of the most versatile and able citizens of the Coast Province, with a
wealth of experience such as has fallen to the lot of few Canadians. He
was born at Tullamore, Peel County, Ont., on November 27, 1850, the son
of John and Margaret (McKenzie) Odlum. The father was a gentleman farmer
and a son of Capt. Odlum, one of Wellington’s officers. The subject of
this sketch was educated at the schools of Tullamore and Goderich, Ont.,
and later at Victoria University, at a time when it was located at
Cobourg, Ont. He graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1879, and
subsequently took the degrees of M.A. and Bachelor of Science. Twenty
years of his life were spent as educationist, beginning with the common
schools and rising through all grades to college work as a professor of
Classics and the Sciences. He was for some years at the head of a large
college in Tokio, Japan, and his special studies were Botany, Geology,
Ethnology, History and Prophecy. His scholastic tastes have found
expression in several important publications, including “God’s Covenant,
Man,” “A Criticism of Rev. Dr. Campbell’s New Theology,” “The Old Book
Stands,” “The Cone-shaped Holes of Bandai-San made by Falling Stones.”
In fact, he is one of the ablest defenders of the orthodox view of the
Scriptures. In 1899 he gave up his position as an educationist in Japan
and came to British Columbia, where he speedily established himself as
an important figure in financial, mining and industrial circles. He is
Manager of the business of Clapp, Anderson and Odlum, Ltd.; Director
Mercantile Mortgage Company, Ltd.; and Director of Mills Ross, Ltd.
Though active in commerce, his pen has been an active one, and much
newspaper and magazine correspondence has flowed from it in addition to
the works mentioned. Of late years he has given much study to the
ancient languages, including the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Assyrian and
Egyptian. At present, in his spare moments, he is preparing a
dictionary, alphabetically arranged, of the Assyrian and also of the
Egyptian. His recreations are gardening, travel, and writing; he is a
member of the Orange Order and the I.O.O.F.; is a Methodist and a
supporter of Union Government. He has been prominent in the municipal
affairs of Vancouver as an Alderman and has acted as Chairman of the
Finance, Fire and Light, and Police Committees of the Council. As a
youth he served for four years in the 36th Peel Battalion and saw
service in the Fenian Raid of 1866, for which he received the medal and
the Ontario Government’s land grant of 160 acres. He is a member of the
Board of the Carnegie Public Library. He was first married in May, 1878,
to Mary E., daughter of O. W. Powell, by whom he had four sons, Edward
Faraday, Victor Wentworth, Garnet McKenzie and Joseph Wellesley. Some
years after her decease he married Martha M. Thomas, Toronto, by whom he
had two sons, Arthur E. and Oswald. Brigadier-General Victor Wentworth
Odlum, of the C.E.F., has had a very distinguished career in the war.
One son was lost in the South African War and another at Ypres, April
24, 1915. Yet another son is in the 231st Highlanders.
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=Lennie, Robert Scott=, 1737 Matthews Ave., Shaughnessy Heights,
Vancouver, B.C. Barrister, of the firm of Lennie, Clark, Hooper &
O’Neill, was born at Smith’s Falls, Ont., on August 16, 1875, the son of
Rev. Robert and Catherine (Harcus) Lennie. He was educated in the
schools of Ontario, British Columbia and California. He took up his
residence in British Columbia at the age of eleven and was called to the
Bar of that province in 1898. Subsequently he took up practice at
Nelson, B.C., and continued there until 1910, first as a member of the
firm of Elliot & Lennie and then of Lennie & Wragge. He removed to
Vancouver in 1910, when his present firm was formed. Mr. Lennie has long
been active in the politics of his province and was president of the
Nelson Conservative Club from 1904 to 1910; and President of the
Kootenay District Conservative Association, having charge of the
organization in nine ridings, during the same period. While resident at
Nelson he was also elected a Bencher of the Law Society of British
Columbia and was Chairman of the British Columbia Fire Insurance
Commission, appointed by Order-in-Council, the findings of which in 1910
were the basis of important legislation. Under the Military Service Act
of 1917 he was Registrar in charge of the operations of the draft in
British Columbia. Apart from his legal practice, Mr. Lennie has
important financial interests. He is a Director of the following
corporations: Forest Mills of B.C., Ltd.; Silver Ring Mines, Ltd.;
Nugget Gold Mines, Ltd.; Colonial Trust Co., Ltd.; and New B.C. Lands,
Ltd. His recreations are golf and motoring and he is a member of the
following clubs: Vancouver, Union (Victoria), and Shaughnessy Heights
Golf, and Jericho Country Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and on
Oct. 19, 1898, married a daughter of the late Benjamin Douglas,
merchant, of New Westminster, B.C., by whom he has three children,
Robert Douglas, Gerald Scott, and Edith Beatrice Catherine.
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=Landry, Hon. David V., M.D., M.A.=, is a leading and representative
Acadian, having been born on July 14, 1866, at Memramcook, Westmorland
County, New Brunswick, the son of Vital J. Landry and Matilda D.
Cormier, both French Acadians. Educated at the local schools, and the
University of St. Joseph, N.B., graduating with the degree of M.A., and
receiving the degree of M.D. from Laval University, Montreal, in 1892.
Subsequently practised his profession at Buctouche, engaged in
agriculture and has been a practical farmer on a large scale. Was
municipal councillor for the parish of Wellington in Kent County, N.B.,
1899-1900. Elected to the Legislature of his native province
representing the County of Kent in the general elections of 1908, and
entered the Hazen Administration on the 24th of March of that year as
Commissioner for Agriculture and held the same portfolio in the Fleming
Ministry up to January 22, 1912, when he resigned and accepted the
portfolio of Provincial Secretary and Treasurer in the Clarke
Government. Hon. Dr. Landry married, October 6, Annie, daughter of Felix
Michaud, of St. Leonard, N.B., and is the father of eight children,
i.e.: Huberta, Germaine, Lionel, Anne, Rosarine, Raoul, Leopold, and
Alberta. Hon. Dr. Landry, who is a brother-in-law of Pius Michaud, M.P.
for Victoria-Madawaska, N.B., is a very public spirited citizen and
recognized as a fine speaker. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.
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=Ami, Henry M., M.A., D.Sc., F.P.S. (Can.), F.R.G.S., F.G.S.=,
consulting geologist and Palaeontologist, Ottawa, Ontario. Was born at
Belle Riviere, County of Two Mountains, north of Montreal, Que.,
November 23, 1858, the son of the Rev. Marc. Ami and Anne Giramaire. He
received his early education by private tuition, at Ottawa Public and
Grammar Schools and Ottawa Collegiate Institute, then proceeded to
McGill University, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1882;
receiving his M.A. in 1885, D.Sc. (Queen’s) in 1892, and D.Sc. (McGill)
in 1902. Mr. Ami won the Redpath Exhibition and three Macdonald
Scholarships, besides being Dawson Prizeman while an undergraduate at
McGill, and was for over twenty-nine years a member of the Technical
Staff of the Geological Survey of Canada (1882-1912), only retiring from
active government service through impaired health. He has been the
author of many government reports upon the geology, palaeontology, and
resources of the Dominion and a contributor to numerous scientific
magazines and publications. Problems relating to the geology and
stratography of the lower St. Lawrence, and of the Maritime Provinces,
have engaged his attention, while, in 1903, he was awarded the Bigsby
Gold Medal by the Geological Society of London, Eng., for his eminent
researches and results achieved, especially in the palaeozoic wells of
Canada, having definitely helped to solve the vexed problems as to the
age of large areas of carboniferous and other strata in Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and other provinces. Mr. Ami has been a Fellow of the
Geological Societies of London and Switzerland since 1885, and of
America since 1900. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Royal
Geographical Society, London, the Anthropological Society of America,
Council of the Archæological Institute of America, and a Director of the
American School of Archæology. This eminent Canadian is also a member of
the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and a corresponding member, or
member of numerous scientific societies of Canada, the United States and
Europe. He was for years Editor of the “Ottawa Naturalist,” and for some
twenty years Associate Editor of the same publication in his special
field. He studied under the late Sir William Dawson, formerly Principal
of McGill University, and later wrote a sketch of the life of his
master; in Europe he carried on researches in Graphalites under
Professor C. Capsworth, and contributed much to the Bibliography of
Canadian Geology and Palaeontology, as also on the geography of the
Dominion, in European and North American publications. Dr. Ami is a
member of the International Congress of geology and of the Congress of
Anthropology and Pre-Historic Archæology recently held in Geneva, where
he represented the Royal Society of Canada. In 1907 he represented
Canada and the Geological survey at the Centenary Celebration of the
Geological Society of London, also the Royal Society of Canada on that
occasion. In 1903 he prepared a special report on the resources of the
country along the line of the National Transcontinental Railway between
Quebec and Winnipeg, furnishing the information necessary to Parliament
in connection with the estimates for that great enterprise. Dr. Ami is
now in London completing a work on “Canada and Newfoundland,” to form
part of the Compendium of Geography and Travel, Vol. 1, North America,
to be published shortly by Edward Stamford, Esq., F.R.S.S., geographer
to H.M. the King. Since his retirement from Government service he has
travelled in Europe, Asia and Africa, visited Algeria, Egypt, Palestine,
Turkey and Greece, paying some attention to geological and archæological
questions of interest as his health allowed. Dr. Ami married Clarissa
Jane, eldest daughter of the late G. B. Burland, for many years
President of the British American Bank Note Company, and has one
daughter, Marguerite Ami. He is a member of the Rideau Club, Ottawa;
Golf and Country Club, Ottawa; Hunt Club; Royal Societies’ Club;
Author’s Club, and Royal Colonial Institute, London, Eng. His amusements
are, skating, golf, anthropological and geological excursions and
photography. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and independent
in politics.
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=Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars= (Edmonton, Alberta). A genuinely British
Canadian is His Honor George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, of Edmonton, Alberta,
Chairman of the Board of Public Utilities Commission for the Province of
Alberta. Mr. Bulyea is the son of James Albert Bulyea and Jane Blizzard,
both of United Empire Loyalist descent, and was born, February 17, 1859,
at Gagetown, Queen’s Co., New Brunswick. His father was a farmer and Mr.
Bulyea was no exception to the rule that farmers’ sons have brilliant
careers. Beginning his education at the grammar school, he graduated
from the University of New Brunswick in 1875, received his honorary
LL.D. degree in 1910 and his honorary LL.D. from the University of
Alberta in 1908. In 1885, he married Annie Blanche, daughter of Robert
T. Babbit, Registrar of Deeds, Gagetown, N.B. Their only child, Percy,
died in February, 1901. Mr. Bulyea is a Baptist in religion, a member of
the Edmonton Club, but has had very little time for recreation in the
manifold duties of his exacting political career. He was elected a
member of the North-West Council at the general territorial election,
1894. In 1897 he accepted office as a non-resident member of the
Haultain-Ross Executive Council, formed October 1, 1897. In January,
1898, he became Yukon Commissioner for the territorial government and
from 1898 to 1903 was Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary.
From 1903 to 1905 he was Minister of Public Works, and in 1905 he became
the first Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, a position he filled with
distinction until 1915, when he accepted his present appointment as
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission.
