service. He has advanced step by step from one grade to another, and
to-day occupies the responsible position of Directing Geologist, to
which he was appointed in 1915. He has explored geologically Northern
New Brunswick, Eastern Quebec, Western and Northern Ontario, Northern
Saskatchewan and portions of the North-West Territories extending to
Hudson Bay, and he explored and mapped Churchill and Winisk rivers and
much of the North Country lying between the Canadian Pacific Railway and
Hudson Bay. Reports of these explorations are contained in the annual
reports of the Geological Survey of Canada and in separate memoirs. Mr.
William McInnes is the son of John and Rachael Jane McInnes, and was
born at Frederiction, New Brunswick, January 1, 1858. He was educated at
the Collegiate School, Frederiction, and the University of New
Brunswick, graduating in 1879. The following clubs claim Mr. McInnes as
a member: the Rideau, Royal Golf and Gatineau Fish and Game. He, is a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Geological Society of America and
Canadian Mining Institute. His religion is Presbyterian and his
principal recreation is golf. He resides at the Victoria Chambers, 138
to 140 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
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=Trahan, Arthur, B.S., K.C.= (Nicolet, Que.), born on May 26, 1877, at
Nicolet, P.Q., son of Narcisse Trahan and Rebecca Rousseau, both
Canadians. Educated at the Nicolet Seminary (B.S.). Married, Sept.,
1902, to Josephine R. Dufresne, daughter of H. R. Dufresne, N.P., of
Nicolet. He is the father of six children: Marie Therese, Madeleine,
Paul Arthur, Bernard, Jacques and Marcel. Mr. Trahan is an
attorney-at-law, barrister, solicitor, etc. Was a political candidate
for the first time at by-election held June 2, 1913, to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation of Hon. C. R. Devlin elected for two seats,
and was elected by 870 majority over D. H. Rheault, N.P. Re-elected in
1916 by acclamation. In November, 1917, resigned seat as member of
Legislative Assembly to become a Federal candidate. Elected by
acclamation to the House of Commons. Secretary of the Commission charged
with the revision, consolidation and modification of the Municipal Code
of the Province of Quebec (1910-12). In 1912 was appointed a K.C., and
has been alderman of the town of Nicolet from 1911 to 1919. Moved the
address in reply to the speech from the throne at the session of 1915 in
the Quebec Legislative Assembly. Is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a
Liberal in politics.
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=Campbell, Colin=, Montreal and St. Hilaire, Que., is one of the most
widely known horsemen of the Dominion and a very prominent figure in the
social and business life of his province. He is a son of Major Campbell,
C.B., of Inverawe, Scotland, an officer of Her Majesty’s 7th Hussars and
a member of the same family as the famous Col. Duncan Campbell, of
Inverawe, who was on the staff of General Lord Howe at Ticonderoga, and
whose death in that battle, and the accompanying psychical phenomena,
form the theme of one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most thrilling
ballads. Another relative was Col. de Salaberry, who commanded the
French-Canadians in their heroic resistance at the Battle of Chateauguay
in the war of 1812. The mother of the subject of this sketch was, prior
to her marriage, Miss Duchesnay of Quebec, and he was born at St.
Hilaire, on May 28, 1860. He was educated at Lennoxville Academy and
later engaged in business as a merchant with great financial success. At
the outbreak of the great war he organized and commanded the Mounted
Section of the 1st Regiment of Reserve Militia, in which he holds the
rank of Captain. Strong advocate of and keen worker for the “Daylight
Saving” measure, which was passed in 1918. All legitimate sports have
from youth claimed his enthusiastic support and he is noted not only as
a breeder of horses, but as a skilled equestrian. As a steeplechase
rider of his own horses, he won the Montreal Hunt Cup on four occasions
and the Allan Cup on three. As an expert on the subject of horses he is
widely known and has acted as Judge at the Olympia Horse Show, New York,
as well as at similar events in Boston, Philadelphia and other cities.
He is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and of many social
organizations in that city, including the Mount Royal, St. James,
Montreal Hunt, Forest and Stream, Montreal Jockey, Canada, and Canadian
Clubs, as well as of St. Andrew’s Society. He is a Conservative in
politics and an Anglican in religion. On April 23, 1888, married Mabel
G., daughter of the late Sir Hugh Allan, K.C.B., of Montreal, by whom he
has had three children, Enid, Phoebie and Archie (deceased).
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=Coats, Robert Hamilton=, Dominion Statistician and Controller of the
Census, is one of the live wires in the employ of the Dominion
Government. At college, in journalism, as an author and a writer on
economic subjects, and as a Civil Service employee, he has distinguished
himself and proved his worth. He captured the Bankers’ Scholarship in
Economics and the Wyld Prize in English at the Toronto University; and
from the time of his graduation in 1896, taking the degree of B.A. in
Classics, to the present, he has given tangible evidence of his literary
and constructive ability. Having served on the staff of the “Toronto
World” and the Toronto “Globe” from 1898 to 1901, in January, 1902, he
became Associate Editor of the “Labor Gazette,” the journal of the
Department of Labor, afterwards editor, and continued in that capacity
until 1914. On the death of Mr. Archibald Blue, in 1915, he succeeded
that gentleman as Census Commissioner. Within a brief period afterwards,
largely as a development of Mr. Coats’ constructive work, the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics was established by Act of Parliament, and its value
to the State, under Mr. Coats’ direction, is duly recognized. Robert
Hamilton Coats is the son of Robert Coats, merchant, and Mary Park. He
was born in Clinton, Ontario, July 25, 1874, and was educated at the
Toronto University (B.A., 1896). He is a contributor to the “Journal of
Economics” and other economic reviews; joint author with R. E. Gosnell
of “The Life of Sir James Douglas” (Makers of Canada Series), 1908;
author of “The Labor Movement in Canada,” and of “Special Reports on
Prices in Canada, 1890-1909-10-11-12 and 13.” In 1912 he was appointed a
member of the Royal Commission of Official Statistics of Canada, and in
1914 a member of the Cost of Living Commission. Mr. Coats is a Fellow of
the Royal Statistical Society of England, of the American Statistical
Association, of the American Economic Association, and of the Canadian
Political Science Association. In June, 1905, Mr. Coats married Marie
Halboister, of Paris, France. For recreation he favors canoeing and
ski-ing. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and resides at 176
Manor Avenue, Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa.
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=Marnoch, George Robert=, President Board of Trade, Lethbridge, Alberta.
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, February 19, 1873, son of George R. and
Barbara Marnoch. Educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. Engaged
in the commercial side of mechanical engineering, Scotland, and in
Ceylon, also, in connection with the growing and export of tea, rubber
and tropical products, and in the supplying of the building and
engineering requirements of tea and rubber estates, as well as the
supplying of fertilizers for these crops, 1896-1910; came to Canada,
1910; President (honorary office) Lethbridge Board of Trade, 1914;
re-elected 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919; Member of Joint Committee of
Commerce and Agriculture (The Committee of 25 business men and 25
leading farmers) of Western Canada; Vice-President, Western Canada
Irrigation Association; vice-chairman (honorary office) Victory Loan
Southern Alberta, 1917, 1918. Married Harriet Lund Macdonald (deceased),
daughter of Alexander Macdonald, October 10, 1904; has one daughter.
Club: Chinook. Independent in politics. Residence, Sherlock Building,
Lethbridge, Alberta.
[Illustration: BRIG.-GEN. SIR JOHN M. GIBSON, K.C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., K.C.
