=Butterworth, John George Bissett=, Ottawa’s premier coal merchant, was

born at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, in 1848. His ancestors can be

traced back to the Huguenots of France, whose lives were in constant

danger in the 16th and 17th centuries, who were constantly involved in

war, who were persecuted and suffered severely in the reign of Francis

I. and his successors, and of whom from 25,000 to 30,000 suffered death

at the massacre of St. Bartholomew, August 20, 1572. In 1685, hundreds

of thousands of these Puritans went into exile, going to Prussia,

Holland, Switzerland, England, Scotland, and America, and Mr.

Butterworth’s ancestors found a resting-place, a place of safety, in

England, where they remained and industriously added to the wealth of

the country, and took part in the Peninsular War at the beginning of the

19th century. Being seafaring, enterprising, and ambitious men, and with

a desire to make their mark in the new world, where they would have

large scope to exercise their talents, they left the old country and

arrived at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, where, eventually, they became

builders and owners of merchant ships and captains in the merchant

fleet, and married into United Empire families. Tiring of seafaring

life, and in compliance with the wishes of the sons, and at the

suggestion of the mother, Mr. Butterworth, Sr., sold out his shipping

interests and the valuable lands and wharves which he owned at Port

Hawkesbury, and with his wife and family arrived in Ottawa, which was

then in its infancy, having been incorporated just one year, previously.

When they grew up, Mr. Butterworth and his two brothers, E. B. and C. A.

Butterworth, following in the ambitious footsteps of their ancestors,

not satisfied with their then existing opportunities for advancement,

left for the United States, and engaged in business and met with

success. Their love for the British Empire, however, was still dominant

within them, and they decided to sell out, return to Canada, and make it

their future home. In 1874, they entered into business in Ottawa as

hardware merchants and metal workers, and later, in 1881, started in the

coal business. Eventually, C. A. and E. B. retired from the coal

business and continued in the hardware business, while J. G. B., the

subject of this sketch, retired from both of these and remained alone as

the coal merchant, which business he has carried on to this day most

successfully, and which to-day holds the lead of all others. Mr.

Butterworth has three plants, with large storage capacity sufficient to

hold at any one time 25,000 tons, and enabling him to constantly carry a

heavy stock of coal during the summer to provide against delays in

winter transportation and during the winter season. Over $100,000 is

invested in these plants. In the severe winter of 1917, had it not been

for the provision made by and the ability of Mr. Butterworth to supply

large quantities of coal, there would have been great hardship in not

only Ottawa, but in Carleton Place, Perth, Almonte, Arnprior, Renfrew,

and many outside places in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, to which

points he was able to and did ship thousands of tons of coal. He, in

that terrible winter, became the great provider of the people of Ottawa

and her surrounding neighbours by supplying them with the coal they

needed. For 1918 he was equally prepared to meet any emergency that

might arise, but, luckily, the winter was not of a nature so severe as

that of the previous year. In 1917, in order to cope with all demands

that were likely to be made, Mr. Butterworth practically took care of

the coal trade. He took the whole output of the Independent Coal Mine in

Pennsylvania, shipped the small sizes to N.Y. and N.J. to the textile

and munitions factories, and the prepared sizes into Canada. In so doing

he secured large quantities of coal which otherwise could not have been

obtained, and his foresight and enterprise prevented a serious coal

famine in Ottawa and the other places before mentioned. The name of John

George Bissett Butterworth will always be held high in gratitude and

esteem by the people of Ottawa and of many other cities and towns in the

Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Mr. Butterworth is the son of William

and Matilda Catherine (Bissett) Butterworth. He is President and

Managing Director of the Ormstown Brick and Terra Cotta Co., of

Ormstown, Quebec; ex-Vice-President of the Montreal Terminal Railway;

ex-President of the Capital Power Company, of Deschene; ex-President,

Ottawa Cartage Company; and ex-President of the Capital Fuel Company. In

1879, Mr. Butterworth married Elisabeth J. Shaw, daughter of James Shaw,

Shawville, Quebec, a merchant in that place. He has two sons and two

daughters—Grace Winifred, John George Hawthorne, Ethel Gertrude, and

Wilfred Rosamond. One of his sons served as a lieutenant in the European

War. Mr. Butterworth is an Anglican in religion, and resides at 225

MacLaren St., Ottawa, Ont.