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=Higinbotham, John D., J.P.=, 620 12th Street, Lethbridge, Alberta, is a
son of Lieut.-Col. Nathaniel Higinbotham, formerly Member for North
Wellington (Ontario) in the House of Commons, and Margaret (Allan)
Higinbotham. His grandfather was David Allan, Esq., a prominent citizen
of Guelph, Ont., and his father after his retirement from politics,
became Registrar of Wellington County. The subject of this sketch was
born at Guelph, November 23, 1864, and was educated at the Guelph
Academy and the Guelph Collegiate Institute, Dr. Tassie’s famous school
at Galt, Ont., and the Ontario College of Pharmacy, Toronto. In 1884 he
went to Lethbridge and founded the wholesale and retail business as
chemist and druggist, which still bears his name. Growing up with the
city and province he has held a great many important offices. He was
postmaster of Lethbridge from 1886 to 1910 and is also a Juvenile
Commissioner for Alberta, a Senator of Alberta University, a Governor of
Alberta Ladies’ College, and has also been Chairman of the Lethbridge
School Board, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, President of the
Citizens’ League, President of the Alberta Pharmaceutical Association,
President of the Alberta Sunday School Association and Director of the
Y.M.C.A. He is a Presbyterian and in 1885, when but 21, organized Knox
Church Sunday School in Lethbridge and has been its superintendent
continuously from that day to this. He is a man of scholarly tastes and
has contributed articles to “The Week,” founded by Goldwin Smith;
“Grip,” the once famous comic weekly, and the “Westminster Magazine.” He
is an antiquarian, traveller and art connoisseur, and his outdoor
recreations include lawn tennis, golf and cricket. He is President of
the Lethbridge Lawn Tennis Club and a member of the Aquatic and Country
Clubs. He is a supporter of Union Government and a member of the North
Star Lodge A.F. & A.M., having been District Deputy Grand Master in
1897. In 1899 he married Anna, daughter of Rev. R. Torrance, D.D., of
Guelph, Ont., Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly. His
children are: Lieut. Harold Torrance, of the 13th Battalion (b. 1894);
Norman Lindsay (1900), a student of McGill University, Montreal; Helen
Phyllis, B.A. (Toronto) and R.N. (John Hopkins, Baltimore) (1890);
Marjorie (1899), of Havergal Ladies’ College, Toronto; and Mary Mewburn
and Muriel Dryden (twins, 1904).
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=Anderson, Prof. George R.=, University of Toronto, was born in the
Shetland Islands, Scotland, the son of an artisan, who died while he was
an infant. Coming to Canada at an early age he was educated at Seaforth
High School in Huron County, Ontario, and on matriculating at the
University of Toronto, entered on what was to prove a brilliant
scholastic career. He graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1893, taking
honors in mathematics and physics, and received that of M.A. in the same
institution, 1899. In 1905 Harvard University conferred on him the
degree of A.M. At present he is a member of the Science faculty of the
University of Toronto and is professor in charge of the Department of
Engineering Physics, and is also in charge of the Physics section, at
the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. He has contributed
extensively to scientific journals. His chief recreations are boating
and fishing. He is secretary and a member of the Board of Directors of
the Madawaska Club, which has its headquarters at Go-Home Bay, in the
Georgian Bay District, where Prof. Anderson has a summer home. In
religion he is a Presbyterian and was married in 1901 to Margaret,
daughter of D. D. Wilson, merchant, of Seaforth, Ont.
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=Wade, Mark Sweeten, M.D.=, 37 St. Paul St., Kamloops, B.C., was born at
Sunderland, Durham County, England, on November 23, 1858, the son of
Samuel John and Mary (Sweeten) Wade. The father was a merchant and the
subject of this sketch was educated at Gainford School, England, and at
Anderson’s College, University of Glasgow, from which he graduated in
1882, with the degree of M.D. He first paid a visit to Canada in 1881
and resolved to make his home in British Columbia, where he settled in
1883, practising first at New Westminster. In 1884 he was appointed a
surgeon in connection with C.P.R. construction and continued in the
service for a year. From 1885 to 1889 he practised at Clinton, in the
interior of British Columbia, and in the latter year removed to
Victoria, where he remained until 1895, finally establishing himself at
Kamloops where he added journalism to his professional attainments. He
became editor of the “Inland Sentinel” of that town, and also editorial
writer on the Nelson “News.” In 1904 he purchased the “Sentinel,” and
continued to conduct it until 1912. He now holds the position of Judge
of the Small Debts Court and Police Magistrate at Kamloops, offices for
which his intimate knowledge of British Columbia and its people
eminently fit him. He is also an ex-Coroner, ex-President of the Board
of Trade, and ex-President of the Liberal Association. He has been very
active with his pen and has published a monograph, “The Founding of
Kamloops,” and a book, “The Thompson Country,” as well as articles in
“The Fortnightly Review,” “To-day,” “Canadian Courier,” “Canadian
Magazine” and the Vancouver “Province.” His recreations are motor
boating and photography. He is an Anglican in religion and a Liberal in
politics. On March 10, 1886, he married Emma M., daughter of James B.
Uren, a stockraiser, of Savona, B.C., and Cornwall, England, and has two
sons, Mark Leighton, born 1889, and Daryl Frederick, born 1892.
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=Asselin, Olivar, Major= (Montreal, Que.), one of the most widely known
of French-Canadian writers and publicists, was born at Malbay,
Charlevoix, Quebec, on November 8, 1874, the son of the late Ricule and
Cedulle (Tremblay) Asselin. He was educated at Rimouski College and
later became Principal of the Evening School for French-Canadians at
Woonsocket, R.I. While a resident of the United States he was a frequent
contributor to the newspapers and shortly after his return to Canada in
1898, was appointed City Editor of “La Presse,” a post he resigned to
become private secretary to Sir Lomer Gouin, Prime Minister of Quebec,
filling this position from 1901 to 1903. In 1902 he founded the
Nationalist League of Quebec and became President of the Montreal
Branch, and in 1904 he re-entered journalism by founding “Le
Nationaliste,” of which he became editor. His articles in this and other
publications excited widespread attention in Canada, notably his
brochures, “Feuilles de Combat” and “A Quebec View of Canadian
Nationalism.” Mr. Asselin was always a man of military enthusiasm and in
1898 served for a time as a private with the U.S. Army in Cuba, during
the Spanish-American War. When war broke out between Germany and the
Entente powers, in 1914, he threw himself heartily into the cause of
France and Great Britain and helped to organize the 22nd Battalion
(French-Canadians), which has had a glorious record in France, and in
which he holds the rank of Major. His own service has been marked by
great sacrifice and personal bravery, and he is generally regarded as
one of the coming men in French Canada. On August 3, 1902, he married
Alice, daughter of Charles LeBoutillier, Gaspé Basin, and has three
children, Jean, Paul and Pierre. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.
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=Ballantyne, James.= That Ottawa East is now a portion of Ottawa City,
is largely due to the efforts of Mr. James Ballantyne, Justice of the
Peace, who, when Ottawa East was a village, was the most active,
efficient and prominent man in the vicinity. It was he, as one of its
public men, who looked after the finances, who was active in placing the
water works system on a paying basis, and to whom credit is due for the
many improvements that were made in its streets, roadways, parks, and
other general matters. He took good care of the baby settlement, watched
and guarded the progress, and succeeded in having it become annexed to
the city of Ottawa; and now, in his advanced years, he sits contentedly
in his home and views with delight the rapid progress that is being made
in the erection of buildings, the handsomely paved streets and the
increase in population. Mr. James Ballantyne is a member of the firm of
J. & T. Ballantyne, Coal Merchants, 80 Elgin St., Ottawa. He is the son
of Francis and Marion (Nichol) Ballantyne, and was born at New
Castleton, Scotland, May 9, 1835. He was educated at the Public and High
Schools, and at Queen’s College, Kingston. He started in business with
J. & T. Ballantyne, manufacturers of woodenware in Ottawa in 1863, and
in 1890 established the present firm of J. & T. Ballantyne, Coal
Merchants. At one time he was Manager and Director of the Ottawa East
Water Co., was a member of the County Council for nine years, and
Secretary-Treasurer of the Ottawa East Public Schools for fifteen years.
In 1862 Mr. Ballantyne married Mary Foster, daughter of Adam Foster, of
Cumberland, England. Two sons and two daughters have blessed the union.
Mr. Ballantyne is a Protestant in religion, a Liberal in politics, and
he resides at 54 Main Street, Ottawa East, Canada.
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=Hudson, Hon. Albert Blellock, LL.B., K.C.=, Attorney-General and
Minister of Telephones and Telegraphs in the government of Manitoba, was
born at Pembroke, Ont., on August 21, 1875, the son of Albert and
Elizabeth Hudson. His parents removing to Manitoba, he was educated at
Portage la Prairie and Manitoba University, Winnipeg, where he took the
degree of LL.B. He was called to the Bar in 1899, and commenced practice
in Winnipeg, where his forensic abilities soon attracted attention. He
is a Bencher of the Law Society and was appointed K.C. in 1914. In that
year he successfully contested South Winnipeg for the Manitoba
Legislature as a Liberal candidate and was re-elected in 1915, in the
contest that resulted in the defeat of the Roblin administration. When
Hon. Mr. Norris was called on to form a government he invited Mr. Hudson
to become Attorney-General, a post he has held ever since, discharging
also the important duties in connection with public control of
telephones and telegraphs. As Attorney-General he had much to do with
the cleaning up of political conditions which had become a public
scandal. He is a member of the Manitoba, Winnipeg Golf and Assiniboia
Curling Clubs, and is a Presbyterian in religion. In 1908 he married
Mary B., daughter of the late William Russell, Crown Timber Agent,
Pembroke, Ont., and resides at 208 Dromore Ave., Winnipeg.
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=Carson, Hugh=, is one of Ottawa’s most successful merchants and his
firm—Hugh Carson Company, Limited—has a successful branch at Brandon,
Manitoba. Starting out in 1886, at Shelburne, Ontario, as a
harness-maker, in 1890 he went to Ottawa and became connected with the
well known firm of S. & H. Borbridge, Trunk and Harness Manufacturers,
Rideau St. Three years later, in 1893, he went into business for himself
and established a large trade. In 1900 he was burned out, but in 1904,
having secured his present commodious premises, corner Elgin and Queen
Sts., he opened up on a larger scale than ever and the business has
grown to such vast dimensions that orders from all over Canada, and,
since the war began, from Europe, have compelled the engagement of
hundreds of extra hands to cope with the situation. Mr. Carson is
President and Managing Director of the Hugh Carson Company, Limited,
Manufacturers of Harness, Trunks and Valises, 47 Elgin St., Ottawa, and
a director of the following companies: Ottawa Dairy Company; Ottawa
Bakeries, Limited; Laurentian Realty Company, Limited; Canada
Turpentine, Limited; and Ottawa Cartage Company, Limited. He was born at
Orangeville, Ontario, February 8, 1868, and is the son of Gilbert and
Ellen (Little) Carson. For years he was Quartermaster of the 5th
Princess Louise Dragoon Guards and is now Captain. He has been prominent
in all kinds of sports and has been a leading figure in rowing,
yachting, lacrosse, curling and hockey contests. Mr. Carson is a member
of the Laurentian, the Ottawa Hunt, Rivermead Golf, Jovial Fish and Game
and Ottawa Motor Boat Clubs. From 1890 to 1898 he was captain of the
Capital Lacrosse Club, which held the championship for that period. Mr.
Carson attends the Presbyterian Church. His residence is 324 Cooper
Street, Ottawa.
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=Woods, Lieutenant-Colonel James W.= (Ottawa, Ont.). Born at Kildare,
Que., April 10th, 1863, son of Russel Woods, a successful farmer and
lumberman, whose ancestors were from Kildare, Ireland, and Anne J.
(Davis) Woods, of Canadian parentage, she being born at Longueuil,
Montreal. Educated at private schools and Montreal College. At an early
age entered service of Rankin, Beattie & Co., Montreal, later served
with A. W. Ogilvie & Company, three years; next associated himself with
Hodgson, Summer & Co., Montreal. Established business on his own
account, 1895, and by his own effort and ability has built up the
largest and most successful contractors’ and lumbermen’s supply house in
Canada. This progressive concern, now known as Woods Mfg. Co., occupies
a large factory, covering many acres, at Hull, Que. Besides constructing
this plant he is also the builder of and owner of the Woods Building,
now occupied by the Government and housing the Militia Department, also
the Canadian building adjoining the same, as well as the Roxborough
Apartments building. All of these splendid structures are of stone and
modern in every respect. Woods Ltd., and Smart-Bag were merged as
Smart-Woods Limited (the name being changed in 1918 to Woods Mfg. Co.,
Ltd.) with Colonel Woods as President, Jan. 1, 1913, with factories at
Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Ottawa. Mr. Woods is one of the most
active and progressive manufacturers, and a most substantial
public-spirited and patriotic citizen of the Dominion of Canada. Is
Vice-President, Canadian Manufacturers Association; President, Ashbury
College, Rockliffe; and numerous other corporations. President, Ottawa
Board of Trade, 1907-8, and was active in promoting the welfare of
Ottawa. Chairman of Citizens’ Committee of Finance that raised a fund of
$200,000 for the Y. M. C. A. of Ottawa, and one of the most active
members of that body. President, Carleton General Protestant Hospital;
President, Woods Mfg. Co., Ltd., largest contractors and Lumbermen’s
Supply House in Canada; President, Imperial Realty Co.; President,
Ottawa Uplands, Ltd.; President, Elgin Realty Co.; President, Empire
Cotton Mills, Ltd., Welland; Lieut.-Colonel of Governor-General’s Foot
Guards. Was elected an honorary member of famous Guards’ Club, London,
England, during the time—1909, 1910—he was attached to the Coldstream
Guards, England’s most exclusive military body. Is permanent Chairman of
Finance of the Earl Grey Musical and Dramatic Competition, which is held
in various parts of the Dominion for the purpose of promoting the higher
forms of musical and dramatic art. Is a great lover of art, and has in
his collection at Kildare House, Ottawa, examples of most of the
Barbazon and Dutch schools of art—such men as Corot, Jacques, Daumier,
Mauve, Israels, L’Hermith, Harupignies, etc. Married Ida E. Edwards,
daughter of John C. Edwards, Ottawa, Oct. 18, 1893, and has three sons
and two daughters. The eldest son, Captain J. R. Woods, was the first
colonial to secure a commission in the household Brigade. He was killed
in action in the Great War in the battle of the Somme on the 16th of
September, 1916, receiving honorable mention in the despatches and made
a captain on the field before he was twenty-one years of age. Captain
Woods went through many notable engagements and was on active service
for nineteen months before he met his death so gallantly on the field.