Hamilton]
=Wright, William J.=, the late school principal (St. Mary’s, Ont.), gave
his life for his country while serving in the great war as Lieutenant of
the 19th Canadian Batt., C.E.F., in France. He enlisted with the 110th
Perth Batt., in January, 1916, and was transferred to the 19th Canadian
Battalion October, 1916. He was killed in action on August 18, 1917,
while fighting against the Prussians in the battle of Hill 70 outside
Lens, and is buried in the military cemetery at Fosse 10, a short
distance from Bully-Grenay, France. He was born in Oxford County, Ont.,
the son of George and Emma Wright, of St. Mary’s, Ont., was educated at
St. Mary’s Public School and the Collegiate Institute. Then he attended
Toronto University, graduating in 1896 with the degree of B.A., and in
1897 was granted the degree of M.A.; was the winner of the Edward Blake
Matriculation Scholarship and also won the Governor-General’s Gold Medal
of the Toronto University in 1895. He was Principal of Niagara High
School from 1904 to 1909 and from there went to Forest, Ont., becoming
Principal of the High School of that town until 1913, when he became
Principal of the Collegiate Institute of St. Mary’s, Ont., and at the
time of his death was Principal-on-leave. Lieut. Wright was a frequent
contributor to the local papers and the author of articles on Canadian
literature, and the study of poetry in an American encyclopædia. He was
married to Mary Edith, the daughter of Mr. David Robertson, of Fenelon
Falls, and left three of a family. He was a member of the Presbyterian
Church and an Independent in politics, with a strong leaning towards
Liberalism; a member of the Niagara Historical Society and fraternally a
Mason.
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=Ward, Lt.-Col. Henry Alfred=, Judge of the United Counties of
Northumberland and Durham, is the son of George Charles Ward and Harriet
Amelia (Brent). His father was fifty-four years Registrar of the County
of Durham, and of East Durham, when the County was divided into two
ridings. He was born at Port Hope, Ont., on August 20, 1849, and
educated in the local schools of his native town; called to the Bar in
1871, and created a K.C. in 1908, he successfully practised his
profession in Port Hope for many years and was Mayor for a considerable
period. Judge Ward is a grandson of Thomas Ward, who came from England
as Secretary to Attorney-General White, in 1792, settled in Toronto, and
then went to Port Hope, where he afterwards became judge of the district
of Newcastle. The subject of this sketch was for a long period in the
Volunteer Military Service of Canada, joining the Port Hope Rifle
Company as a private in 1866; became Lieutenant in the 46th Regiment on
its formation in 1867, and from 1902 to 1909 was Lieut.-Colonel of the
same, and is now on the reserve of officers. Entered the House of
Commons as member for East Durham in August, 1885, as successor to the
late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur T. H. Williams, and represented that
constituency until 1891; he was again elected in 1900. In 1904 he
defeated the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth for the County of Durham, and retired
from political life in 1908. In 1916 he was elevated to the Bench, a
post for which his experience well qualified him. In referring to
Lieut.-Colonel Ward the “Montreal Standard” said of him: “A genial
gentleman, but with perhaps too fine a spirit to make a great success of
the rough and tumble game of politics.” He is a member of the Masonic
Order. In religion an Anglican, and a member of St. Mark’s Church of
Port Hope. He has always taken an interest in amateur sports and was
President of the Port Hope Baseball Club. Married July, 1895, Annie B.,
of Savannah, Ga., daughter of Major John C. Booth of the Confederate
Army, and is the father of two children, Marjorie Lesley and Madeline
Aylwin.
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=Garland, John L.=, is one of the most prominent business men of Ottawa
and President of the firm of John M. Garland, Son & Co., Ltd., wholesale
dry goods merchants, Queen and O’Connor Streets in that city. He was
born at Ottawa on January 9, 1867, the son of John M. and Isabella
(McKinnon) Garland. He was educated at Ottawa Collegiate Institute and
by private tuition in England. In 1884 he began his business career as a
clerk in the firm founded by his father and of which he is now the head.
He became Senior Partner, December, 1906. Mr. Garland as a young man
took a deep interest in military affairs and organized “F” Company of
the Governor-General’s Foot Guards of Ottawa, in which he held the
commission of Captain from 1896 to 1903. He is a member of the following
clubs: Rideau, Ottawa Hunt and Royal Ottawa Golf. In religion he is a
Presbyterian and in politics a Conservative. On January 18, 1888, he
married Joanna, daughter of John Hancock, Ottawa, and has three sons and
four daughters. He resides at 450 MacLaren Street, in the Canadian
capital.
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=Pringle, Robert Abercrombie, K.C.=, one of the leaders of the Ottawa
Bar, was born at Cornwall, Ont., December 15, 1855, the son of J. F. and
Isabella (Fraser) Pringle. He was educated at the public and high
schools of Cornwall, at Queen’s University, Kingston, and Osgoode Hall,
Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1881 and practised in
his native town from 1883 until 1911. In 1906 he was created King’s
Counsel. In 1911 he removed to the capital and established his present
practice, and is head of the firm of Pringle, Thompson, Burgess and
Coté, Barristers and Solicitors, Quebec Bank Building, 122 Wellington
Street, Ottawa. He has been entrusted by the Federal Government with
several important commissions, notably that to inquire into news print
prices and the paper industry generally in 1918. Mr. Pringle has also
been a prominent figure in the politics of Eastern Ontario and is a
lifelong Conservative. As candidate for that party he was elected to the
House of Commons for the riding of Stormont in 1900 and proved one of
the most useful members of the then Opposition. He was re-elected in
1904, but defeated at the general elections of 1908. In 1911 he was
again tendered the party nomination by his own supporters, but having
decided to enter into practice in Ottawa, declined. As a member of the
House his courteous bearing and solid attainments made him generally
liked by colleagues of all shades of opinion. He is an Anglican in
religion. His chief recreation is motor boating. He belongs to the
Masonic Order and is a member of the following clubs: Rideau, Royal
Ottawa Golf and Albany (Toronto). In 1884 he married Ada, daughter of I.
H. Vanarsdale, and has two sons. He resides at 232 Daly Avenue, Ottawa.
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=Scott, William Duncan=, Superintendent of Immigration for the
Government of Canada, is one of the best known citizens of this country
both at home and in other lands. He was born at Dundas, Ont., on October
7, 1861, the son of James and Margaret (McEwen) Scott. He was educated
at Dundas High School and subsequently entered a law office with a view
to qualifying himself for the legal profession. He did not, however,
complete his studies, for the virgin country of Manitoba, which was just
then being opened up to the world, called him, as in the case of many
another young man, from Eastern Canada. He went West in 1881 at the age
of twenty and entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway, then
in course of construction, and later was employed by the Manitoba
Government. In 1887 he was appointed Immigration Agent for that
government with offices at Winnipeg. In 1895 he removed to the city of
Toronto and continued to act as Immigration Agent for Manitoba in that
city, incidentally helping to populate the prairie province with many
desirable settlers. His general knowledge of the resources of Canada and
his qualities of good-fellowship led to his appointment as Canadian
Commissioner at the Paris Exposition of 1899; and from thence until 1903
he acted in a similar capacity at other International exhibitions, at
which the Government of Canada was represented by displays and bureaus
of information. In the latter year he was appointed Superintendent of
the Immigration Branch of the Department of the Interior and removed to
Ottawa where he has ever since resided. The period of Mr. Scott’s
appointment was that in which immigration to the Canadian North-West not
only from Europe but from the United States was at its zenith and he was
very active in assisting to build up population in the new provinces of
Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1911 the post of Chief Controller of
Chinese Immigration under treaties newly effected with the Government of
China was added to his duties, and he is now the most important factor
in all branches of immigration in this country, with a large staff under
his control. In addition to his official labors he pursues the calling
of a practical farmer. He is a Presbyterian in religion and his
recreation is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the Royal
Ottawa Golf and Laurentian Clubs. He is also a member of the A.F. & A.M.