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Ottawa]

=Bell, John Percival=, General Manager of the Bank of Hamilton,

Hamilton, Ont., is recognized as one of the ablest of Canadian

financiers. He is a native of the city in which he resides, and from

early youth has grown up with the institution of which he is now the

executive head. He was born on June 8th, 1872, the son of John and Jane

(Park) Bell, and was educated in the public and high schools of

Hamilton. In 1888, as a lad of sixteen he entered the service of the

Bank of Hamilton as a junior clerk, and during the ensuing twelve years

learned every phase of the banking business. In 1900 he was appointed

manager of the Georgetown branch, and two years later was transferred to

the Berlin (now Kitchener) branch in a similar capacity. In 1904, he

became manager of the Brantford branch, one of the most important in the

territory of the institution, and remained there until 1909, when he

returned to Hamilton to become manager of the main office in that city.

In 1914, he was promoted to the position of General Manager on the

retirement from that position of Mr. James Turnbull, who, by a

coincidence had become General Manager of the Bank in the same year

(1888) that Mr. Bell entered its service. The five years of Mr. Bell’s

incumbency as General Manager have been the most difficult in the

history of Canadian finance, owing to the disruption caused by the great

war, and he has proven a brilliant success. He has carried on the policy

which has specially endeared the Bank of Hamilton to its clientele, by

caring for the interests of the business man of moderate resources with

the same zeal as is bestowed on those of the great corporations. Mr.

Bell is thoroughly in touch with the great and constantly expanding

business interests of his native city; and his regime has been marked by

an expansion of the Bank’s Toronto custom, as witnessed in the taking

over of the great office building and premises of the now extinct

Traders’ Bank in that city. He was elected a councillor of the Hamilton

Board of Trade in 1911, and during the war acted as Treasurer of the

Patriotic Fund for his district. His recreations are golf, bowling and

curling, and he is a member of the following clubs: Hamilton; Hamilton

Thistle; Hamilton Jockey; Royal Hamilton Yacht; Hamilton Golf; and the

Toronto Club (Toronto). In politics he is independent, and in religion

an Anglican. On Oct. 11th, 1900, he married Rosalind, daughter of Rev.

Arthur Boultbee, Toronto, and has two sons and three daughters. Mr. and

Mrs. Bell reside at 78 Chedske Ave., Hamilton.

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=Noyes, John Powell=, Prothonotary Superior Court (Cowansville, Ont.),

was born at Potton, Brome County, Que., September 15th, 1842, the son of

Herman B. Noyes and Sarah Powell. Receiving his education in Bangor and

Fort Covington, N.Y., and St. Mary’s College, Montreal, from which last

he graduated in 1866, he studied law with the late Hon. L. S.

Huntington, Q.C., and the late Judge Laframboise. Mr. Noyes practised

his profession at Waterloo, Que., where he was also editor of the

“Advertiser,” and meeting with gratifying success became Batonnier of

Bedford District and K.C. in 1886; also Batonnier-General for the

Province of Quebec in 1887. In 1889 he was appointed a Royal

Commissioner to investigate the claim of the Hereford Railway Employees,

and in 1891 Joint Prothonotary Superior Court, Joint Clerk of the

Circuit Court, and Joint Clerk of the Crown and Peace for the District

of Bedford. In 1887 he was nominated for Shefford (Local) Constituency

in the Liberal interest but withdrew before the contest; his name has

also been mentioned as a candidate for the Judiciary. Mr. Noyes was the

first Mayor of the Town of Waterloo and for an extended period

Secretary-Treasurer of the Stanstead, Shefford & Chambly Railway Co., of

which he is now a director. He is the author of “Canadian Loyalists and

Early Settlers in the District of Bedford,” published in 1901, also of

“Some Pioneers of Shefford,” is a director of the Historical Society of

Missisquoi, and was elected President in 1904. He has been a Freemason

since 1866, having been a member of and sat in the Grand Lodges of

Canada and Quebec; he was grand Superintendent R. A. Masons, Eastern

Township District, in 1883; Grand First Principal, Grand Chapter of

Quebec in 1886-7; Deputy Grand Master, Grand Lodge of Quebec, in 1893,

and Grand Master of the above in 1894. Mr. Noyes married Lucy A.,

daughter of Joseph Merry of Magog, Que., in 1867, and has six

children—Egbert S., Jessie C., Laura M., Bertha A., Emily M. and Ralph

M. Noyes, of whom four survive. In 1913 he was named sole Prothonotary

of the District of Bedford and in 1916 was tendered a banquet by the

Judges, Bar and Court Officials of the District on the anniversary of

his admission to the Bar fifty years before, and of his appointment as

Joint Prothonotary twenty-five years before.