Lieutenant-Colonel Woods belongs to the following Clubs: Ottawa Hunt
(was its first president, H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught being Honorary
President); Rideau Club; Country Club; Mount Royal (Montreal); Toronto
(Toronto); Manitoba (Winnipeg); York Club, Toronto; Windham, London
(Eng.); and numerous others. He is Vice-President of the Red Cross;
President of the British Sailors’ Relief Fund and President of Finance
of the Patriotic Fund. He is a member of the Church of England and
Independent in politics. His principal recreations are golf, fishing and
riding. He has a beautiful summer residence known as “Kildare Lodge,”
St. Patrick, on the lower St. Lawrence.
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=Harrison, Nathaniel Isles=, Principal Willis Business College, 139½
Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario, was born in Pembroke, Ont., July 13,
1877. He is the son of John and Margaret (Isles) Harrison, and was
educated at the Public and High Schools in Pembroke and Renfrew Model
School. He taught school in Renfrew County from 1896 to 1898, when he
engaged in the lumber business in the Ottawa Valley, where he remained
until 1902. In 1903 he accepted a position as teacher in Willis Business
College, and left in 1904 to become Chief Accountant for J. Oliver &
Sons, Ottawa’s extensive furniture manufacturers. In 1906 he went to
British Columbia and became Secretary and Business Manager of the
Cranbrook Electric Light Company, Limited; the Water Supply Company,
Limited, and the Kootenay Telephone Lines, Limited, resigning from
office in 1910, he branched out as auditor, Accountant and liquidator on
his own account, at which he remained until 1912, when he returned to
Ottawa. In June, 1913, he purchased the Willis Business College, of
which he is now President. On January 20, 1908, Mr. Harrison married
Helena Scott, daughter of David Scott, Merrickville, Ontario. He has one
son and two daughters. He is a member of the Canadian Club, Glebe
Curling Club and Kiwanis Club, the Business Men’s Club, and of the A.F.
& A.M. society. In religion he is a Methodist. He is an ardent canoeist.
His recreations are hunting, fishing, curling, canoeing. His address is
131 Sunnyside Avenue, Ottawa.
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=Berthiaume, Arthur= (Montreal), one of the best known of
French-Canadian publicists and who holds the position of President and
Managing Director of “La Presse,” the most widely circulated newspaper
published in Canada in either the French or English language, was born
in Montreal on April 10, 1874. He is the son of the Hon. Treffle and
Hermina (Gadbois) Berthiaume. He was educated at the Ste. Hyacinthe
Seminary, St. Laurent College and Laval University, where he graduated
with the usual degrees. His father designed him for the Bar and he read
law with Beaudin, Cardinal & Loranger of Montreal. He was called to the
Bar of the province of Quebec in 1906 and for a time practised his
profession as a member of the firm of Beaulieu & Berthiaume. At the same
time he has been connected with “La Presse,” of which Hon. Treffle
Berthiaume was President, his connection having begun in 1900 when the
property changed ownership. In 1906 the subject of this sketch was
appointed General Manager of the newspaper, and in 1915 on the death of
his father succeeded to the Presidency, abandoning the practice of law
to devote his whole attention to “La Presse.” Great as was its position
and influence previously these factors have been greatly extended under
his fostering care. Not only is it the most widely circulated and
influential of French language newspapers in Canada but it has a very
wide following among the many French-Canadians settled in the New
England States. These fields combined give “La Presse” the premier
position in the Canadian newspaper field in the matter of circulation.
The wise and moderate conduct of its columns also give its editorial
utterances great weight with all classes of the community. In politics
Mr. Berthiaume is an Independent and in religion a Roman Catholic. He is
a well known social figure in Montreal and is a member of the following
clubs: St. Denis, Chapleau, National, Athletique Canadien, Automobile
(Director) and Engineers. On September 2, 1902, he married Blanche,
daughter of Nazaire Bourgoin, Montreal and has three sons and one
daughter. His residence is at 197 St. Catherine Road, Outremont,
Montreal.
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=Galbraith, Walter Stuart, M.D., C.M.= (Lethbridge), one of the most
prominent physicians of Alberta, was born at Guelph, Ont., August 1,
1866, the son of the late Francis William and Jane Elizabeth Galbraith.
The father was a well known merchant of that city, and Dr. Galbraith was
educated at the Public and High Schools of Guelph, and went to Alberta
in 1891. Subsequently he entered McGill University, Montreal, from which
he graduated with the above degrees in 1899. He at once commenced
practise in Lethbridge as a member of the firm of Mewburn & Galbraith,
but since 1907 has practised alone and includes among his many
professional activities those of surgeon of the Galt mines. His high
standing among his fellow practitioners was signalized by his election
as President of the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Alberta in 1917; and he has been a Senator of the University of Alberta
since the incorporation of that institution. Dr. Galbraith has also
played a prominent part in municipal affairs, was Mayor of Lethbridge in
1907, and has been a member of the Public School Board for nine years,
holding the post of Chairman in 1912. He is President of the Bow River
Collieries, Ltd., and a Director of the British Canadian Trust Co., Ltd.
In religion he is a Methodist, and is a supporter of Union government;
is a member of the A.F. & A.M. and the Canadian Order of Foresters. He
also belongs to the Chinook Club, Lethbridge, and his recreation is
motoring. On August 6, 1901, he married Matilda S., daughter of Oliver
Gallinger, a farmer of Mediva, Ont., and has four children, Ruth
Eleanor, Francis Oliver, Jean Alexandra and Aileen Stuart (deceased).
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=Laidlaw, Lorne Nelson=, Barrister, Medicine Hat, Alberta, was born at
Kitchener (then Berlin), Ont., on February 6, 1882, and his parents
subsequently moving to Manitoba, he was educated at Brandon Collegiate
Institute and Brandon College. He was called to the Manitoba Bar 1908,
and practised at Brandon, 1908-10. In 1911 he went to Medicine Hat and
formed the legal firm of Laidlaw & Branchard. Both as a lawyer and a
business man he quickly achieved a prominent place in the community and
in 1914 was elected President of the Medicine Hat Board of Trade. In
religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Liberal; is a member of
the Knights of Pythias and of the Cypress Club, Medicine Hat. His
recreations are motoring and shooting. On December 7, 1910, he married
May, the daughter of the late Robert Hall, of Brandon, and has two
children.
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=Wilson, Henry George Wilberforce, K.C.= (Indian Head, Sask.), Barrister
and Solicitor, was born at Arnprior, Ont., on March 31, 1873, the son of
George and Mary Cecilia Wilson. His father was a merchant, and he was
educated at Almonte High School, and later qualified for the law at
Osgoode Hall, Toronto, where he graduated in 1897. He first practised at
Renfrew, Ont., as a member of the firm of Craig and Wilson, but went to
Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in 1900, where he not only engaged in his own
profession but took up farming on an extensive scale. He is in fact one
of the great agricultural leaders of his province, for he owns and
personally farms 2,060 acres in the Indian Head district. These
interests have not prevented him from building up a large legal
practice. He was appointed King’s Counsel on December 31, 1913, is
solicitor for the Town of Indian Head, and also for the rural
municipality of the same name; solicitor for the Bank of Montreal and
the Union Trust Co., Ltd., and also a member of the High School Board of
his town. He belongs to the Masonic Order, to the Indian Head and Union
Clubs, Indian Head, and the Assiniboia Club, Regina. His chief
recreation is motoring. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in
politics a Liberal. On June 21, 1910, he married Elizabeth Cameron,
daughter of Mr. A. H. Edwards, lumber merchant, of Carleton Place, Ont.
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=Baskerville, William Joseph=, is the son of George Baskerville by his
wife, Mary McDonnell, and was born at Townland, Ballyrushen, Tipperary,
Ireland, October 2nd, 1843. His father was the son of Benjamin
Baskerville, who was descended from an old Norman family which settled
in Ireland about the time of William the Conqueror, in 1066. The family
records were unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1858 and included a
great deal of matter that would have been of interest to the public. His
father, George Baskerville adopted the calling of a farmer in Ireland,
but in 1847 concluded to come to Canada. In the summer of that year he
landed in Bytown, now Ottawa, and engaged in the trading and grocery
business. In the fire of 1858 they lost all their household effects, as
well as whatever savings they had accumulated, and having no insurance,
the family had to start anew in life, and at the time of their father’s
death, in 1875, they were again in comfortable circumstances. Their
mother died in 1867. They had nine of a family. The subject of this
sketch, William Joseph Baskerville, was the fifth son. He received his
early education in the common schools, and later at Ottawa College, now
the University of Ottawa. In 1870 he formed a partnership with his
brothers, Patrick and George, under the firm name and style of P.
Baskerville & Bros., carrying on a retail grocery and liquor business
until the year 1880, when they discontinued the retail, and carried on a
wholesale business only. The business was carried on until the year
1904, when his two brothers having predeceased him, he retired. Since
that he has been engaged in real estate, stocks, and bonds and building
operations. In the year 1880, although still a partner in the firm of P.
Baskerville & Bros., he engaged in the contracting business, along with
James O’Connor and Patrick Cassidy. They were the successful bidders for
the Locks at Saint Anne’s de Bellevue, which work they completed in
1884. He was always a keen admirer of good sport, particularly lacrosse,
and was a Director of the Capital Lacrosse Club from 1892, the year of
their amalgamation with the Ottawas, until 1898. He was also a Director
of the Capital Athletic Association until 1901. He is a shareholder in
the Ottawa Electric Railway, the Ottawa Car Company, Rideau Townsite
Company, Nipissing Mining Company, Mining Corporation of Canada, the
Bytown and Aylmer Union Company, the Northern Life Insurance Company,
the Moose Jaw Electric Railway, the Southern Canada Power Company, Ltd.,
the Canada Cement Company, the Rosemont Realty Company, the British
Columbia Permanent Loan, and is director of the Ottawa Electric Light
Company, the Moose Jaw Electric Railway, the Rideau Townsite Company and
the Rosemont Realty Company. Mr. Baskerville is a Roman Catholic, and in
politics a Liberal-Conservative. He resides at 236 Stewart Street, cor.
Stewart and Chapel Streets, Ottawa, Ontario.
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=Godfrey, Oswald Julius= (Indian Head, Sask.), Chartered Accountant, was
born at Sedbergh, Yorks, England, on October 7, 1875, the son of Robert
and Margaret Godfrey. His great-grandfather was Julius Cæsar Ibbetson, a
leading painter of the latter years of the eighteenth century, and his
grandfather was Rev. Isaac Green, known to annalists as the closest
friend of the family whose most celebrated member was Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, the poet. His father was a civil engineer by profession and
he was educated at King Edward the Sixth’s School at Birmingham,
England, and later had a thorough training in all branches of
accountancy. He came to Canada in 1903, locating first at Qu’Appelle,
Sask., and later founded the firm now known as Godfrey, Heathcote &
Nicholl, Chartered Accountants, with offices at Indian Head, Medicine
Hat and Prince Albert. Mr. Godfrey is known as an expert throughout
Canada, and was President of the Dominion Association of Chartered
Accountants, 1915-16, and of the Saskatchewan Institute of Chartered
Accountants 1912-13-14. He was also President of the Saskatchewan Union
of Municipalities for three years, 1915-16-17. On the practice and
theory of his profession Mr. Godfrey has written many important
treatises. His published work, “Municipal Finance and Accounting” has
been especially valuable as a text book for the guidance of the growing
municipalities of the West. His recreations are cricket, motoring and
gardening, and he is a member of the Canada Club, Regina, and the Union
Club, Indian Head. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., and in religion an
Anglican. On July 17, 1905, he married Cecile Maud, daughter of Robert
Challoner, Warwick, England, and is the father of three boys and two
girls.