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=Askwith, John E.=, is Ottawa’s Police Magistrate, to which position he
was appointed by the Ontario Government, April 23, 1918. Mr. Askwith was
born in Ottawa and, practically, Ottawa has remained his home to this
day. For forty years Mr. Askwith was in business as a contractor, both
on structural and railway work and the Government Bureau, the Halifax
Armory, and many other public buildings bear testimony to his zeal. He
has been of considerable benefit and has rendered good services to the
city of Ottawa in more ways than one. For eleven years he sat in the
City Council as representative for Rideau Ward. He served as Chairman of
the Parks Commission and had much to do in the acquisition of Rockliffe
Park. In 1901 the Conservatives of Russell County selected him as their
candidate for the House of Commons and, while he met with defeat, he
gave his opponent a sharp contest. For three years he was President of
the Association for the Blind and was and is a hard worker in the
interest of the Protestant Old Men’s Home. His contributions to the
various Ottawa Public Institutions are numerous and his attentions to
them so constant and earnest that he is rightfully called an
unmistakeable philanthropist. Following in his father’s footsteps as an
enthusiast for Volunteer Military Service, Mr. Askwith served for seven
years in the Ottawa Field Battery, and on two occasions marched to the
front in defence of home and country. Even now he walks with the
military stride. Mr. Askwith was appointed Deputy Magistrate in 1907,
and since 1916 up to the time when he received his promotion in March,
1918, had to administer the law alone as during the intervening time
Magistrate O’Keefe was too ill to attend Court, and no Deputy was
appointed. In addition, as Deputy Magistrate, Mr. Askwith presided over
the Juvenile Court, and is doing so even now, and it is owing to his
sound judgment and fatherly consideration for erring youngsters that a
vast improvement has taken place in the conduct of the Juveniles in the
city. In the Police Court as well as in the Juvenile Court he has been
stern and wise in his decisions. He metes out law and justice with
common sense and discretion and never allows technicalities or quibbles
to interfere with his disposal of cases, and he holds the explicit
confidence of the public. Magistrate John E. Askwith was born of English
parents, in 1841, and was educated in the Little Red School House in
Ottawa. On September 26, 1865, he married Annie, daughter of the late
John Fotheringham, and has two sons, William R. and John F., who is a
Lieutenant in service in France; he is 36 years old and in 1915 enlisted
with a company from McGill University to reinforce the Princess Pats,
but was transferred to a Western Battalion. He went through several
important engagements in which the Canadian Forces took part, including
Vimy Ridge; and two daughters Margaret F., and Bessie, who is married to
O. E. Culbert, Barrister, Calgary. In religion Mr. Askwith is a
Protestant, and in politics a Conservative. He resides at 24 Alexander
Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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=Nickle, William Folger, K.C., B.A.= (Kingston, Ont.), was born at
Kingston, Dec. 31, 1869, son of William Nickle (Scotch), and Ellen Mary
Folger (American). Educated at private schools, Kingston Collegiate
Institute, Queen’s University and Osgoode Hall; graduated from Queen’s
with degree of B.A. in 1892; called to the Bar, Osgoode Hall, 1895;
member of legal firm of Nickle, Farrell & Day, Kingston. He was twice
married: first, September 11, 1895, to Agnes Mary, daughter of Joseph
McAdam, St. Thomas; second, June 6, 1911, to Katharine Louise, daughter
of Rev. D. D. Gordon, Principal of Queen’s University. Five children,
William McAdam 1897, Douglas Joseph 1899, Evelyn Marion 1902, Alexander
Gordon 1916, and Catherine Maclennan Nickle 1918. He is a member of the
following clubs: Kingston, Country, Yacht, Frontenac, The Rideau, Ottawa
and the Toronto Club; is also a Mason, Oddfellow and a member of the
Sons of Scotland. Mr. Nickle takes an active interest in all amateur
sports. He is trustee of Queen’s University, Governor of Kingston
Hospital; elected to the Kingston School Board in 1895, City Council in
1896, and again in 1897, for three years. He was member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Kingston from 1908 to 1911, when he
resigned seat to contest same constituency at the general election for
the House of Commons, and was elected as the Liberal-Conservative
candidate, and re-elected at the general elections in December, 1917. He
is a Presbyterian in religion. The member for Kingston has played a very
active part in the city of his birth and has been prominently identified
with the municipal, educational and social life, and has carved a secure
place in the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. He has
greatly distinguished himself in public life, for which he has displayed
much talent, and his sterling integrity is recognized by his
fellow-members in the House of Commons. Mr. Nickle is a forceful
speaker, with a convincing style and a pleasing and magnetic
personality. His career in the House of Commons has been marked by a
spirit of independence and adherence to conviction. In 1913 he took
issue with the Government on the granting of certain additional aid to
the Canadian Northern Railway; and maintained that if the people had to
build the railroads they should own and operate them. His position at
that time has since been justified overwhelmingly by public sentiment
and the general course of events. In April of 1918 Mr. Nickle once more
achieved great prominence as the effective voice of the Canadian people
in connection with the titles controversy. He introduced a motion in the
House of Commons requesting that representations be made to the Imperial
Government that hereafter no hereditary titles should be granted in
Canada. In a speech replete with convincing historical detail on the
obsolete nature of hereditary honors he also stated his conviction that
it would be better if no further titular distinctions of any kind were
granted, except those of an officiary character. He felt, however, that
public sentiment on the question was not sufficiently ripe to permit him
to jeopardize his resolution on the subject of hereditary honors, by
making it as wide as his personal views would indicate. Subsequently Mr.
R. L. Richardson, M.P. for Richmond, Manitoba, moved a resolution
demanding that no titular honors of any kind be granted thereafter. This
was defeated on the Prime Minister declaring it to be a
want-of-confidence motion. On this motion Mr. Nickle was placed in the
peculiar position of having to abandon the Government or his personal
convictions, but decided to stick by conviction. Another broad principle
that was discussed as a result of Mr. Nickle’s original motion was
whether the Government of Canada should not be consulted before titular
distinctions were conferred by the Crown on Canadians resident in this
country. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, announced that he had
accepted this principle, except in connection with military honors, so
that Mr. Nickle may be regarded as having materially aided in checking
an abuse which was becoming a cause of public unrest, by precipitating
discussion of the matter.
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=Tory, John A.= (Toronto), one of the leading life insurance men of
Canada, was born at Guysboro’, N.S., November 17, 1869, the son of
Robert K. and Anora (Ferguson) Tory. He was educated at the public
school of his native town, at the Guysboro’ Academy and Halifax Business
College. He commenced his business career at the age of eighteen as a
clerk in the establishment of D. G. Kerm, Antigonish, N.S., where he
remained from 1887 to 1890. In the latter year he joined the staff of A.
N. Whiten & Sons, Canso, N.S., becoming Manager of the business in 1892.
His entry into the insurance field was made in 1895 when he became
Inspector of the Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada for West Indies
and part of South America. In 1897 he was transferred to Detroit and
became manager of the company for the State of Michigan where he
remained until 1908, when he was transferred to the management of the
Toronto office of the Company. He has been instrumental in widely
extending the power and influence of the Sun Life in Canada. Mr. Tory is
keenly interested in all movements for social betterment, and
particularly in building up a clean and healthy manhood in this country.
He is a Director of the Y.M.C.A. and also a member of the Social Service
Commission. He is a member of the following clubs in his adopted city:
National, Royal Canadian Yacht, Queen City, Canadian, and Empire. His
recreations are tennis and motoring, and in politics he is a Liberal. He
is a Methodist and on December 28, 1898, married Abbie G., daughter of
Dr. Buckley, Guysboro’, N.S., by whom he has two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Tory
reside at 17 Elm Ave., Rosedale, Toronto, and have a summer home at
Guysboro’, N.S.
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=Chisholm, William Craig, K.C.= (Westmount, Quebec), Barrister-at-law,
was born at Port Hope on August 20, 1864, his parents being His Honor
Judge Chisholm, of Kitchener, and Mary Craig Chisholm. Educated at Port
Hope High School and Toronto University, from which latter institution
he graduated in 1885 with the degree of B.A., and first-class honors in
Classics. Was created a K.C. in 1908. Mr. Chisholm was Assistant City
Solicitor of the city of Toronto from 1891 to 1895, when he became City
Solicitor, and was in private practice in Toronto from 1909 to 1913, in
which latter year he was appointed General Solicitor for the Grand Trunk
Railway System. He was a member of the Executive of the Ontario
Municipal Association from 1907 to 1909. On June 30, 1894, he married
Gertrude Foster, daughter of the late James Foster, of Guelph, and is
the father of the following children: Capt. J. F. Chisholm, Royal Air
Force, D.S.C., D.F.C. (killed in action near Arras Sept. 7, 1918);
Duncan Gavin, Mary, Helen and Harry. In religion Mr. Chisholm is a
Presbyterian, and a Conservative in politics. He is a member of the
following clubs: University, Thistle Curling Club, Kanawaki Golf Club,
Montreal; University Granite, Toronto; and Rideau, Ottawa. His
recreations are golf, curling and lawn bowling.