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=Hughes, Brigadier-General William St. Pierre, D.S.O.= (Ottawa, Ont.).

On October 19, 1914, authority was granted to Lieut.-Colonel (now

Brigadier-General) William St. Pierre Hughes to organize an infantry

battalion to be absorbed into the Second Canadian Contingent for

Overseas Service. On the evening of May 5, the 21st was given a rousing

send-off by the citizens of Kingston, Ontario, and the following morning

the battalion embarked at Montreal on the S.S. Metagama for overseas.

Ten days later the 21st disembarked at Devonport, England, and on Sept.

15 it landed on French soil, and, in due time was under fire at

Messines, Vis-en-Artois, Neuville Villasse, Mercatel, Amiens, Bouley

Grenier, St. Eloi, Sanctuary Wood, Ancre, Vimy Ridge, Courcelette,

Mosselmark Village and Polderhook Chateau, Passchendaele, Bapaume,

Arras, Quichy-le-Chateau, the village of Damery and Parvillers, Cambrai,

and was one of the first battalions to cross the boundary at Bonn into

Germany. Before going overseas to serve in the Great War, General

William St. Pierre Hughes held the position of Inspector of

Penitentiaries, with headquarters in Ottawa. During his absence at the

front that office was abolished by Act of Parliament, and the new office

of Superintendent of Penitentiaries was established. The value to Canada

of General Hughes’ services as Inspector and as a competent and fearless

soldier during the war were well known to the Dominion Government, to

the members of Parliament, and to the general public, and when the

position of Superintendent was made public, members of Parliament, the

Press of Canada and the public in general were unanimous in General

Hughes’ favor, and he was appointed to the position. When he was

appointed to the position the “Montreal Gazette” said: “One of the

purposes of the Civil Service Commission is to select for appointment

worthy and capable men...... A case in point is the selection of

Major-General Hughes for the position of Superintendent of Dominion

Penitentiaries...... General Hughes comes of a fighting family in a

military sense, and the call of the colors has always found in him a

quick response even in the relatively remote days of 1885...... His

appointment is still more to be commended by reason of merit and

experience. He had long service in the Penitentiaries Branch of the

Department of Justice, in which he rose to the rank of Chief Inspector

before donning the uniform in defence of the Empire...... The

responsible duties of the office will be well discharged by one who

never failed in duty.” Brigadier-General William St. Pierre Hughes,

D.S.O., Superintendent of Penitentiaries, and brother of Major-General

Sir Sam Hughes, was born in Durham County, Ontario, June 2, 1863, and is

the son of John Hughes and Caroline Laughlin. From both sides of his

family he inherited military tastes, his father being the son of a

surgeon-major in the Imperial army who spent eighteen years in India,

and his mother the daughter of Colonel Laughlin of the 10th Royal Irish

Artillery and the granddaughter of Colonel St. Pierre, one of the most

famous of Napoleon’s colonels. General Hughes was educated entirely by

his father until his eleventh year, when he went to Toronto where he

remained six years. After a year at home he went to Winnipeg, where in

1885 he enlisted with the famous “Little Black Devils.” During his stay

in Winnipeg he won the amateur championship of Manitoba and the

North-West as a one-mile foot runner. After the Rebellion he returned to

Ontario, spending a year at college in Belleville; then a year in

Orillia where he played lacrosse with the Orillia team when that team

won the championship of Ontario; then to Cornwall, where he played with

the famous Cornwall lacrosse team during its years of national triumph.