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=Wright, George= (Toronto), is one of the most widely known of
Canadians, not merely in the hotel trade, with which he is especially
identified, but in business circles generally. He was born in Glasgow,
Scotland, November 19, 1866, the son of William Wright of Barrhead and
Elizabeth (McFayden) Wright of Islay, Scotland, and educated in the
public schools of his native city. At the age of 12 he joined the
British Navy, and at 19 entered the merchant marine as an ordinary
seaman, serving on various seas. He came to Canada from Japan in 1887,
settling at Vancouver, which remained his headquarters for six years,
during which he served as steward with the C.P.R. Coast and Hotel
Service. In 1893 he went to Winnipeg and was there engaged with the
C.P.R., first in the news department and later with the dining car
service until 1900. From 1901 to 1904 he was in charge of the C.P.R.
dining station service at Brandon, Man., which he developed to a high
point of efficiency; and also conducted hotels on his own account at
Macleod, Alta., and Oak Lake, Man. In 1904 he purchased the Hotel
Brunswick, Winnipeg, which he conducted for nearly two years; and in
1905 purchased the Walker House, Toronto, which has ever since been one
of his properties. Later he acquired a large interest in the Grand Union
Hotel, Toronto, and changed its name to the Carls-Rite. Mr. Wright in
addition to conducting the Walker House is Secretary-Treasurer of the
Hotel Carls-Rite Co., Ltd.; President of Wright-Carroll Investments,
Ltd., and Vice-President of Carroll-Wilson, Ltd., Edmonton, Alta. In the
last week of December, 1918, he was elected Vice-President of the
American and Canadian Hotel Keepers Association of the United States and
Canada for the fourth consecutive year. He is also a director of the
Peterson Lake Mining Co., Ltd. Mr. Wright has of late years taken an
active part in public affairs. He was the promoter of the First
Municipal Year Book in Toronto. When in July of 1918 several hundred of
the civic employees of Toronto went on strike he was appointed by the
Ontario Government one of the Royal Commission to inquire into the
grievances and settle the dispute, and was largely effective in reaching
an amicable solution of the difficulty. He also served as a member of
the Canada Food Board from 1917 until the close of the war, and was
able, because of his great practical experience, to render the cause of
food conservation signal service. In 1918 he was appointed a Member of
the Hydro-Electric Commission, a most important executive office. He is
a Conservative in politics and a Presbyterian in religion, and belongs
to the following organizations: Canadian Red Cross (life member),
Overseas Club (life), Navy League (life), St. Andrew’s Society (life),
Caledonia Society (life), Y.M.C.A., Board of Trade, Scarboro Golf,
Toronto Swimming Club (life), and Caer Howell Bowling Club (life). On
March 3, 1897, he married Jessie Oswald, daughter of George Motion of
Nelson, B.C., and has two children, Oswald George, and Jessie Ellen.
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=Mackie, George D.=, City Commissioner (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan), was
born at Perth, Scotland, on March 8, 1878, son of James and Jane Mackie.
Educated at the Perth Academy and the Glasgow Technical College,
Scotland, where he had a distinguished career, obtaining several
degrees. Mr. Mackie was married on September 3, 1902, to the daughter of
John Carnegie, of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the father of two children,
Douglas and Victor. Prior to coming to Canada, he was Engineer at
Crieff, Scotland, 1900-05; Water Works Engineer of Clydebank Water
Trust, Scotland, 1905-09; The Galt Engineering Company of Winnipeg,
1910-12; City Engineer at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 1913-14, when he
assumed his present position of City Commissioner of Moose Jaw,
Saskatchewan. Mr. Mackie is a Presbyterian in religion, and a member of
the Prairie Club of Moose Jaw.
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=Payne, Francis Freeman= (Nelson, B.C.), one of the best known newspaper
men of British Columbia, is a native of Worcestershire, England, where
he was born November 8, 1888, the son of E. R. and Helen Freeman Payne.
He was educated privately and at Bromyard Residential School, and as a
very young man decided to come to America, finally settling in the
growing centre of Nelson, B.C., and later becoming manager of the “Daily
News,” the leading publication of that town, which serves a widely
extended territory. Mr. Payne is widely popular in his district and a
keen, progressive young journalist. On August 2, 1910, he married Ruby
Virginia, daughter of Mr. J. Irving, San Francisco, Cal.
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=Chauvin, Hon. T. Hector=, Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec
Province, was born at Terrebonne, Que., on October 9, 1862, the son of
Adolphe Chauvin, merchant, and Luce Limoges, his wife. He was educated
at Montreal College and Laval University and qualified for the Bar,
reading law with the firm of Lacoste, Globensky, Baisillon and Brosseau,
Montreal. On being called to the Bar in 1887, he entered the firm of
Brooke, Chauvin & Devlin, of Hull, Quebec. He was defeated as
Conservative candidate for Labelle in 1908, and a few years later was
appointed to his present position. In September, 1887, he married
Henriette, daughter of Napoleon and Azelie (Papineau) Bourassa, and has
five children, Adine (wife of Mr. W. Shanks), Françoise, Gustave,
Marguerite and Henri. He is a Roman Catholic and resides at 103
Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal.
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=Hopkins, Arthur George, D.V.M., B.S.A., B.Agr.= (Surbiton,
Saskatchewan), is one of the great agricultural leaders of that province
and farms 900 acres of his own. He is also a widely-known expert in
veterinary science. He was born in London, Eng., March 9, 1869, the son
of the late George and Sarah (Fairall) Hopkins. His father was
Superintendent of the Foreign Branch, General Post Office, London, and
G. Lionel Hopkins, Provincial Auditor for Saskatchewan, is a brother. He
was educated at St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, S.W., Eng.; Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont.; Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto;
Iowa State College, Ames, Ia.; and University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wis. He came to Canada in 1885, as a farm pupil with John Gardhouse &
Sons, Weston, Ont., and went to Manitoba in 1891, where he was in
business at Hartney and Neepawa, prior to locating on his present farm.
He has held many important professional positions at various times. He
was assistant in animal husbandry at the College of Agriculture,
University of Wisconsin, 1889-1901; Editor, “Farmer’s Advocate,”
Winnipeg, 1901-2, and later, in 1904-5-6; was Veterinary Quarantine
Officer for Canada in Great Britain, 1902; Chief Veterinary Inspector
for the Dominion Government, in British Columbia, 1903; and
Saskatchewan, 1908-10. In 1912 he filled the position of Reeve of
Fertile Valley, No. 285, Saskatchewan. He is also the author of
“Veterinary Elements,” a valuable handbook for students and farmers,
which has run through two editions. As a stock breeder he specializes in
Shire horses, Shorthorn cattle and Yorkshire swine. On Shorthorns he is
a well-known authority and has done considerable judging at Stock Shows,
and has also lectured at Farmers’ Institutes and at the University of
Saskatchewan on agricultural subjects. He at one time served in the 45th
Battalion under Col. (now Gen. Sir) Sam Hughes, and holds a commission
as Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. He is an Anglican,
a Liberal, a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and the Saskatchewan
Grain Growers’ Association. He married first (1894) Ellen M. Dewar
(deceased), by whom he had one daughter, Dorothy M.; secondly (1899),
Jean S. Habkirk (deceased), by whom he had Leonard P. and Gladys Ellen
(twins), and George Edward; thirdly (1908), Edith Sealy Jones, by whom
he had five children, Phyllis, Margery, Geoffrey, Audrey and Betty.
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=Taylor, Hon. George Edward= (Moose Jaw, Sask.), was born near the City
of Winnipeg, Man., December 27, 1878, his parents being George and Mary
A. Taylor, of New Liskeard, Ont. Educated at London, Ont., and Osgoode
Hall, Toronto. Called to the Bar in 1902, created K.C. for the Province
of Saskatchewan, 1913, and appointed Judge of the King’s Bench, Sask.,
on March 2, 1918. Judge Taylor married Mabel Cecilia Ryan, daughter of
the late Charles F. Ryan, on January 1, 1904. He is the father of the
following children: Mabel Cecilia Moore, George Edward S., Glendolen and
Dorothy. His Lordship is a member of the Prairie Club of Moose Jaw and
the Assiniboia of Regina. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He finds
recreation in golf and motoring. Thomas W. Taylor, ex-M.P.P., of
Winnipeg, is an uncle.
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=Cross, Alexander S. G.=, 369 Metcalfe Ave., Westmount, Que., is a
Justice of the King’s Bench for Quebec and was born at Ormstown in that
province, on August 12, 1858. His father was George Cross, a yeoman, and
his mother, prior to her marriage, Miss Barbara Brodie. He was educated
at Stoney Creek High School, Huntingdon Academy and McGill University.
From the latter institution he graduated in Arts in 1879, and in Law in
1881, and holds the degrees of B.A. and B.C.L. He is a prominent member
of the University Club, Montreal, and his chief recreation is
agriculture. He is a Protestant in religion and was married in 1898 to
Anna M., daughter of Mr. James J. Buchanan, yeoman, of Dundee, Que. He
has one son, George E. Cross, born March 14, 1899.
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=Campbell, Donald Grant, M.D.=, one of the leading physicians of
Montreal, was born in that city on April 21, 1883, the son of Rev.
Robert Campbell, D.D., one of the most widely known of Canadian
clergymen. His mother’s maiden name was Margaret Macdonell. He was
educated in Montreal High School and later entered McGill University,
where he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1904. Deciding to follow
medicine, he remained another four years at the institution, achieving
the degree of M.D.C.M. in 1908. Ever since he has practised in his
native city and during the war has held a position in the Army Medical
Corps, with the rank of Captain. He was married on April 13, 1914, to
Sophie Edith, daughter of Albert Field, M.D., a well-known physician of
Barbadoes, British West Indies. Like his father, Dr. Campbell is a
Presbyterian in religion and in politics is a Conservative. He resides
at 755 Shuter St., Montreal.
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=Cassils, Charles=, 118 Notre Dame St. West, Montreal, one of the
prominent capitalists of that city, was born at Renton, Dumbartonshire,
Scotland, on June 16, 1841, the son of John and Margaret (Murray)
Cassils. After a sound education in his native country he entered the
Glasgow Iron Office in 1853, and after twenty years’ experience in the
iron trade, came to Canada in 1873, becoming a member of the firm of
Cochrane, Cassils & Company, of Montreal, for many years representatives
in Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburgh. His financial
interests are very wide. He is Vice-President of the Bell Telephone
Company of Canada; Director, Dominion Bridge Company; President,
Canadian Transfer Company; President, Structural Steel Company;
Director, Northern Electric Company; Vice-President, Dominion Bridge
Company; and Director, Windsor Hotel Company. In social organizations he
is prominent and has been President of the Montreal Philharmonic Society
for a considerable period, and is also a past President of St. Andrew’s
Society. He was Chairman of the St. James Club for some time and is also
a member of the Mount Royal, Montreal Hunt, Forest & Stream, Montreal
Jockey and Canada Clubs. He belongs to the Masonic Order, is a
Conservative in politics and a Presbyterian in religion. He first
married, in 1865, Agnes Shearer, of Glasgow, who died in 1868, and in
September, 1876, espoused Ermina Maria, daughter of Senator M. H.
Cochrane, of Compton, Que. His home is at 753 University Street,
Montreal.
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=Cousins, George Vipond=, Barrister, Montreal, was born at Ottawa, Ont.,
on January 16, 1885, the son of Charles and Margaret (Vipond) Cousins.