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=Tetreault, Joseph Sylvini= (Sherbrooke, Que.), Notary Public, was born
at Ste. Madeleine, County of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Feb. 9, 1877, the
son of Napoleon and Ombeline (Durocher) Tetreault. He was educated at
St. Hyacinthe Seminary and Laval University and took up practice as a
notary in Sherbrooke, in 1900. Ever since he has been a prominent figure
in the social and municipal life of that city. He has represented the
West Ward in the City Council since 1914 and is very prominent in many
French-Canadian organizations, taking a strong interest in sports and in
all measures to promote mutual goodwill among the French and English
people. He is Grand President of L’Union St. Joseph du Canada, with head
office at Ottawa, a mutual and benevolent society which has built up a
membership of 28,000 since 1908 and of which he was a director before
his promotion to the presidency. He is also a member of the Knights of
Columbus, of l’Alliance Nationale, and L’Union St. Joseph de Sherbrooke,
and Secretary of the Chambre de Commerce Canadienne Française du
District de St. François. He is Major of the 54th Carabineers of
Sherbrooke, a Roman Catholic and an Independent in politics. On Sept. 4,
1906, he married Lena, daughter of S. J. and Marie (Simard) Caron, by
whom he has had three children, Rejane, Marielle and Adrienne.
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=Cody, Hon. Henry John, B.A., M.A., D.D., LL.D.=, Rector of St. Paul’s
Anglican Church, Toronto, and Minister of Education of the Province of
Ontario, was born at Embro, Ontario, on December 6, 1868, his parents
being E. J. Cody and Margaret L. (Torrance). Educated at Galt Collegiate
Institute and Toronto University, where he had a most distinguished
career, winning the gold medal in classics, first-class honors in Mental
and Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity, and Wyld Prizeman in English
Essay. After graduation, was Classical Master of Ridley College, at St.
Catharines, then Professor of Church History and Systematic Theology,
and also lecturer in Latin and examiner in classics, Toronto University.
Is Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Toronto, and Archdeacon of York, and
Canon of St. Alban’s Cathedral. Was elected Bishop of Nova Scotia, but
declined the preferment in 1904. Was a member of the Royal Commission on
the reorganization of The University of Toronto, 1905-6, and a member of
The Ontario Commission on Unemployment, 1914-15. One of the founders of
Havergal Ladies’ College, Toronto. In May, 1918, on the resignation of
the Hon. Dr. R. A. Pyne as Minister of Education of Ontario, Dr. Cody
was invited by Premier Hearst to assume the duties of that most
important portfolio and, on May 23, he was sworn in as Minister of
Education of the Province and at once took up his duties, and was
subsequently nominated for the riding of North East Toronto. His
election was opposed by Sergt. William Varley, a popular soldier, who
had distinguished himself overseas on active service. Dr. Cody was
returned by a very large majority. The Minister of Education has special
gifts for the office he has been called upon to fill. His wide learning
and eminence as a scholar, his tireless energy and organizing ability,
caused his selection to be acceptable by all classes and few Canadians
occupy a more secure place in the confidence, respect and esteem of
their fellows. Splendidly informed in all great National questions and a
brilliant orator, his services have been in constant demand. Shortly
after assuming the duties of his present position, the Minister, at the
request of the Premier, made a trip overseas and visited the soldiers in
the firing line for the express purpose of familiarizing himself with
the conditions existing at the front, with a view to make his Department
more efficient in the reconstruction period after the war. The Minister
also conferred with leading educationalists in England and acquired a
vast amount of useful and necessary information. Hon. Dr. Cody holds the
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Militia, is Senior Chaplain
of the Queen’s Own Rifles, and is recognized as one of the outstanding
figures in the Canadian public life. In 1894 he married Florence L.,
daughter of the late H. E. Clarke, M.P.P., and has one son, Henry
Maurice Cody, Captain in C.A.M.C.
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=Roadhouse, William Albert=, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the
Province of Ontario, was born at Malton, Peel County, Ontario, July 25,
1880, the son of Neriah and Elizabeth Roadhouse. He was educated at the
Malton and Brampton public schools and on leaving school became—what so
many men afterwards famous in many fields of activity have been—“A
printer’s devil” in the office of the Brampton “Conservator,” where he
spent six years under Samuel Charters, now member of the House of
Commons for Peel. While working in the printing department he also wrote
local items and on leaving the “Conservator,” took up newspaper work,
joining the staff of the “Evening Telegram” in 1902. While with that
paper he represented it in the Legislative Press Gallery. Subsequently
he spent a year in London, England, as correspondent of the Canadian
Associated Press, “covering” the general election in Britain in 1905-6
for the Canadian papers. On his return to Canada he rejoined the
“Evening Telegram” staff and continued as a member of it till June 1,
1909, when he was appointed Secretary to the Minister and Department of
Agriculture. During the same year he served as Secretary to the Ontario
Government Milk Commission. On the retirement of the late C. C. James,
LL.D., from the position of Deputy Minister, March 1, 1912, Mr.
Roadhouse was promoted to his present position—being probably the
youngest man ever appointed a Deputy Minister in the Province of
Ontario. He has made many addresses and contributed numerous articles to
the press on the subjects with which he is specially familiar. He
married, July 3, 1912, Lillian Maud Wyndow, daughter of Wm. Wyndow,
Toronto. He is a Protestant and a member of the A.F. & A.M. In his
dealings with the public, Mr. Roadhouse is extremely courteous while in
the conduct of his department, his guiding idea seems to be clear cut
thinking and practical action. His address is Parliament Bldgs.,
Toronto.
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=Poulin, Stanislas, K.C.=, Advocate of St. John’s, Quebec, is a son of
N. Poulin, farmer, and Marie Surpremant, his wife. He was born at
Stottsville, Que., on August 2, 1881, and was educated at Montreal
College, L’Assomption College and Laval University. From the latter
institution he graduated in 1905 with the degrees of B.A. and LL.L. He
entered the practice of law in St. John’s shortly after his admission to
the Bar, and has been solicitor for that city since 1913. In 1916 he was
appointed King’s Counsel on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of
Quebec, Sir Lomer Gouin. He has distinguished gifts as a public speaker
and is a liberal in politics. As a member of that party he was induced
to run for the Legislature in 1913, but was defeated by a fellow
Liberal. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and was married on April
23, 1907, to Corinne, daughter of Hon. Justice A. N. Charland, Judge of
the Superior Court, St. John’s, Quebec. He has two children, Claire,
born June 24, 1909, and Simone, Oct. 26, 1912.
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=Kent, Controller Joseph=, is the Accountant, etc., in the Ottawa River
Works Office, a branch of the Department of Public Works of Canada. He
has held that position for many years and is considered by those in
authority a reliable and painstaking official. He is a Justice of the
Peace for the County of Carleton, and is Chairman of the Grounds and
Buildings Committee of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. During
the years 1911-1912 he represented, as Alderman, Central Ward, in the
Ottawa City Council, and was elected for the years 1913, 1914, 1916,
1917, 1918 and 1919, as one of the four Controllers in charge of Civic
Affairs. For years previous to his aspiring to civic honors he was a
conspicuous figure in all kinds of sports and was active and skilled in
the games of lacrosse, football, etc. As an Alderman he was one of the
men that never faltered in his duty and his value to the city may well
be judged by the number of years he has been elected as Controller.
Controller Kent is the son of the late William and Martha (Wallace)
Kent. He was born in Quebec City on January 28, 1864, and was educated
in the Public and High Schools. Mr. Kent, in 1885, married Nellie Edna
Whitney, daughter of Phillip P. Whitney, of Ottawa, Ontario. He is a
member of the Rideau Curling Club and the Canadian Club, and of the
C.O.F., A.O.U.W., societies, and Past Master of Civil Service Lodge,
number 148, A.F. & A.M. His residence is 184 Second Avenue, Ottawa,
Ontario.