In 1893, General Hughes became Warden’s Secretary and Clerk of

Industries in the Kingston Penitentiary, taking up what has become his

life’s work. After filling a number of different positions in

penitentiary work, during which he took a deep interest in criminology,

General Hughes became Inspector of Penitentiaries in 1913. With great

earnestness he started to put into effect many cherished plans for

prison reform, but the call of 1914 put an end for the time to this

work. During all the years of prison work General Hughes has kept in

close touch with military affairs. Starting as lieutenant in the old

14th Battalion of Kingston, he, in course of time, became

lieutenant-colonel commanding it, and was also brigade-major of the 7th

Canadian Infantry Brigade. General Hughes was in the West when war was

declared, and on his return in September, 1914, hurried to Valcartier,

but was then unable to get a place in the 1st Contingent, which had

already been mobilized. He then returned to Kingston and mobilized the

famous 21st Battalion. He commanded this battalion continuously until

July, 1916, when he was promoted to the command of the 10th Canadian

Infantry Brigade, which he commanded in France until the spring of 1917.

He then returned to England, where he commanded the Canadian area at

Crowborough until it was taken over by the Imperial army. General Hughes

then became president of a board for adjusting the financial differences

between the Imperial and Canadian authorities as regards barrack

damages, etc., and succeeded in writing off over $225,000 of charges

made by Imperials against Canadians, and also saving an amount of almost

$50,000 which was paid to Canadian Paymaster-General by various units in

settlement of these charges. During his service in France General Hughes

was awarded the D.S.O., and was twice mentioned in despatches. Owing to

a reorganization of the Penitentiary Branch, General Hughes was forced

to return to Canada in the summer of 1918, and was appointed

Superintendent of Penitentiaries in April, 1919. Prominent relatives of

General Hughes, besides Major-General Sir Sam Hughes, are Major John

Hughes and Dr. James L. Hughes, brothers. February 5, 1900, General

Hughes married Jessie Williams, daughter of William Macleod, of

Cornwall, Ontario. He has one son and one daughter, Major Laughlin

Macleod Hughes, R.C.H.A., and Mrs. John S. Gzowski, of Montreal, Quebec.

General Hughes is a member of the following societies: Masonic, Orange,

Odd-fellows and Foresters. For recreation he indulges in all-round

sports and big game hunting. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and

resides at 155 Stewart Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Smart, Russell Sutherland, B.A., M.E.=, is a member of the firm of

Featherstonhaugh & Smart, Patent Solicitors, 5 Elgin Street, Ottawa. He

is the son of George A. and Louise Maud (Walton) Smart, of Toronto. His

father was a well-known author. Mr. Smart was born at Winnipeg,

Manitoba, June 20, 1885, and was educated in the Jarvis Collegiate

Institute, Toronto; Toronto University, 1904; School of Practical

Science; Queen’s University, 1907; honorary M.E. Toronto University

1913. In July, 1911, Mr. Smart was called to the Quebec bar, and to the

Ontario bar in 1914. In May, 1904 he was admitted Patent Attorney. He is

joint author of “Fisher and Smart on Patents,” and author of “Smart on

Trademarks.” December 24, 1908, Mr. Smart married Emma Louise Parr,

daughter of James A. Parr, lumberman, of Ottawa. He has three

daughters—Helen Louise, Elizabeth, and Jane Clayton. Mr. Smart is a

member of the Rideau, Rivermead Golf, University (Toronto), and Chemists

(New York) clubs, and of the following societies: Engineering Institute

of Canada, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, and Patent American Law

Association. For recreation, Mr. Smart indulges in golf and tennis. In

religion he is a Presbyterian; in politics, independent; and he resides

at 15 Linden Terrace, Ottawa.

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=McMahon, James Alexander= (Hamilton, Ont.), Treasurer and Managing

Director, Union Drawn Steel Company, Limited, conducted a Commercial

College at Beaver Falls, Penn., 1887-1892; was employed with the Swan

Electric Company, Cleveland, Ohio, 1892-1893, and with the Union Drawn

Steel Company, of Beaver Falls, Penn., 1893-1905, coming to Hamilton in

1905, where he established the present business. He is a member of the

Executive Committee, Hamilton Branch, Canadian Manufacturers

Association, 1916-17; a member of the Membership Committee of the same

for all of Canada, of which latter body he was Chairman in 1911; a

member of the Technical Committee Hamilton School Board, and a member of

the Hamilton Board of Trade. Mr. McMahon was born in Venango County,

Penn., December 18th, 1859, the son of John and Margaret (Wolf) McMahon.