His education in its more important phases was obtained at McGill
University, Montreal, from which he graduated in 1906 and in which he
holds the degrees of B.A., M.A. and B.C.L. Subsequently he took a course
at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, which was followed by his
appointment as one of the lecturers in history in that justly celebrated
institution. His scholastic career was marked by the attainment of first
rank honors in history, political science and economics. Returning to
Canada he took up the study of law at McGill, obtaining the B.C.L.
degree as above stated, and has since practised in Montreal. He is a
skilled and thoughtful writer and the author of various articles on
economic and legal subjects, and is prominent in the social
organizations of his province. He is a member of the University, Royal
Montreal Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, and Canada Clubs, Montreal; and
of the Garrison Club, Quebec. During the world war he qualified as a
Captain at the Royal School of Infantry, Halifax, N.S., in order that he
might be able to meet the call of his country. In politics he clings to
the old-fashioned name of Tory, and in religion is a Presbyterian. On
April 16, 1912, he married Geraldine Osborne Chapman, of Amherst, N.S.,
a grand-niece of the late Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., at one time Prime
Minister of Canada, and has two daughters, Ruth Tupper and Beatrice
Vipond Cousins.
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=Heakes, Francis Riley= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in Toronto, July 30,
1858, the youngest son of the late Samuel Heakes, of London, England,
and Elizabeth Isabella Riley, of Birmingham, England. Mr. Heakes’ father
came to Toronto in 1845 and established a retail dry goods business on
King Street, opposite Toronto Street. Mr. F. R. Heakes received his
education in public and private schools of his native city, studied
architecture in the office of the late Wm. Irving, a prominent architect
of his time, and practised his profession privately till 1883, when he
received the appointment of assistant to the late Kivas Tulley,
architect for the Public Works of Ontario and succeeded that gentleman
as Chief Architect for the province in 1896. Since that time a very
large number of Government Buildings have been designed and erected by
him throughout the province, including Court Houses, Hospitals,
Educational and Agricultural Buildings, and recently the new Government
House, which is designed after the French Chateau style, and is a
splendid example of the architecture of the period of Louis XVIth,
harmonizing most admirably with its picturesque environment. “In it,”
writes “Construction,” the architectural journal, in its February
number, 1916, “the architect has produced a gem that will stand as an
enduring monument to his professional skill and artistic taste. Citizens
of Toronto have every reason to be proud of the Official Home they have
erected for the King’s Representative.” Mr. Heakes’ duties are many,
varied and onerous, but he attends to them diligently and with marked
ability. He married Susan Pemberton, the fourth daughter of the late
Thomas Wood, and has three sons and two daughters. Of his sons, Alfred
is a manufacturer, while Lieut. Vernon of the R.A.F., and Sergt. Harold
of the 10th Canadian Siege Battery, have fought for their country and
world liberty in France. Mr. Heakes is a Presbyterian, a member of the
Masonic Fraternity and of St. George’s Society. His residence is No. 489
Euclid Ave.
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F. C. SUTHERLAND, TORONTO]
=Wallace, Thomas George= (Woodbridge, Ont.), eldest son of the late Hon.
N. Clarke Wallace, M.P., ex-Controller of Customs, Grand Master
Orangemen of British North America, and Belinda Gilmor (Wallace),
Canadians of Irish descent. Born May 7, 1879, at Ottawa. Educated at
Woodbridge Public School and Weston High School; general merchant and
flour miller. Has had distinguished military career. Gazetted Captain of
the 30th Regiment, Dec. 15, 1897. Resigned commission to go to South
Africa in the Boer War, as private in the Royal Canadian Regiment (1st
Contingent) 1899-1900. Was in first engagement the Canadians took part
in at Sunnyside, 1st January, 1900. Medal with three bars, viz.: Cape
Colony, Paardeberg and Driefontein. Prominent in the Orange Order, being
Grand Director of Ceremonies of the Orangemen of British America.
Anglican, Rector’s Warden of Christ’s Church, Woodbridge. Ranched for
some time at McLeod, in the Province of Alberta. Well-known athlete,
football and lacrosse enthusiast. Was Conservative Candidate Centre York
for the House of Commons in by-election, December, 1907, when defeated
by 26 votes. First elected to Parliament as representative of Centre
York, at the general elections 1908, re-elected by 510 in 1911, and
re-elected at the general elections in 1917 by a majority of 7,300
votes. Member of the Albany Club, Toronto. Captain Wallace is popular
with all classes and a most useful member of the House of Commons.
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=Mondou, Alberic Archie, B.A., LL.B.= (Pierreville, Que.), born February
2, 1872, at St. François du Lac, son of Eusebe Mondou, general merchant
and farmer, St. François du Lac, and Georgianna Desmarais, both French
Canadians; educated at Nicolet College and Laval University, Montreal,
from which he graduated with the degrees of B.A. and LL.B. Married,
September 16, 1895, to Augustine, daughter of Michel Cardin, of Yamaska,
Que. Is a Notary Public by profession. President and General Manager of
the Strathcona Fire Insurance Co.; Vice-President and General Manager of
the Quebec and Western Canada Land Syndicate, Limited; was Local Manager
Provincial Bank of Canada at Pierreville, Que., 1902-1911. He was
elected, May 11, 1897, to the Quebec Legislature for the constituency of
Yamaska and ran for the House of Commons for the same riding in 1900 in
the Conservative interest at the general election, but was defeated; he
was elected at the general election in 1911, retiring in 1917. He is a
Roman Catholic in religion. Mr. Mondou is Independent in politics, he is
a member of the Canadian Club of Montreal, and has long been recognized
as a successful business man of sterling worth, prominently identified
with various large enterprises.
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=Merner, Jonathan Joseph= (Zurich, Ont.), born in Stanley Township,
County of Huron, April 2, 1864, son of Gottlieb Merner, a Swiss, and
Mary Ann Bleam, an American, a nephew of the late Senator Samuel Merner.
Educated at Public School, Township of Hay, and subsequently went into
the employ of Mr. D. D. Steinbach, General Merchant, at Zurich, where he
acquired a good business training. Mr. Merner later embarked on his own
account as a general merchant in Zurich, where he received his early
mercantile experience and success has crowned his industrial activities
and intelligent efforts. In connection with the business, a large
evaporator and apple jam factory is operated. Mr. Merner also controls
an extensive farm in the fine Township of Hay, and has large real estate
interests in Western Canada. He first entered political life in the year
1911, when he was returned to the House of Commons as a Conservative to
represent the riding of South Huron, and re-elected at the general
elections in Dec. 1917. Mr. Merner, with his practical experience as a
farmer and a merchant, and his large faith in the destinies of the
Dominion, is most highly regarded by his constituents. On Oct. 3, 1900,
he married Edith, daughter of Edward Graham, of Goderich, Ontario, and
has six children, three girls, Minnie, Greta and Beatrice, and three
boys, Edward, Clare and Borden. In religion Mr. Merner is a Methodist.
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=Lumsden, John.= Ever active, progress followed the efforts of Alexander
Lumsden, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Ottawa Valley, and the
father of John Lumsden, his only son, the subject of this sketch. On the
death of his father in 1904, John Lumsden came into possession of large
and rich timber limits in the Temiskaming region and a fleet of steamers
for the transportation of men and supplies to the camps on the edge of
Lake Kippewa. Inheriting his father’s energy and vitality and his
determination to keep ahead of the times, Mr. John Lumsden is ever found
at the helm directing his business and carefully sees that there is no
lagging in the performance or execution of the necessary work. The
lively town of Lumsden Mills, of over 500 inhabitants, lighted by
electricity and with its planing mills, head offices, large general
store, church, school, bakery, lumber, boat works and handsome
homes—the creation of this great lumber industry and owned entirely by
Mr. Lumsden—is nothing but hustle and bustle from morning till night
and the abode of a happy and contented people who take great delight in
watching the wheels of industry spinning and in doing their share
towards the successful termination of each day’s labor. At his mills
between 125,000 and 130,000 feet of lumber and 30,000 laths and pickets
are turned out per day and sent to the piling grounds ready to be
shipped to the markets of the world—to wherever the demand calls for
them. While Mr. Lumsden has all these details and commercial and
financial responsibilities resting upon his shoulders and demanding his
careful administrative and executive attention he can, and does, find
time to make his racing establishments truly representative on the
American turf at Maryland, Saratoga and other places. His horses
represent a big investment—there are between 20 and 30 of
them—two-year-olds, three-year-olds, seasoned campaigners, jumpers,
etc., and most of them are a gilt-edge breeding of British and Irish
Stock and racers of the swiftest class to whom many prizes and honors
have fallen. Mr. Lumsden is President, Dominion Explosives, Ltd., La
Banque Nationale Building, Ottawa; President, Lumsden Lumber Company,
Ltd., Ottawa; Director, Forwarders, Ltd., Kingston; Director, Caledonia
Realties, Ltd., Montreal; Director, Security Life Insurance Company of
Canada; Life Governor, St. Luke’s Hospital, Ottawa, and is closely
associated with many other philanthropic and business interests. He was
born at Ottawa, June 24, 1870, and is the son of the late Alexander
Lumsden, M.P.P., and Margueretta Lumsden, of Scottish descent. He began
his business career in the lumber business with his father and served
apprenticeship as a machinist with the Patterson Law of Ottawa. He was
chief engineer on a lake steamer from 1891 to 1893; was with the Laurie
Engineering Company, Montreal; associated with his father, 1903-1905. In
the latter year he went into business for himself. He established
Dominion Explosives and became President in 1910. He organized the
Lumsden Mining Co., and became President in 1906; organized the Lumsden
Lumber Co. and became President, 1913. He is part owner of the Lumsden
Building, Toronto; sole owner of the town of Lumsden Mills, Township of
Gendreau, Province of Quebec. A member of the Ottawa Board of Trade;
Director, Ottawa Horse Shows; offered building at Lake Temiskaming to
K.E. Memorial Hospital for Consumptives. On May 11, 1905, Mr. Lumsden
married Emily E. MacPherson, daughter of John MacPherson, Pioneer Mill
Builder, Chelsea. He is a member of the following Clubs: Laurentian,
Connaught Park Jockey, Royal Hunt, Rivermead Golf, Ontario (Toronto),
Wabinini Hunting and Fishing, and of the A.F. & A.M. Society. His
recreations are motoring, walking, reading. In politics he is a Liberal.
In religion, a Presbyterian, and he resides at 38 Charles St., Ottawa.
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=McNeeley, John Strachan Lewis=, Police Magistrate, Carleton Place,
Ontario. Is the son of Joseph L. and Susan McNeeley, and is a
barrister-at-law by profession. Born in the Township of Beckurth,
November 28, 1870. Educated at Carleton Place High School and Trinity
University, Toronto, from which latter institution he graduated with the
degree of B.A. in 1893, and received the degree of M.A., 1895. Was
called to the bar in 1897. Married, 1899, to Harriet Helen, daughter of
the late Wm. Frost of Ottawa, and is the father of the following
children: Harriet Helen, Madeline, Isabelle, Hilda, Dorothy and Edna
Marion. He is a member of the Masonic Order and an Oddfellow; in
religion, he is an Anglican. P.M. McNeeley has occupied his present
position as Magistrate for the Town of Carleton Place since 1895. He was
appointed member of the Corporation of Trinity University, Toronto, by
the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa in 1905, which position he
held for several years. He was elected member of the Board of Education
of Carleton Place in 1909 and has been a member of the Board ever since,
being chairman in 1910-11. In politics Mr. McNeeley is a Conservative.
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=Weichel, William George= (Waterloo, Ont.), born at Elmira on July 20,
1870, son of Michael Weichel and Margaret Schmidt, the subject of this
sketch is and has been one of the most prominent men in his native
county for several years, and has been connected with its political,
commercial and social progress and activities in a large way. He
received his education at the Public School of Elmira, which place he
left at the age of twenty to enter the employ of Shurly & Dietrich, saw
manufacturers, Galt, where, after gaining a thorough knowledge of the
business, he represented his firm for several years as travelling
salesman. Later he bought out the hardware firm of J. W. Fear & Co. Has
been President of the Board of Trade and President of the Canadian Club,
of Kitchener, and Alderman, Deputy Reeve, and Mayor of the Town of
Waterloo in 1911, in which year he was elected to the House of Commons
as Conservative candidate for the riding of North Waterloo, defeating
Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, the Minister of Labor, by a majority of 315.