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=Baillie, Sir Frank, K.B.E.= (Toronto), one of the most eminent of the
younger generation of Canadian business men, and who rendered very
important service in the matter of munition production during the great
war, was born at Toronto on August 19, 1875. He is the son of John and
Marian (Wilton) Baillie, and was educated in his native city. He
commenced his business career as a clerk in the offices of the Central
Canada Loan and Savings Company, Toronto, and later became private
secretary to the eminent capitalist, the late Senator George A. Cox, in
which capacity he obtained a very close insight into modern methods of
business organization. In 1896 he was appointed accountant of the
Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, and was successively promoted
to Secretary (1898) and Assistant Manager (1901) of the same
corporation. In 1902 he became General Manager of the newly incorporated
Metropolitan Bank, being probably the youngest man ever placed in full
managerial control of a chartered bank in the history of this country.
In 1903 he founded the firm of Baillie, Wood & Croft, stock brokers, and
members of the Toronto Stock Exchange. His position as an industrial
leader began in 1910 with the organization of the Burlington Steel
Company of Hamilton, Ont., of which he is still President. In 1912 he
organized the Bankers Bond Company, Limited, Toronto, and in the same
year the Dominion Steel Foundry Company of Hamilton, Ont. Shortly after
the commencement of the European War in 1914 he organized the Canadian
Cartridge Co., Ltd., of Hamilton, of which he is President, to undertake
the much needed work of manufacturing cartridge cases for the British
Government. He personally equipped himself with knowledge of the
technical work of munition making and so successful did he prove as an
industrial organizer that he was able within two years to return to the
British Government over $750,000 profits earned from war contracts, as a
patriotic gift. Subsequently the Canadian Cartridge Company engaged in
the manufacture of anti-aircraft cases for the United States Government
on a large scale. In December, 1916, Sir Frank was appointed Director of
Aviation for Canada, and in the same month acting for the British
Government, organized and became President of Canadian Aeroplanes,
Limited, which corporation manufactured aeroplanes for the Royal Air
Force in Canada and flying boats for the American Government. On January
9, 1918, shortly after the institution by His Majesty of the Order of
the British Empire, to honor those who had rendered distinguished
service in the prosecution of the war, the subject of this sketch was
created a Knight Commander of that Order. Sir Frank is essentially an
outdoor man and his recreations include golf, motoring, curling and
yachting. He is a member of the following clubs: National, Toronto,
Albany, Lambton Golf and Country, Mississauga Golf and Royal Canadian
Yacht Club, Toronto; Victoria Club, Hamilton, and Hamilton Golf,
Hamilton. In politics he is independent and in religion an Anglican. On
June 8, 1900, he married Edith Julia, daughter of the late Aubrey White,
C.M.G., for many years Deputy Minister of Lands and Mines for Ontario.
He has three sons, Aubrey Wilton, born July 6, 1908, Frank Wilton, born
November 4, 1913, and James Wilton, born December 1, 1918; and two
daughters, Marion Wilton, born April 23, 1901, and Edith Wilton, born
October 1, 1904. He resides at 146 Crescent Road, Toronto.
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=McCuaig, Clarence James= (Montreal, P.Q.), Stockbroker. Born in Quebec
City September 1, 1855, educated at Ontario College, Picton. Married
Emma Margaret, daughter of the late J. C. Rykert, Q.C., St. Catharines,
Ont., and has three sons: Lieut.-Col. D. Rykert McCuaig, D.S.O.,
Brig.-General G. Eric McCuaig, C.M.G., D.S.O., and Major Clarence N.
McCuaig. Mr. McCuaig is Honorary Colonel of the 53rd Regiment. In 1896
he bought a seat in the Montreal Stock Exchange, the firm later becoming
McCuaig Bros. & Co., in which the three sons are partners. He organized
the Sherbrooke Railway & Power Company and the Southern Canada Power
Company, of both of which he was President, but retired from these
positions to devote himself to the business of the firm during the
absence of his three sons overseas. He is a director of the Ottawa
Light, Heat & Power Co., and is a member of St. James, Canada, Montreal,
Hunt, Forest & Stream, Royal St. Lawrence, and Royal Montreal Golf Clubs
in Montreal, and of the Rideau Club, Ottawa. He is a Protestant in
religion and a Conservative in politics.
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=Tessier, Auguste Maurice=, Barrister, Rimouski. Born 20th of July,
1879, at Rimouski, Que. Son of the Honorable Judge Auguste Tessier of
the Superior Court, and his wife, Corrine Gauvreau, both
French-Canadians. His grandfather was the Honorable U. J. Tessier, Judge
of the Court of King’s Bench, Quebec. Mr. Tessier was educated at Quebec
Seminary and Laval University, receiving degrees, B.A. (1898), LL.M.
with very great distinction (1901). Married, February 7, 1907, to
Yvonne, daughter of Sir Alexandre Lacoste, former Chief Justice Court of
King’s Bench, Montreal. He is a director of Rimouski Land Co., and the
Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway Co., Rimouski, and Cie Fonderie de Mont
Joli. Admitted to the bar July, 1907, having studied in the office of
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Quebec; practised his profession first at
Richmond, with Hon. P. S. G. Mackenzie, and at Rimouski since 1905;
senior member of the law firm of Tessier & Cote. Was Crown Prosecutor
for the District of Rimouski, 1909-1913. Created K.C. in 1912. Is Mayor
of the parish of Rimouski, Warden of the County of Rimouski, and
President of the Agricultural Society of the County of Rimouski and has
been Warden of the County. First elected to the legislature at the
general elections, 1912, as a Liberal for the riding of Rimouski and
still continues to represent the County, being re-elected in May, 1916.
A Roman Catholic in religion, he is the father of two children, Yves and
Maurice. He is a member of the following clubs: Montreal Reform, Quebec
Garrison, Snellier Fish and Game Club, Kidgewick Game Club.
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=Cane, James Gilbert=, 97 Delaware Ave., Toronto, and one of the best
known business men of that city, was born at Weston, Ont., the son of
Martin and Nancy (Morrison) Cane. He was educated at Weston Grammar
School, and as a youth had a thorough business training. Subsequently he
engaged in the wholesale lumber business on his own account and built up
one of the most extensive connections in Toronto. As a young man he took
an active interest in military matters and enlisted in the Royal
Grenadiers. As a member of that famous regiment he served in the
North-West Rebellion of 1885. He was present at the actions of Fish
Creek and Batoche, and was awarded the medal for that campaign.
Subsequently on the formation of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto he
became an active member of that battalion. Mr. Cane is a Liberal in
politics, though he has never been a violent partizan. At the
legislative by-election for North-West Toronto in 1916 when Hon. W. D.
McPherson sought re-election, on his elevation to the post of Provincial
Secretary, Mr. Cane, on account of his universal popularity was induced
to become a sacrifice candidate in order that the party organization
might be kept alive. The contest that ensued was one of the cleanest and
most courteous ever conducted in Canada, the two candidates being on
terms of personal friendship; and Mr. Cane polled a vote that surprised
many purely on his personal qualities. Mr. Cane is a Protestant in
religion and a member of the Masonic Order. He married Margaret B.,
daughter of the late Andrew Henderson of Toronto, and has ten children,
James M., Donald A., William, Charles, Gordon G., Nellie, Margaret,
Annie, Nora and Lillian. Three of his sons, James, William and Charles,
saw service with the Canadian army overseas in the great war and won
honorable records.
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=Wilkes, Alfred John, LL.B. K.C.=, (Brantford, Ont.) is a distinguished
member of the Ontario bar, and prominent in the commercial and social
activities of his native City, where he was born on December 15, 1847.