He was educated at the Public Schools of Pennsylvania, and took a

Commercial Course at Oberlin, Ohio. In 1889 he married Jennie G.,

daughter of Benjamin F. Beegle, by whom he has one son, Carl A., and one

daughter, Alma. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M. also of the Commercial

Club, Royal Hamilton Yacht Club, and Canadian Club, Glendale Golf and

Country Club, all of Hamilton. In politics he is a Conservative, and a

Methodist in religion.

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=Gwatkin, Major-General W. G.= (Ottawa, Ont.), has been connected with

the military system of Canada since 1905. Except for rather less than

two years—between 1909 and 1911—his service with it has been

continuous, and he has been intimately concerned alike with the

preparations which were made for the Great War and with the staff work

at Headquarters during the course of the war. A Cambridge University

man, he joined the Manchester Regiment in 1882, and served as Subaltern,

Adjutant, Company Commander and Second in Command; in 1894 he passed the

Staff College; and in 1898 he began a long career on the Staff. Early in

1899 he went to the War Office to work in what ultimately became the

Mobilization Section, the organ of the War Office which had a great deal

to do, first, with the rapid and efficient supply of troops to South

Africa, and afterwards with the careful preparations which enabled the

regular army to show to such advantage in France. In the War Office

during this period he served under Colonel (now Lieut.-General) Sir

Percy Lake. In 1904, General Lake came to Canada to be the first Chief

of the General Staff, and in 1905 he brought Colonel Gwatkin (who had

been serving with his regiment in South Africa) to Ottawa to serve as

Director of Operations and Staff Duties—in other words, to be his

principal technical assistant. The reorganization of the Canadian

Militia which followed the South African War was beginning. In the years

between 1904 and 1914 the Militia force was remodelled, and a staff

system was founded which proved able to carry through the work of

raising and sending overseas an army of half a million men. Colonel

Gwatkin’s services were so highly regarded that the Minister of Militia

specially asked the War Office for an extension of his services, and he

remained in Canada, not for the regulation three years, but for four.

After a period of staff service in England his services were again

requested by the Canadian Government, and he came to Canada early in

1911. At that time the military authorities of the Empire had become

seriously apprehensive of war with Germany, and Colonel Gwatkin’s work

largely comprised such measures of organization for this emergency as

were undertaken in the circumstances. In particular he drew up complete

plans for the raising and despatch of a contingent to England in the

event of a war in Europe in which Canada might wish to participate. The

plan drawn up anticipated a large number of the points which arose when

the war actually came. In November, 1913, he succeeded Major-General C.

J. MacKenzie as Chief of the General Staff. He was filling this post

when the war came. The work done in the Militia Department in

preparation for such an eventuality proved of the utmost service. Cable

censorship was established, harbours were closed, dangerous points were

guarded, the transition from peace to a war which the general public had

not expected was made with remarkable smoothness. When the first

contingent sailed General Gwatkin was desired by the Government to stay

at Militia Headquarters to keep the machine working. During the entire

course of the war he performed enormous labours. To recruit, give

preliminary training to and ship overseas so large an army meant

administrative ability of a very high order and the discharge of an

immense amount of thankless labour. He has done his work to the high

satisfaction of the Government of Canada, whose principal military

adviser he has been. It showed its appreciation of his services by

insisting on retaining him, though the Imperial Government repeatedly

expressed a desire to recall him for service in Great Britain or France.

The details of his career are as follows:—Major-General Willoughby

Garnons Gwatkin, C.B., C.M.G., born August 11, 1859; was appointed

Lieutenant Manchester Regiment May 10, 1882; Adjutant, Manchester

Regiment, April 18, 1888, to April 17, 1892; Captain, Manchester

Regiment, January 17, 1890; Major, Manchester Regiment, April 7, 1900;

Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, January 6, 1904; Brevet Colonel November 20,

1907; Major-General, October 21, 1914. Staff appointments—Staff Captain

Egypt, January 24, 1898, to April 20, 1898; Staff Captain, Headquarters

of Army, March 11, 1899, to January 10, 1900; D.A.A.G., H.Q. of Army

(temp.) January 11, 1900 to January 21, 1901; Staff Captain

(Mobilization) H.Q. of Army, January 22, 1901, to October 14, 1902;

D.A.Q.M.G. (Mobilization) H.Q. of Army, October 15, 1902, to October 31,

1903; Director of Operations and Staff Duties (General Staff Officer 2nd

Grade) Canadian Militia, October 5, 1905, to October 20, 1909; General

Staff Officer 1st grade Eastern Command, March 5, 1910, to February 28,

1911; General Staff Officer (Mobilization) 1st Grade Militia H.Q.,

Canada, July 14, 1911, to October 31, 1913; Chief of the General Staff

and 1st Military Member of the Militia Council, Dominion of Canada,

November 1, 1913. General Gwatkin is the fourth son of the late

Frederick Gwatkin of New Square, Lincoln’s Inn, London, W.C., and Grove

House, Twickenham, and Louisa Isabella, younger daughter of the Rev.