Since his entry into Parliamentary life Mr. Weichel has greatly
distinguished himself as a public speaker, and has been especially
fearless and outspoken in support of the Military Service Act and of the
Union Government. Mr. Weichel, although of German origin, is very loyal
to the country of his birth, and to British institutions. In the general
elections held in 1917 Mr. Weichel was again a candidate, but was
defeated owing to the peculiar war-time conditions existing in the
riding he had so brilliantly and faithfully represented. He has a good
platform presence and speaks with fluency and earnestness in support of
his convictions, doing everything in his power to promote harmony and a
good understanding among his constituents and to secure the successful
termination of the great conflict in favor of the British Empire. Mr.
Weichel married, on August 19, 1896, Jessie R., daughter of Richard
Kinsman, of Galt, and has three daughters, Norine, Minota and Audrey. He
is a member of the Berlin Club and the Waterloo Club. His chief
recreations are lawn bowling and curling. In religion he is a Lutheran.
Progressive, loyal, public spirited, with a high sense of duty, a talent
and taste for public affairs, Mr. Weichel is a credit to his native
county.
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=McBrien, Frederick George= (Toronto, Ont.), was born at Orangeville, in
Dufferin County, in the year 1887, son of James C. and Abigail McBrien.
He removed to Toronto at an early age, where he attended the public and
high schools, and afterwards embarked in the hardware business,
establishing a large trade, exhibiting much capacity and securing the
confidence of the community by his enterprising qualities and fair
methods. Subsequently he designed and built a large number of residences
and apartment houses. He was elected as alderman of Ward Six in 1910, at
the age of 22, being one of the youngest members of the City Council,
and re-elected in the years 1911, 1912 and 1913. In 1914 he was
nominated for Mayor, and in an election in which he was opposed by three
candidates, ran second, polling nearly 18,000 votes. He retired from
municipal life for two years and was again elected to the City Council
as a representative of Ward Six in 1916-17. Retiring as Alderman for
Ward Six, he was nominated as one of the Representatives of Ward three,
and was elected, and at present is Chairman of the Property Committee.
Alderman McBrien’s municipal career has been a most useful one and he
brings to bear on all civic problems, an analytical mind enriched by
practical experience and a consideration for the taxpayers. He has
specially interested himself in the welfare of the soldiers at the front
and their dependents in his home city. A brother, Major Wm. Carson
McBrien, has been overseas for some time, and won promotion. A good
platform speaker and a keen debater, Alderman McBrien’s sincerity is at
all times convincing. In politics he is a Conservative and is identified
with the Masonic, and Orange Orders and is an Oddfellow. A member of the
Methodist Church. He is also a Justice of the Peace. On Sept. 9, 1912,
Alderman McBrien married Irene Zella, daughter of John Edward Jarrott
and Mrs. Jarrott, of Toronto, and has two children, Frederick George and
Muriel Irene.
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=Matthews, George Sands= (Brantford, Ontario), born at Lindsay, Ontario,
February 17, 1867; son of George and Ann Matthews; educated at Lindsay
Public and High Schools, and graduate of Woodstock College, 1884.
Married June 25, 1895, to Frances, daughter of Rev. Frederick Ratcliff.
The union has been blessed by four children: George F., James J.,
Margaret R., and Howard S. Mr. Matthews has devoted his energies to
mercantile life and is identified with many large well-known industrial
enterprises, among which may be mentioned: Matthews-Blackwell, Ltd., of
which he is a Director, and was Manager at Brantford from 1903 to 1914;
Vice-President of the Brantford Roofing Co., Treasurer of Niagara Silk
Co., Ltd. Mr. Matthews was President of the Brantford Board of Trade in
the year 1911, and Chairman of the Brantford Board Park Commission,
1910-1914. He is Vice-President of the Brantford Industrial Realty Co.
and is financially interested in eight of the city of Brantford’s
leading industries. He took a prominent interest in military matters for
over 20 years, 1885 to 1906, joining as a private in the 57th Battalion,
Peterboro Rangers, in which he rose to the rank of Captain. He is a
member of the National Club, Toronto, and the Brantford Club in his home
city. In religion he is a Baptist, and in politics an Independent
Conservative.
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=Marcile, Joseph Edmond= (Acton Vale, Que.), son of Vital Marcile and
Elizabeth Jacques, his wife. Born at Contrecœur, County of Verchères,
Que. Educated at Actonia High School and Academy, Que. Married first,
Sept. 7, 1880, to Melvina Masse, who died March 2, 1884; secondly, Sept.
9, 1884, to Gracia Courville. Began his mercantile life as a clerk in a
general store, from 1872-85, and was a dry goods merchant from
1885-1914, in which latter year he sold out his business and became a
gentleman farmer and manufacturer, and is at present a shareholder in
the Acton Biscuit Co., Quebec. Has been Councillor, Mayor and Chairman
of the School Board of Acton Vale. First elected to the House of Commons
as the Liberal Representative for the County of Bagot at a by-election
caused by the death of a sitting member, M. Dupont, when he received
1,431 votes as against 1,384 cast for his opponent, M. Brodeur.
Re-elected by the general elections in 1900 by a majority of 156 over
Honorable L. O. Taillon, and re-elected in 1904, 1908, 1911 and 1917. Is
the father of the following children: Charlotte, Berthe, Albert,
Therese, Alice, Gaston, Contran, Philippe, Gertrude, Marie Ange, Gerard,
and Yolande. He is a member of the following societies: Alliance
Nationale, Artisans Canadien Français, St. Joseph. Two of Mr. Marcile’s
sons, Gaston and Philippe, are at the front in the 150th Regiment. In
religion, the member for Bagot is a Roman Catholic.
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=Doherty, Hon. Charles Joseph, K.C., D.C.L., LL.D.=, son of the late
Hon. Marcus Doherty, a Judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of
Quebec and Elizabeth (O’Halloran) Doherty, born at Montreal, May 11,
1855. Educated at St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College and McGill University,
Montreal, from which latter institution he graduated with the degree of
B.C.L., and took the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal, 1876, D.C.L., 1893,
LL.D., Ottawa University, 1895. Married, June, 1888, Catherine Lucy, the
daughter of Edmund Barnard, K.C., Montreal. Admitted as Advocate, 1887,
and appointed K.C. under Lord Lansdowne in 1887; ably practised his
profession in Montreal where he became one of the leaders of the Bar;
successfully pleaded before the Privy Council in England; was for many
years Professor of Civil and International Law, McGill University; was
President University Literary Society; appointed Judge of the Superior
Court for the Province of Quebec which office he filled from October
1891, to November, 1906, when he retired. Was a candidate for the
representation of Montreal West in the Quebec Legislature, December,
1881, and candidate for the representation of Montreal Centre in Quebec
Legislature in October, 1886. Defeated both times. First elected to the
House of Commons for St. Ann’s division, Montreal, in the Conservative
interests, and at the General elections in 1908; re-elected, 1911, and
again in 1917. Sworn in as member of the Privy Council for Canada and
appointed Minister of Justice, October 10, 1911. After accepting office
was re-elected by acclamation. Presented with a life-size portrait in
oils by the Montreal Bar, 1907; elected a Governor of Laval University,
1903; elected Director of La Banque Provinciale, 1907; elected a
Director of Montreal City and District Savings Bank, 1908; elected
Director Prudential Trust Company, 1911; elected a Director of the
Capital Life Assurance Company, 1911; elected President Canadian
Securities Corporation, 1910; President St. Patrick’s Society, Montreal,
1903-04; also Director International Truth Society, and a Trustee of St.
Patrick’s Orphans’ Asylum, Montreal. As a young man was President of the
Shamrock Lacrosse Club and the Shamrock Amateur Athletic Association;
formerly President Irish National League, Montreal. A supporter of Home
Rule for Ireland; was Captain in the 65th Mount Royal Rifles and
retired, retaining rank in 1887, after serving through the North-west
Rebellion. He is the father of the following children: Kathleen, Eileen
Margaret, Elizabeth and Marcus. A Member of the following clubs: Mount
Royal, St. James, University Club, Montreal, Rideau Club, Ottawa,
Country Club, Golf Club, Ottawa, Catholic Club, New York. The Minister
of Justice is recognized by men of all shades of political opinion as an
honorable man of exceptional ability and energy, and is greatly esteemed
by all classes for his splendid character, his capacity, probity, worth,
and public spirit.
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=Starr, J. R. L.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born October 5, 1865, and after
receiving a thorough primary and Collegiate education at the Collegiate
Institutes of Collingwood and Whitby, matriculated in 1883. He then
entered Victoria University, where he obtained honors in classics the
first two years, and in philosophy the last two years. In 1887 the Alma
Mater conferred upon him the degree of B.A., and in 1890 the degree of
LL.B. The same year he was admitted to the Bar, having been articled to
Mr. W. H. P. Clement, of the well-known firm of McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin
& Creelman, where he remained for one year, and was for a like period of
time associated with Mr. Clement. Mr. Starr then embarked in the active
individual practice of his profession until 1895, when he formed a
co-partnership under the firm name of Thorne, Warren & Starr which firm
continued until 1900, when the present well-known partnership of Masten,
Starr & Spence was formed. Mr. Starr numbers among his large and
constantly increasing clientele some of the leading corporations of the
city, his firm being solicitors for the Bank of Nova Scotia and other
large corporations. Mr. Starr is a member of the National Club and
Orange Society, and is well-known in Conservative political circles. Mr.
Starr, in addition to the arduous duties of his profession, for many
years found time to devote much of his energy to public affairs, sitting
on the Board of Education for seven years and being twice elected as a
member of the City Council. While a member of these important bodies he
was prominent in the agitation for better play grounds for the children
of the city, and was largely instrumental in bringing about the
betterment and enlargement of such grounds. Mr. Starr is always in
earnest in the conduct of his business, and amongst the profession has
an enviable reputation for honesty and straightforwardness. These
qualities make the practice of his profession with his fellow-lawyers
particularly agreeable and friendly, and he is frequently able to settle
difficult matters where others might fail. He is better known as a
“settler” of law suits than as a counsel. He is a prominent Methodist
and very active in church work. In politics he is a staunch Conservative
and a possible future member of Parliament.
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=MacAulay, Brock=, was born in Southampton, Ont., March 14, 1871. He is
a son of Donald MacAulay and Annie McLeod, of Stornoway, Scotland. He is
a merchant in Southampton and also interested in two fishing tugs which
fish out of that harbor. In the realm of sport the name of Brock
MacAulay is known from one end of Canada to the other. His two great
pastimes are bowling and curling. In years gone by he and his great rink
of curlers have brought honor and fame to Southampton. No big bonspiel
was complete without these hardy men from the Bruce Peninsula, and they
demonstrated, under the guidance of Brock MacAulay, that they knew the
roarin’ game to perfection. When they were not winners, they were
runners up, and seldom have they returned home without annexing a good
share of the trophies. In bowling it was the same, and they also brought
the name of their town to the fore. Brock MacAulay in both games, is a
skip of rare judgment, and it is in the tight places that his brilliancy
shines. He seldom fails to draw to the T or kitty when it is required of
him. He is a good sportsman, and win or lose he has always been noted
for his great good nature. In private he is a good story teller and an
interesting companion. He is a member of St. Lawrence Lodge, No. 131,
A.F. & A.M., of Southampton, the Sons of Scotland, and the I.O.F. He is
a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in politics. He married Miss
Jean Webster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster, of Lion’s Head.
They have one daughter, Helen, and one son, Douglas.
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=Paquet, Eugene, M.D.=, born at Agaipt, Lotbiniere County, Que., October
23, 1867, son of François Paquet, farmer, and his wife, Clarisse
Bergeron (French-Canadians). Educated at Seminary, Quebec, and Laval
University, from which he graduated with the degree of M.D. Received his
degree in 1892, passing with great distinction. He has practised
medicine at St. Aubert, L’Islet County, since graduation. Elected to the
House of Commons at the general election of 1894, re-elected in 1908 and
1911. A Roman Catholic in religion and a Conservative. A frequent
contributor to “Le Peuple de Montmagny.” Married May 30, 1893, to Elise
Lafrance at Quebec, a daughter of Victor Lafrance of that city, and is
the father of one child, Lucienne Paquet, born Nov. 23, 1894.
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=St. Jean, Ulric= (Contrecœur, Que.), is the son of the late Antoine St.