He is the son of the late Lieut.-Colonel James Wilkes, formerly City
Treasurer of Brantford. His father was a native of Birmingham, England,
who came to Canada in 1821, and carried on a mercantile business in the
City of Toronto until 1823, (muddy Little York then had a population of
800 and only three brick houses), when he removed to the site of the
present City of Brantford, continued his business as a general merchant,
and was for twenty-six years City Treasurer. His mother, Eliza (Elliot)
Wilkes, was a Canadian by birth. Educated at the Public and High Schools
of Brantford until the age of sixteen, the subject of this sketch
matriculated at Osgoode Hall, at the age of sixteen, and commenced the
study of law, being articled to Hon. S. H. Blake, of the then legal firm
of Blake, Kerr, and Wells, Toronto, and was called to the bar in 1869,
heading the list, at the early age of twenty-one. Subsequently the
degree of LL.B. was conferred on him by Toronto University on passing
the usual examinations. Returning to Brantford on being admitted to the
bar, he entered into practice with the late Daniel Brooke, for three
years. Then, after practising one year alone, he formed a partnership
with Hon. Arthur Sturgis Hardy, late Premier of Ontario, which continued
from 1873 to 1898. In 1890 Mr. Wilkes was created a Queen’s Counsel by
the Ontario Government, a distinction richly merited. In 1894 he became
Acting County Crown Attorney, and five years afterwards was appointed to
that office, and on the 3rd of January, 1885, was gazetted Deputy Judge
of Brant County, acting for the late Judge Jones, once for three months
and again for six months. Mr. Wilkes enjoys an enviable distinction in
the legal profession and has long had a large and successful practice;
was City Solicitor, in partnership with Hon. A. S. Hardy, and later also
with Lt.-Col. Jones and the present Judge Alex. D. Hardy of Brant County
from 1873, and only recently resigned on account of advancing years; was
also solicitor for Waterous Engine Works Company and for late Bank of
B.N.A., and was and now is solicitor for the Bank of Montreal, with
which that bank is amalgamated, and many other corporations doing
business in the City of Brantford. Always taking a deep interest in
educational matters, Mr. Wilkes was for many years a member of the
School Board of the City of Brantford, and for four years Chairman. He
has had an extended military career, was an ensign in the Reserve
Militia in his early years, and was also for many years a Captain in the
38th Dufferin Rifles. He assisted in forming the 25th Brant Dragoons, of
which he was gazetted Lieut.-Col., retiring retaining the rank of
Lieut.-Col. Mr. Wilkes is a Director of the Royal Loan and Savings
Company, and Vice-President of the Manufacturers Life Assurance Company,
and interested in many other large financial institutions. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Canadian Institute, a Mason, being Past Master of
Doric Lodge, and has long been prominently identified with the Canadian
Order of Foresters, having been High Court Solicitor. From 1897 to 1901
he was Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. A member of the
Church of England, and for several years a Churchwarden. Before his
acceptance of the office of County Crown Attorney he was a Liberal in
politics. He is a member of the Brantford Club, University Club,
Military Institute, and the Empire Club, Toronto. Married, June 22,
1887, to Esther Frances, daughter of Francis H. Haycock, late Collector
of Customs at Paris, Ontario, and his family comprise Marjorie H. (wife
of Lieut.-Col. F. Logie Armstrong, O.B.E.), Captain A. Burton Wilkes,
overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, Captain F. Hilton Wilkes,
with Royal Canadian Dragoons in France, Captain J. F. Ransom Wilkes,
late of Military Headquarters Staff, Toronto, now of Can. Siberian
Expeditionary Force, Vladivostok, Russia, and Miss E. Gwendolyn Wilkes.
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=Workman, Mark= (Montreal, Que.), was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on August
4, 1864, the son of Isaac and Sarah (Rosenthal) Workman. He received his
education in the public schools, and came to Montreal with his father in
1876, joining with him in the clothing business. The lad became the head
of the business in 1880, at the remarkably youthful age of sixteen
years. With unusual business instinct and untiring industry, the young
Workman piloted his enterprise along the course of steady growth until,
in 1906, the company of which he remained head was incorporated, and
expanded until its travellers covered the whole of Canada, from Atlantic
to Pacific. For nearly twenty years now (1917) the Mark Workman Company
has been contractors for the British and Canadian Governments for
military clothing, and has been responsible for many enormous contracts
during the present war. Beyond the confines of his own business, Mr.
Workman also found scope for his enterprise and ability. He interested
himself extensively in Canadian industry, notably the Dominion Steel
Corporation, of which he is one of the largest shareholders and was
elected President in 1916. Endowed with foresight and courage,
attributes which helped to raise him to his enviable position in the
business world, he believed that the formation of the Dominion Iron and
Steel Company, with its adjunct, the Dominion Coal Company, would not
only open the way for a gigantic steel enterprise in Canada which would
take care of the big domestic business in the Dominion, but also extend
to other parts of the Empire and to foreign countries. He believed in
the future of the undertaking, invested money in it, fought it
successfully through the dark days of its early experience, and won out.
In 1911 he became a director of the Corporation, and his active interest
in the management resulted in his being made chairman of the finance and
selling committees of the directorate. Mr. Workman is also the
Vice-President of the Federal Parquetry Company, of Lexington, Ky.;
vice-president of the Jacobs Asbestos Company, Ltd., of Thetford Mines,
Que., and is interested in the B. Gardner Company, of Montreal. While
the success that came to Mr. Workman brought him great wealth and
influence, his business activities did not prevent a generous and
personal interest in many charitable works, his yearly benefactions to
worthy causes and individuals being estimated at fifty to sixty thousand
dollars. He is a life Governor of the Montreal General Hospital and
other hospitals and charitable institutions, to the funds of which he is
a liberal contributor. He has given most generously to the Patriotic
Fund and to the various regimental funds, and was a subscriber to the
extent of $200,000 to the Canadian War Loan. Mr. Workman is also
prominent in philanthropic work among the Jewish population of Canada
and is president and actual upbuilder of the Mount Sinai Sanatorium for
fighting the white plague. A sample of his deep interest in the race was
his remarkable response to the appeal of Mr. Leopold Rothschild since
the outbreak of the war on behalf of Jewish sufferers in Russia. Mr.
Workman forwarded an immediate cash contribution of $5,000, with an
appended offer to supplement that gift by the subscription of $1,000 per
month. Mr. Workman married, when twenty years of age, Miss Rachel Lewis,
of Syracuse, N.Y., on February 18, 1886. He has one son, Edward, a
Lieut. in the Canadian overseas army, and four daughters, Mrs. Nathan
Gordon, of Montreal; Mrs. Harry Rosenthal, of Ottawa, and the Misses
Nina and Daisy Workman. He is a member of the Masonic and the Royal
Guardians.
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=Wrong, Professor George McKinnon, M.A.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in
Gravesend, County of Elgin, Ontario, June 25, 1860, is a son of Gilbert
Wrong, of Aylmer, Ont., and Christina McKinnon. Educated at the
University of Toronto, from which he graduated with the degree of B.A.,
1883; M.A., 1896; also Wycliffe College, Oxford University; took Orders
in the Church of England, 1883, but has since been engaged continually
in Academic work; succeeded in 1894 the late Sir Daniel Wilson, as
Professor of History in the University of Toronto. Was a lecturer on
History and Apologetics and Dean of Wycliffe, 1883 to 1892. Received the
degree of F.R.C.S., 1908. Appointed a member of the Canadian Historical
Manuscript Committee, 1887. Is a Senator of Toronto University, and is
the author of several historical works, among which may be mentioned
“The British Nation, a History” (1903), “The Earl of Elgin” (1905), “The
Review of Historical Publications,” “The Crusade of 1883.” Appointed by
the Canadian Institute a member of the Fleming Electoral Reform
Committee. Has been a Director of Havergal Ladies’ College, Ridley
College and the Working Boys’ Home. Is a member of the Royal Historical
Society, Secretary Champlain Society. In 1886 married Sophia Hume Blake,
daughter of the Hon. Edward Blake, K.C., M.P., and is the father of the
following children: Margaret Christian, born 1887, Edward Murray (1889),
Harold Verschoyle (1891), Humphrey Hume (1894), Agnes Honoria (1903).
Professor Wrong is a member of the York Club, Toronto; The Golf Club and
Savile Club, London, England, and is recognized as being one of the
foremost scholars of the present day.
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=Arnold, Wm. McCullough=, General Manager of the Ottawa Car
Manufacturing Company, was born at Ottawa, October 26, 1879, and is the
son of William and Georgiana (Eaton) Arnold. He was educated at Model
and Public Schools, Ottawa. At the age of sixteen (in 1895) he commenced
his business life by joining the firm of H. N. Bate & Sons, wholesale
grocers, as clerk, where he remained for five years. In 1900 he was
appointed accountant in the firm of T. Lindsay & Co., at that time
extensive retail dry goods merchants, Wellington Street, Ottawa, and
remained with the firm for two years. In 1902 he was appointed by the
then Minister of Customs, Hon. William Patterson, appraiser in the
Customs Dept., where he remained until 1911. In 1912 he became
Purchasing Agent for the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company, and a year
later was promoted to the position of Assistant General Manager. In the
early part of January, 1918, Mr. Arnold became General Manager of the
Company. Aside from the immense business carried on by the Ottawa Car
Mfg. Co. in the manufacture of cars of all descriptions—wagons, street
and railway cars, etc.—under Mr. Arnold’s management the company have
erected, facing on Albert Street, and running back to Slater Street, the
largest and best equipped and, architecturally, the handsomest garage to
be found in the Dominion of Canada. It covers a floor space of 60,000
square feet and holds 300 automobiles. On December 5, 1900, Mr. Arnold
married Pearl Gladys Ritchie, daughter of William D. Ritchie,
Rockcliffe, Ont. He has two sons, William Russell and Lewis Arthur, and
one daughter, Dorothy. He is a prominent member in the A.F. & A.M. and
the I.O.O.F. Societies, a member of the Canadian Car Manufacturers
Association, and of the Connaught Park Jockey, the Laurentian and the
Canadian Clubs. Mr. Arnold is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Liberal
in politics. His recreations are hockey, lacrosse, bowling and
automobiling. He resides at 149 First Ave.
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=Wilson, James Lockie= (Toronto, Ont.), is of Scottish ancestry, the
third son of Robert Wilson and Agnes Logie, was born at Alexandria,
Ont., November 12, 1856, and educated at the Public and High Schools of
Glengarry. Is at present Superintendent of Agricultural and
Horticultural Societies of Ontario, and Managing Director of the Ontario
Vegetable Growers’ Association. Secretary of Fairs and Exhibitions
Association; Secretary and Managing Director Ontario Ploughmen’s
Association, and Secretary Ontario Horticultural Association; was
President of the Glengarry St. Andrew’s Society; President of the
Agricultural Society; President of the Farmers’ Institute; President
Patrons of Industry of Canada; President Farmers’ Association of Canada;
President Sons of Scotland Athletic Association, Toronto; President
Burns Literary Society; Grand Master Ancient Order United Workmen; Grand
Chieftain Sons of Scotland; Director Toronto Playgrounds Association;
Director Vacant Lots Garden Association; Vice-President American Civic
Association, Washington; was first President of Ontario Civil Service
Association; Farmers’ Candidate for Glengarry, House of Commons, 1896,
his opponent being Colonel R. R. McLennan. The most successful breeder
of pure-bred cattle (Ayrshires, Shropshires and Berkshires) in Eastern
Ontario, and a large prize winner at all the leading exhibitions in
Canada; the author of various official reports. The great success of the
Fairs and Exhibitions throughout the Province held under the auspices of
the various Agricultural Societies are in a large measure due to the
untiring efforts of Superintendent Wilson. The subject of this sketch
was married to Mary, daughter of late Andrew Hodge, of Cornwall, Ont.,
and is the father of six: Winnifred May (deceased), Jennie, Margaret,
Georgina, John Ruthven, winner of Military Cross 1918, and Marion. He is
a member of the following Clubs and Societies: Empire Club, Toronto, and
the Canada Lawn Bowling Club, Burns Literary Society, and Ancient Order
of United Workmen, and Sons of Scotland. In religion he is a
Presbyterian, and a supporter of the Conservative Party.
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=Camaraire, Alfred Frederick= (St. John’s, Que.), is a son of Joseph
Camaraire, Superintendent of M.L.H. & P. Co., of Montreal. He was born
May 12, 1881, and educated at St. John’s Academy and St. John’s High
School, later taking a commercial course at Montreal Business College,
to qualify himself for a banking career. He now holds the position of
Manager of the St. John’s (Que.) branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. He
still retains affiliations with Montreal and is a Lieutenant in the 87th
Battalion, as well as a member of the Canadian Club, the Y.M.C.A., the
Amateur Athletic Association and the Engineering Club, of that city. He
is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. In
religion he is a Roman Catholic and in politics a Conservative. He was
married in October, 1904, to a daughter of C. D. Hust (retired), of St.
John’s. His eldest son, Roland, born 1906, was killed by a motor
accident on Oct. 11, 1918, and he has a second son, Conrad, born 1910.
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=Studholme, Allan= (Hamilton) is of English origin having been born at
Drake’s Cross, Worcestershire, near Birmingham, England, December 8,
1846. Son of John and Hannah Studholme. Came to Canada in 1870; went to
Australia in 1887, returning to the Dominion in 1892. Has always been a
strong advocate of everything which would advance the cause of Labor,
and was first elected to the Ontario Legislature for the Riding of East
Hamilton as a straight Labor candidate, in December, 1906, and
re-elected 1908, 1911 and 1914. Has refused to identify himself with
either Party and has preferred to maintain his independence. Bill
protecting telephone girls from working more than five hours a day was
framed in 1907 to meet a strike. Strike being settled, bill was
withdrawn. Favors an eight-hour day for male adults. Is a member of the
General Executive, Ontario Single Tax League. Has been Vice-President of
the Social and Moral Reform Council for Canada. Is a Stovemounter and
member of the Executive of the Stovemounter and Steel Range Makers’
International Union. Is popular with the members of both sides of the
House and is recognized as one of the most fearless and independent
members of the Legislature. Married, April 27, 1874, to Priscilla
Stearne and is the father of the following children: Foster, married
Helen Holder; Gordon, married to Josephine Holder; Edward, married to
Lois Young, and May, married to Earle R. Morrow March 24, 1915.
Religion, Methodist.
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=Tourigny, Alfred F. X.=, Advocate (Magog, Que.), was born at Batiscan,
Champlain County, Que., the son of a farmer, L. E. Tourigny and Eugenie
Trudel, who is a sister of the Honorable F. X. A. Trudel. Deciding to
get a thorough education, he studied at Three Rivers, Que., and
graduated with the degree of B.A. He studied law at Laval University,
and graduated with the degree of LL.B. On August 10, 1898, he married
Clara Marchand, the daughter of Louis Marchand, manufacturer, of Ste.
Genevieve de Batiscan, Que., and has eight children—Olivier, Charles
Edouard, Alfred, Anselme, Henri, Louis, Claire and Ives. In religion he
is a Roman Catholic and a Conservative in politics, and at the present
time he is Secretary-Treasurer of the town of Magog.
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=Widdifield, John W.=, Agriculturist (Uxbridge, Ont.), comes from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey stock and is of United Empire Loyalist
descent. After he graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College, he
returned “to the land,” on the farm which had been homesteaded by the
family for five generations; another branch of the family, the Lundys,
pioneering on historic soil in the Niagara peninsula during this time.
He has served as Reeve of Uxbridge Township, as Ontario County
Councillor, as editor of the “O.A.C. Review,” as Secretary of the North
Ontario Farmers’ Institute, and as Chairman of the County Committee on
Agriculture. Mr. Widdifield has been a frequent contributor to the
press, besides travelling extensively as a lecturer on Agricultural and
Natural Science topics. In the general elections of 1914 he contested
North Ontario in the Liberal interests, unsuccessfully, against Hon. W.
H. Hoyle, Speaker of the Ontario Legislature. At the by-elections for
the Ontario Legislature in Feb., 1919, as an Independent Farmers’
Candidate, he again entered the lists, at this time successfully
contesting the riding with Major Harry S. Cameron. Born in Uxbridge
Township, March 16, 1869, the son of Watson P. and Annie (Frankish)
Widdifield, he was educated at the Uxbridge High School and Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., being admitted to the status of
A.O.A.C. in 1894, and granted the Degree of B.S.A. by Toronto University
in the following year. He married Lucy, daughter of Cornelius Dike, July
3, 1895, and has one daughter, Annie Enid Widdifield, born July 24,
1896.