Jean and was born on April 22, 1869, at Contrecœur. Educated at the
Model School of his native place where he was for five years President
of the Commissioners of Schools. Always took an active part in the
political life of his County before his appointment as Registrar in
June, 1914, being President of the Liberal Club twice, for Vercheres
County. Married Marie Joseph Guyon, daughter of Ludger Guyon, and is the
father of the following children: Jeanne, Annette Simone, Gilberte
Etiennette. Mr. St. Jean is a member of the Board of Trade in Montreal
and in religion is a Roman Catholic.
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=Cash, Edward L., M.D.= (Yorkton, Sask.), son of David Cash (English)
and Elizabeth Eckardt, his wife (Canadian), born December 26, 1849, at
Markham Village, Ont., where he attended the Public and High Schools,
afterwards the Victoria University, Cobourg, graduating with the degree
of M.D. in the year 1871, and being licensed by the Ontario College of
Physicians and Surgeons the same year. Married, January 10, 1898, Mary
B. Simpson, daughter of Wm. Simpson. Resided for some years, 1871-1896,
in the United States, and was elected County Clerk of the District Court
for Rock County, Nebraska. Commenced the practice of medicine in Yorkton
in 1897, and soon established a large practice, where he was elected to
the House of Commons at the general election for McKenzie as a Liberal
in the general elections of 1908-1911. He is a Congregationalist in
religion. Dr. Cash is the father of three children, i.e., Abbie Ruth,
Nellie Katherine, and David E. L. He is a member of the Masonic Order,
an Oddfellow, A.O.U.W., K.O.T.M., and also of the Canadian Club and
Yorkton Club.
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=Sine, Frederick= (Sydenham, Ont.), was born at Madoc, Ont., January 24,
1877, and is the son of George William Sine. Educated at the Collegiate
Institute of Collingwood and Meaford High School, and Queen’s
University, Kingston, from which latter institution he graduated with
first-class honors in Chemistry and Physics, and also received the
degree of M.A. in 1906; also took the degree of B.Sc. in Geology and
Mineralogy at the School of Mining, Kingston, 1908. While at Queen’s
University he was Demonstrator in Chemistry. Mr. Sine taught Public
Schools in Grey County and Hawkesbury, and High Schools at Hawkesbury,
Dundas and Sydenham. He married Annie, daughter of James Watson, of
Dundas, Ont. In religion, he is a member of the Methodist Church, and
politically, is a Liberal.
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=Labelle, Alfred Eugene=, Brigadier-General, Managing Director of the
St. Lawrence Flour Mills Co., Montreal, Que. Started in the milling
business as Secretary to W. W. Ogilvie (the late Canadian Flour King) in
1884, and rose to the position of local Manager at Montreal, for the
Ogilvie Mills Co., from which he retired in 1910 to form the present
company, of which he is Managing Director. General Labelle served as a
Lieutenant in the North-West Campaign of 1885, was in command of the
65th Regiment for two terms, 1896-1912, in command of the 12th Infantry
Regiment, 1912-1916; in command of the Canadian Bisley Team, 1908;
promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, 1916; and chairman of the
Council of the Dominion Rifle Association, 1916-17. He has been
decorated by the French Government a Commander of the Legion of Honour,
and also wears the North-West Rebellion Medal and the long service and
Diamond Jubilee Decorations. General Labelle has been President of the
Montreal Chambre de Commerce, Director of the Montreal Com. Exchange,
and several Companies, and a Commissioner of the Harbor of Montreal
since 1913. He was born at Montreal, August 23, 1866, the son of Hospie
Labelle and Leocadie Masson, receiving his education in government
schools and Bishop’s Academy. He married Amelie, daughter of Judge L. W.
Sicotte, Montreal, April 30, 1890, by whom he has five sons and one
daughter. He is a member of the following clubs: St. James, St. Denis,
Montreal, Canadian and Chapleau, all of Montreal. By religion General
Labelle is a Catholic, and a Conservative in politics.
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=Weir, William M.=, President of the Canada Foundries & Forgings, Ltd.,
Westmount, Que., was born in Quebec City, July 26, 1873, the son of Mary
A. McGoldrick and W. E. Weir, Quebec, and graduated from Ottawa
University. He is a Director of the following companies: Canada
Foundries & Forgings, Ltd.; Carriage Factories, Ltd.; J. H. McKay Co.,
Ltd.; Eastern Canada Fisheries, Ltd., and Ateras Wharf & Warehousing
Co., Ltd., Havana, Cuba. On November 25, 1903, Mr. Weir married Florence
E., daughter of J. J. Weville, Ottawa, Ont., and has seven children,
Mary Doris, William Dermand, Marion Lucille, Irene Grace, Florence
Elizabeth, Joseph Harrison, and Margaret Ruth. Mr. Weir is a Captain in
the 55th Regt. Irish Canadian Rangers, and a member of the St. James and
Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, Montreal, also of the Welland and
Brockville Clubs. He is a Roman Catholic in religion.
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=Mackenzie, Hugh Blair= (Westmount, Que.), General Manager of the Bank
of British North America, began his banking career with the Canadian
Bank of Commerce, at Brantford, Ont., in 1884, and in 1887 joined the
forces of the Bank of British North America at Brantford; was
transferred from there to St. John, Que., and then to Montreal, where he
became Secretary to the General Manager in 1893. He was appointed
Accountant in London, Ont., in 1894, and Assistant Inspector in 1895,
which position he held until 1903, when he became Chief Inspector,
acting in this capacity until he was appointed Manager at Victoria,
B.C., in 1905. He became Superintendent of Central Branches at Winnipeg,
in 1907, removing to Montreal in 1909, to the position of Superintendent
of Branches there, and held this post until 1912, when he was appointed
to his present office as General Manager. He was born at Ingersoll,
Ont., December 14, 1867, the son of Venerable Archdeacon C. C.
Mackenzie, D.C.L., late rector of Grace Church, Brantford, Ont., and
Helen (Boomer) Mackenzie, and is a brother of Prof. M. A. Mackenzie, of
Toronto University. His earlier education took place in the Public
School at Kincardine, Ont., going from there to the Collegiate Institute
at Brantford, and then to Trinity College, Port Hope, Ont. On October
11, 1902, Mr. Mackenzie married Maude Marion Weir, daughter of the late
Oswald Weir, a banker, of Brantford, Ont., and has three children, Amy
Maxwell, born October 10, 1903; Maxwell Hibbard Weir, born June 30,
1907, and Malcolm Blair, born April 19, 1913. He is a member of the
Anglican Church and of the Mount Royal Club, Montreal. For recreation he
takes an active interest in golf, being a member of the Royal Montreal
and Kanawaki Golf Clubs.
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=McKay, Honorable James= (Regina, Sask.), one of the Judges of the
Supreme Court of the Province of Saskatchewan. Before his elevation to
the bench in 1915, his lordship was a prominent barrister at Prince
Albert, Sask., and Public Administrator and Official Guardian of the
Judicial District of Saskatchewan. Registrar of the Diocese of
Saskatchewan and Solicitor for the same; Director Prince Albert Victoria
Hospital. Was born in Manitoba, 1862, son of Wm. McKay, Factor in Hudson
Bay Company. Married 1900, Florence, daughter of J. Lestock Reid.
Educated at St. John’s College, Manitoba. Winner of Dufferin Medal for
Ancient and Modern History; University Medal in Classics. Graduated at
the University of Manitoba (B.A. Honor Classics). Called to the Bar of
Manitoba, 1886, and to the North-West Territories Bar, 1887; practised
at Prince Albert, Sask., until elevation to the bench. Was Crown
Prosecutor for Saskatchewan, 1888-1897; appointed Q.C. in 1894; has been
Councillor for Prince Albert. Actively engaged with the Militia and took
part in the suppressing of North-West Rebellion in 1885, doing special
duty with French’s Scouts. Candidate for the Liberal Conservatives,
Dominion General Election, 1896, when defeated by Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
elected as member of the House of Commons for the Constituency of Prince
Albert in 1911, at the General Elections, which seat he resigned on
being appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, being
succeeded by Lt.-Col. Samuel James Donaldson, who was elected to fill
the vacancy by acclamation. His lordship has one daughter, Marion. He is
a member of the Church of England and a Free Mason, and a Forester.
Recreations, shooting, riding, tennis and bowling.
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=Hannon, James Willson= (Regina, Saskatchewan), son of Rev. Jas. Hannon,
D.D., a prominent clergyman of the Methodist Church, and Sarah Margaret
Willson; was born at Hamilton, Ontario, October 11, 1870. Educated at
Provincial, Public and High Schools and matriculated with honors in
Classics at Toronto University; subsequently studied law, and was called
to the bar at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. In his earlier years he taught in
Ontario rural schools, but went West in 1898, and has since been largely
identified with the history and progress of Saskatchewan; being
successively Crown Prosecutor of the Old Judicial District of that
Province; Agent of Dominion Lands, and Crown Timber Agent at Prince
Albert, Saskatchewan; and Registrar of Land Titles at Battleford,
Saskatchewan, leaving the latter place in 1909, having been appointed
District Judge at Regina, the Provincial Capital. Judge Hannon married
Emma Orilla, daughter of Charles Campbell Woods, of Toronto, on July 25,
1900. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Regina College, and
also of the Police Commission of that city, and a member of the I.O.F.
In religion Judge Hannon is a Methodist.
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=Leblanc, Sir Pierre-Evariste, K.C.= (Quebec, Que.), Lieutenant-Governor
of the Province of Quebec, comes of an historic family which was among
those driven from Acadia, Nova Scotia, and settled at L’Isle Jesus,
Laval County, Que. He is the son of Joseph Leblanc and Adele Belanger,
born at St. Martin, August 10, 1853, and educated in the Academy of that
place and Normal School of Jacques-Cartier. The present
Lieutenant-Governor was called to the Bar in 1879, and was for several
years a teacher. In 1893 he was created King’s Counsel by Lord Stanley,
of Preston, and was a member of the Provincial Legislature of Quebec
from 1882 to 1908, during which time he was speaker of the Assembly
under the de Boucherville, Taillon and Flynn Governments. His Honor was
appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the province in 1915, and K.C.M.G.,
June 3, 1916. He married Herminie, daughter of Theodore Beaudry and
Catharine Vallee, January 12, 1886, by whom he has three
children—Lieutenant Beaudry Leblanc, C.E.F., Mrs. Juliette L. De Costa,
Buenos Ayres, and Mrs. Arthur Perodeau, Montreal. He is a member of the
Garrison Club, Quebec; Mount Royal, Montreal Hunt, and St. James Clubs,
all of Montreal. In religion His Honor is a Roman Catholic, and in
politics a Conservative.
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=Stewart, Dougald, B.A., M.D., M.P.= (Lunenburg Co., N.S.), born
December 5, 1862, at Upper Musquodoboit, Halifax County, Nova Scotia,
son of John Sprott Stewart, a Scotch-Canadian, and Sarah J. Archibald,
an English-Canadian. Educated at Pictou Academy, Dalhousie College,
University of New York, Degree B.A., 1886, M.D., 1892. Married, October
18, 1892, to Dora Helma, daughter of William T. Kelley, of Shelburne,
N.S.; has two children, Evelyn Jean and Dorothy. On graduation as a
Medical Doctor, he settled in Bridgewater, in 1892, where he has since
had a large practice, was elected member of the Bridgewater Town Council
in 1901, and was mayor for four successive terms, 1907-1910, was a
member of the Board of Trade and elected President in 1910, which office
he held for several terms. In 1911, Doctor Stewart was selected as the
Conservative Candidate for the County of Lunenburg, N.S., in the House
of Commons, and was returned. In his college days, the doctor was
prominent in athletics. He is identified with several fraternal
organizations and societies and is at present Grand Master I.O.O.F. for
the Maritime Provinces. A Presbyterian in religion, and a member of St.
John’s Church, Bridgewater.
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=Demers, Joseph=, born November 11, 1861, at St. Julie, County of
Megantic, Province of Quebec. Son of Edouard Demers, carriage maker, and
Olympe Demers, both French-Canadians. Educated at St. Julie. The subject
of this sketch is emphatically a self-made man and has been the
architect of his own fortune. He started clerking in 1877 with Georges
Turcotte, of St. Julie, and remained with him until 1883, when he
decided to locate at Thetford Mines, which was then only a small village
with a few houses and which has since grown into a thriving centre. In
this place Mr. Demers started a general store and has been very
successful. He was Councillor from 1890 till 1893, Mayor from 1893 to
1895, and Alderman from 1903 to 1905. First elected to the Quebec
Legislature as a Liberal representative for the County of Megantic at
the general elections on May 15, 1912, when he defeated B. H.
Pennington, the former member, by a majority of 401 votes, and continued
to represent the county until 1916. He is a director and promoter of the
Compagnie Hydraulique of St. François. Married September 30, 1885, to
Mary, daughter of Louis Roberge, merchant, of St. Julie, and is the
father of the following children: Leonard, Honore, Jean, Marie Ann,
Antoinette and Gabrielle. Is a member of the Canadian Club and the City
Club, and also of the Knights of Columbus. In religion is a Roman
Catholic.
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=McLean, The Hon. Daniel, M.L.A.=, of Orangedale, Inverness County, Nova
Scotia, is a Presbyterian, a Liberal and a Mason. Born at Whycocomah,
March 22, 1864, he received a good education in the public schools of
his district. He is a son of Donald and Sarah McLean, and a nephew of
the late Hon. James Macdonald, M.P.P. Donald McLean was a farmer and the
Hon. Daniel is a general merchant. From 1894 to 1897 he was a member of
the municipal council. On October 4, 1894, the Hon. Mr. McLean married
Ella C. McPhie, daughter of Angus McPhie, a farmer and blacksmith, of
West Bay, Inverness. They have four daughters, Maud, Ella, Margaret, and
Irma.
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=Vance, His Honor George Montgomery=, Senior Judge of the County of
Simcoe, is a son of William and Elizabeth Vance, of Millbrook, Ont., and
was born in the township of Cavan, County of Durham, on October 4, 1866.
Educated at the Millbrook High School and Osgoode Hall. Studied law in
the office of W. L. Walsh, K.C., Orangeville, now Honorable Justice
Walsh of the Province of Alberta. Called to the Bar in the fall of 1893,
and immediately commenced the practice of law in the Village of
Shelburne, in the County of Dufferin, which he continued with marked
success until 1913, when he was appointed Senior County Judge and Judge
of the Surrogate Court of the County of Simcoe. Before his elevation to
the Bench His Honor took a large interest in the affairs of the Village
of Shelburne and the County of Dufferin both municipally and
politically. He was Reeve and Chairman of the School Board, and took a
large interest in its social and political life. When at the Bar Judge
Vance enjoyed a large practice and was solicitor for several
corporations and townships, and also the village of Shelburne, and has
always taken a prominent part in advocating all educational and
patriotic movements and those calculated to stimulate a strong national
sentiment. A man of large practical experience and a sound lawyer, His
Honor is a fluent and convincing speaker, and his judgments have been
characterized by sound reason and a large vein of common sense. He is an
ardent motorist and has owned and driven a car for several years. He was
married July 2, 1894, to Mary S., daughter of Peter Johnston, and is the
father of two daughters, Lois and Ruth. He is a member of the Anglican
Church. Residence, Barrie, Ont.
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=Power, William=, son of William Power and B. Fitzgerald, his wife, both
Irish, was born in the parish of Sillery, Quebec, February 21, 1849,
educated at the Parochial schools of his native parish. Mr. Power
married July 4, 1881, Susan Winnifred, daughter of James Rockett, Que.,
and has five sons and two daughters. He is a member of the Roman
Catholic Church, and belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Garrison
Club, and the Fish, Game and Yacht Club of Quebec. He is ex-President of
the Board of Trade of the City of Quebec, President of the La Fontaine
Lumber Company, and Vice-President of the River Ouelle Pulp and Lumber
Company and a member of the firm of W. & J. Sharplen. First elected for
the Constituency of Quebec West in the House of Commons, January 15,
1902, to replace Hon. Mr. Dobell, who died in England. Re-elected at the
general elections of 1904. Defeated in 1908 and again elected at the
general elections in 1911.
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=Proulx, Edmond, M.P.= for Prescott, son of the late Isidore Proulx, who
was M.P. for Prescott County from 1891 till his death, July 28, 1904,
and Philomene Lalande, his wife, both French-Canadians. Born at St.
Hermas, in the County of Two Mountains, Que., on the 21st of May, 1875.
Educated at Bourget College, Rigaud, Que., St. Michael’s College,
Toronto, Ottawa University, and the Law School, Osgoode Hall, Toronto.
Was married January 2, 1907, to Madame Elliott Fraser (_née_ Renee
Audette), daughter of Randolph Audette, of the City of Quebec, wholesale
merchant, and President of La Banque Nationale, and is the father of two
sons, Henri and Marcel, and two daughters, Therese and Cecile. Is a
Public School Trustee of the town of L’Orignal, a member of the
C.M.B.A., Artisans and C.F., and Union St. Joseph of Canada. Has been
Reeve of the town of L’Orignal, and Vice-President of The Ontario
General Reform Association; first elected to the House of Commons as
member for the County of Prescott at the general elections 1904, and
subsequently at the general elections of 1908, 1911 and 1917. Is a
Liberal in politics. In religion Mr. Proulx is a Roman Catholic. He is
very popular among all classes of the community and has a splendid
command of both the English and French languages.
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=Donogh, John Ormsby=, Lumber merchant, Toronto. Was born at Toronto on
the 25th of March, 1854, son of William Donogh and Elizabeth Hayward,
his wife; was educated at the public schools in the Township of Mono and
afterwards in the City of Toronto. Mr. Donogh has been long recognized
as one of the pioneer lumber merchants of the City of Toronto, and for
many years carried on business with Joseph Oliver, formerly Mayor of the
City of Toronto, the firm name being “Donogh & Oliver.” He was
instrumental in organizing and promoting of the Methodist Union of
Toronto and was President for four years. The Union takes charge of all
missionary and church extension work in the provincial capital. For many
years Mr. Donogh has been prominent in the I.O.O.F. and has been past
Grand Master for many years, and at present is Grand Treasurer of the
Order. He was married on Sept. 21, 1874, to Miss Wordley; and is a
member of the National Club of Toronto, a Mason, and an Oddfellow. He is
a man with a large viewpoint and of sterling integrity, and has in the
past supported the Liberal Party. His recreation is golf.
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=Jones, James William= (Kelowna, B.C.), is the son of James and Tryphena
Searles, both Canadians. Was born at Utica, Ont., on September 21, 1869,
educated at the High Schools of Uxbridge and Port Perry, and was a
general merchant in Grenfell, 1894 to 1906. Moved to Kelowna, B.C.,
1907, where he took an active interest in developing a large tract of
irrigated lands in the Okanagan Valley, at Kelowna. Is
Secretary-Treasurer of Central Okanagan Land & Orchard Company of
Kelowna, he is also prominent in mercantile life, being President of
Lawson’s Limited, dry goods and furnishings, also President of McKenzie
Trading Company of Kelowna. Was Mayor of Kelowna for five years,
1912-1917, inclusive, and was elected at the last election as
Conservative member in the British Columbia Legislature for South
Okanagan. Mr. Jones married in 1893, Adam M., daughter of M. T. Bird, of
Grenfell, Sask., and is the father of four children: Ethelwyn, Clarence,
Vivian and Nellie. He is a member of the Masonic Order and also of the
Independent Order of Foresters. In religion he is a Methodist.
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=Watson, Sir David, K.C.B. and Brigadier-General= (Quebec City),
promoted to take command of the 4th Canadian Division of the forces at
the front in April, 1916, is a native of the city of Quebec, having been
born in that city on February 7, 1869. He is the only son of Mr. William
Watson, his mother’s maiden name having been Miss Jean Grant, daughter
of one of Quebec’s well-known merchants of Lower Town. From school and
after some preliminary training in municipal work, he passed into the
“Chronicle” office, when Mr. John J. Foote was manager and proprietor of
the paper, and there worked his way up through the various departments
of journalism, until he finally became the managing director of the
establishment. He has held the office of President of the Quebec Press
Association, and visited London for a first time as a delegate to the
Imperial Press Congress, held in that city in 1908, and a third time as
commander of the 8th Royal Rifles during the royal celebration of 1901.
In the military life of Quebec he has been interested for over twenty
years, and during that time was given promotion step by step until he
was in command of his battalion as its Colonel, a position which he had
held for two or three years before the European War broke out. Having
been selected to take charge of the 2nd Battalion in the 1st Brigade of
the 1st Canadian Division, in August, 1914, he proceeded from the
Valcartier Camp with troops in charge, for their further training at
Salisbury Plains; and, after spending the early winter months there, he
proceeded to the front in January, 1915. He was by this time a Colonel
in full rank. At the seat of war he was continuously engaged as a
commanding officer all during the campaigning up to the summer of 1917,
having taken part with his Division in the operations of Neuve Chapelle,
in March, 1915, as well as in the second battle of Ypres in April, in
the fight at Festubert in May, and that of Givenchy in June. In
recognition of his skill and prudence in these engagements he was
promoted to command the 5th Brigade of the 2nd Canadian Division in the
month of August following, and forthwith as a Brigadier-General, he led
his Brigade in the successive engagements of Wytschaete, Kemmel, and St.
Eloi, during the spring of 1916. Subsequently he was placed in charge of
the 4th Canadian Division and made extended raids in the Ypres salient
and at St. Eloi, and thereafter, for forty-nine days without
intermission, he and his Brigade shared in the exciting engagements
along the River Somme. No less than three attacks were made by General
Watson and his Division, one on the 11th of October, another on the 22nd
of that month, and one on the 18th of November, 1916, all of these
accumulating renown by their intrepid approach on the enemy. Nor was the
commander’s bravery overlooked by the War Office, since General Watson
has come in for special mention in the despatches exchanged between the
general Field Staff and the War Department no less than four times. He
was awarded the high honor of Commander of the Bath, and in 1918 was
further honored by a Knighthood in that order. The record of the
General’s active service at the front is a fitting complement to a
career of over twenty years’ experience in military operations, from the
days of his entering the 8th Royal Rifles, made up of his Quebec
fellow-citizens, to the time of his being a General in full command of
the battlefields of Europe. His career savors of romance. A newspaper
employee, a prominent business man in his native city, a volunteer of
the ranks, a captain, a major, a colonel, and at last a general, form
the grades of a ladder overcome step by step which his fellow-Canadians
cannot but contemplate with pride. It was taken for granted that in the
event of Sir Arthur Currie’s transfer to another command Sir David would
succeed him as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian army in France.
General Watson married Miss Mary Browning, of Quebec, on September 11,
1893, and has a family of three daughters.
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=Thompson, Alfred= (Dawson City, Yukon Territory), Physician and
Surgeon, son of James A. Thompson and Jane Thompson, both Canadians.
Born June 6, 1869, at Nine-Mile River, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
Educated at Public School by private tutor, and graduated from Dalhousie
University, Halifax, N.S., with degree of M.D.C.M., in 1898. Married
Elsie Miller, daughter of Jacob Miller, of Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, March
7, 1894. Went to Klondyke in 1899 and began practice of his profession;
elected to Yukon Council in 1902. First elected to the House of Commons
at the general elections of 1904, as an Independent. This was the second
election held for the House of Commons in the Yukon, when Dr. Thompson
was opposed by F. T. Congdon, K.C., who resigned the Governorship of the
Territory to contest the seat. Dr. Thompson resigned his seat on the
Yukon Council at the same time. The vote stood: Thompson 2,113, Congdon
1,495, a majority for Dr. Thompson of 618. Nomination was held on
November 18, election on December 16, and the return was received at
Ottawa on March 13, 1915. Retired at end of Parliamentary term and
resumed practice; again elected to House of Commons in 1911 at the
general elections, over his former opponent, F. T. Congdon, K.C., by a
majority of over 450, and again returned at the last general elections
held in the Yukon Territory, which were deferred until December 31,
1917. Dr. Thompson’s election was due to the vote of the soldiers
overseas which he received as the Unionist Candidate. Is a member of the
Masonic Order and of the Zero Club, Dawson, Yukon Territory, and is a
Presbyterian. Father of two children, Alfreda, born December 30, 1904,
and Norman, born August 5, 1909. Dr. Thompson is a supporter of the
Unionist Government and a dominant force in the Yukon Territory, where
he has resided for upwards of eighteen years, and has done much to
promote the growing importance of the district.
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