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=Watt, John Ralston=, Barrister (Claresholm, Alta.), was born in 1875 at
Ayr, Scotland, and educated at Ayr Academy, Wimbledon and the Glasgow
and Cambridge Universities. Graduated in 1896 with the degree of B.A.
(Cantab.), is a director of the Alberta Agricultural Fairs Association
and Secretary of Claresholm Agricultural Society; has written on “The
Turf” and other subjects to various periodicals in Canada, the United
States and Great Britain under the signature of “Craignorth.” In 1914 he
was married to Jessie G. Young.
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=Wallis, Horace= (Toronto, Ont.), born in London, England, 1862. Has had
extensive newspaper experience and understands the work of a practical
printer in all branches of the craft. Has had a successful career as an
editor, journalist and parliamentary correspondent, having been editor
and managing director of “The Quebec Chronicle,” and Associate Editor of
the “Mail and Empire,” Toronto, for which paper he acted as
Parliamentary correspondent, 1887-91, and resident Ottawa Correspondent,
1894-8; presented with silver service by the citizens when leaving
Ottawa. Resigned position of Associate Editor of “The Mail and Empire,”
1905, to become Secretary to the Prime Minister of Ontario, and has been
Deputy Minister of the Department of the President of the Privy Council
since 1914. Has been President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery at
Ottawa and Toronto; Vice-President of the Quebec Associate Press.
Interested in motoring and golfing and identified with the Masonic
Order. Has taken an active part in the establishment of Temperance
organizations, and in the promotion of the Prohibition movement. A. F.
Wallis, Registrar of the Surrogate Court of the County of York, is a
brother, who has also had a distinguished career as a journalist. Mr.
Wallis married in 1893, Miss Margaret J. Tripp, of Toronto. He is an
Anglican in religion and has received many tributes to his worth and
acknowledgements of the esteem he is held in by his fellow citizens.
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=Hagedorn, Charles Kappler= (Kitchener, Ont.), was born in the County of
Waterloo, February 5, 1859, son of Ernest A. P. Hagedorn and Mary
Kappler, his wife. His father was a farmer who came from Hanover,
Germany, when an orphan of twelve years old, settling in Waterloo
County, where he worked at farm labor and by his diligence and economy
acquired land and began farming on his own account, which he continued
successfully until his death, in 1875. He was one of the early settlers
of the county, clearing the homestead of 100 acres and endured all the
difficulties and privations of pioneer life. The subject of this sketch
was reared on his father’s farm and received a primary education at the
public schools which was completed at the Normal school, Toronto. In
1877 Mr. Hagedorn began teaching in the public schools of his native
county, which he continued until the end of 1884, when he turned his
attention to mercantile life and acted as travelling salesman throughout
the Province of Ontario until 1889, when he began the manufacture of
suspenders and buttons. In 1895 he organized the Berlin Suspender and
Button Company; in 1900 the present plant on King St. was erected. The
company was later incorporated and subsequently, when the name of the
city was changed, it became The Kitchener Suspender Company, Limited.
The company employs a large number of skilled operators, and their
product is known favorably throughout Canada. Mr. Hagedorn has given
fully of his time and ability to his fellow citizens and served as
Alderman in the City Council for a number of years, acting as Chairman
of the Original Commission which operated the Electric and Gas Plants
when these public utilities were taken over by the city. He has been an
active member of the Board of Trade and was for two years president. Mr.
Hagedorn is a Presbyterian in religion, and has been Superintendent of
the Presbyterian Sunday School and an Elder for many years, taking a
deep interest in temperance work. He has been President of the Waterloo
Temperance Alliance for a number of years. Mr. Hagedorn was married on
May 15, 1889, to Emily, daughter of John Cairns, of Kitchener, who was a
pioneer farmer of North East Hope Township, now retired. He is the
father of three children, Lloyd Elmo, Grover Cairns, and Edna Aleen.
Politically he is a Reformer; in business affairs and in his private
life he is a man of strict probity, and has always displayed promptness,
reliability and sterling honesty in all his relations with his fellow
citizens, by whom he is held in the highest esteem. He is well informed
and is regarded as being a progressive man thoroughly in touch with
modern progress.
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=Pennington, David Henry=, one of the prominent lumber merchants of
Quebec City, formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly, and later a
member of the Harbor Commission of Quebec, was born in that city on
February the 14th, 1868. He is a son of William Pennington of Preston,
England, who for many years lived at Montmorency Falls, while engaged in
the office of the G. B. Hall Lumber Company. Entering as a junior clerk
of that company, the subject of this sketch worked his way up to the
post of general manager of the Company’s branch of operations in the
Eastern Townships. Eventually buying out the interests of the Company in
the Townships, he established himself at Lyster, there possessing two
saw-mills, a large dressing lumber mill, and a pulpwood storing station.
His business activities were soon felt in the community, making it, as
they did, an important business outlet on the Grand Trunk Railway route
between Quebec and Richmond, for the adjacent counties of Lotbinière and
Megantic. During the twelve years he resided at Lyster he was Mayor of
the place for nine of them, besides being Warden of the County of
Megantic. In 1908 he was elected to represent that county in the Local
Legislature at Quebec, where his intimate knowledge of French as well as
English, won an influence for him at once. In 1912 he sold his
properties at Lyster, and returned to Quebec, there to continue his
successful career as a lumber merchant. During these years there has
passed through his hands an annual output of from sixty to seventy
thousand cords of pulpwood alone. He was among the first to export
pulpwood to the United States, and was one of the promoters of the
Wayagamack Pulp and Paper Company of Three Rivers. He has been largely
interested for years in the asbestos industry in the Thetford Mining
district, and has a large business interest in timber limits on and near
the Lower St. Lawrence. As a public-spirited citizen he takes high rank,
having in 1916 been appointed by the Federal Government at Ottawa to the
highly responsible position of one of the three Harbor Commissioners of
his native city. He has given two of his sons to the Service of the
Empire, his eldest, Lieut. Ronald N. Pennington and his younger brother
Frank, having distinguished themselves with Canada’s “bravest” at the
front. Mr. Pennington has been married twice, first to Miss S. E. Neil,
the mother of the two lads just mentioned; and, second, Miss Mary S.
Stewart, the daughter of the late Duncan Stewart of Inverness. By the
latter he has one son and one daughter. Mr. Pennington’s mother was born
in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He is a Warden of the Anglican Cathedral
and a member of the Board of Trade, being prominent in all the public
and patriotic movements of the city.
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=MacLean, Hon. John Duncan, M.D.C.M., M.L.A.= (Victoria, B.C.), is a son
of Roderick A. MacLean and his wife, Effie Mathieson MacLean. Was born
at Culloden, P.E.I., on November 8, 1875. Educated at Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown. Taught school in British Columbia and Alberta
until 1901, when he entered McGill University, from which institution he
graduated in 1905, with the degree of M.D.C.M. with Honors in Surgery
and Pathology. Successfully practised medicine in Arizona, U.S.A.,
Rossland and Greenwood, B.C. Was a candidate for the first time in the
Liberal interests at the general Provincial Elections for the Province
of British Columbia in 1916, when he was elected for the constituency of
Greenwood, and was subsequently appointed Minister of Education and
Provincial Secretary for British Columbia, being called to the Cabinet
on the formation of the new Liberal Government after the election.
Before taking up his residence in Victoria, the capital, the Hon. Dr.
MacLean resided at Greenwood, B.C., of which municipality he was Mayor,
1914-16. He is a member of the Masonic Order, Independent Order of
Oddfellows, and Knights of Pythias, and in religion is a Presbyterian.
Married, 1911, to Mary Gertrude, daughter of Joseph Watson of Owen
Sound, Ontario, and is the father of four children—Jessie Marion,
Roderick Watson, Elizabeth, and John Angus. The Provincial Secretary is
a member of the Pacific Club of Victoria and the Greenwood at Greenwood.
He takes a lively interest in sports, and his principal recreation is
trap shooting and curling. The Minister’s ancestors were Highland Scotch
of the Isle of Skye, Inverness. His parents came to Canada in 1834,
settling in Prince Edward Island, where his father engaged in farming.
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