Ambrose Stapleton, vicar of East Budleigh, Devonshire. He was educated

at Shrewsbury School, at King’s College, Cambridge, and at R.M.C.,

Sandhurst. In 1916 he was created C.B. (Civil), C.M.G. in 1918 and Order

of St. Sava of Serbia in 1918.

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=Ross, John Theodore, B.A.= (Quebec), is one of the leading capitalists

of the city. He was born in that city on Nov. 30, 1862, the son of the

late John Ross, a prominent merchant and his wife, Anne Runcie. The late

Senator J. G. Ross was his uncle. He was educated at Quebec High School,

at Morrin College and at McGill University, Montreal, from which latter

institution he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1883. He entered the

wholesale business firm of his father, known as John Ross & Co., in

1884, and was admitted to full partnership in 1887, continuing in this

capacity until 1894 when the firm was liquidated. Since then he has been

widely engaged in financial and commercial operations. He was elected

Vice-President of the Quebec Bank in 1897 and President in 1908. On its

amalgamation with the Royal Bank of Canada some years later he became a

Director of the latter institution. Among his many other interests is

that of President of the Chronicle Printing Company, which publishes the

“Quebec Chronicle,” one of the historic newspapers of Eastern Canada.

His other commercial interests have at various times embraced the Quebec

Steamship Company, the Montmorency Cotton Mills Company, the McArthur

Export Company, The Quebec Improvement Company, the Trans-Canada Railway

Co., the Pacific Pass Coalfields, Ltd., the Quebec Transport Company,

the North Pacific Lumber Company. He has also taken a deep interest in

public and philanthropic affairs. He is a member of the Quebec Board of

Trade and Chairman of the Quebec High School Board, Vice-President of

the Literary and Historical Society, Quebec, President of the Society

for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and President of the Jeffrey

Hale Hospital. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a

Conservative. He is a member of the Garrison Club, Quebec, and his

recreations are driving and tennis. On April 15, 1896, he married Mabel

Kate, daughter of John Burstall, Quebec, and has two sons and two

daughters. He resides on St. Louis Road, Quebec.

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=Rogers, John Morrison= (Ingersoll, Ont.), physician and surgeon, has

been active in the Liberal Party for a number of years, being Liberal

nominee for the Legislative Assembly in his constituency at the present

time. He is the son of Thomas and Margaret Rogers, and was born at Mount

Forest, Ont., in 1867, where he received his early education, afterwards

graduating from Toronto University in 1893. Dr. Rogers married Edythe

B., daughter of J. B. Hambridge, Aylmer, Ont., in 1902, and has three

sons: John Reginald, Donald Morrison, and William Parke. He is a member

of the Ontario Medical Association, Vice-President Western Liberal

Association, the Ingersoll Curling Club, and the Ingersoll Bowling Club.

In religion he is a Presbyterian.

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=Colquhoun, Arthur Hugh Urquhart, B.A., LL.D.=, Deputy Minister of

Education for the Province of Ontario, was born at Montreal on December

2, 1861, the son of the late Walter Colquhoun (a native of

Dumbartonshire, Scotland,) and his wife Jane, daughter of William

Clarke, Niagara, Ont., and relict of Charles Richardson, M.P. He was

educated at Cornwall Public School, Montreal High School (where he won

the Murray Medal for proficiency and the Governor-General’s Medal for

literature and history) and McGill University, from which he graduated

in 1885 with the degree of B.A., first class honors in English

literature and history, and the Shakespeare gold medal. During his

student days he took up the calling of journalism and joined the

editorial staff of the “Montreal Star” in 1881. In 1883 he was entrusted

with the post of editor-in-chief of the “Montreal Weekly Star,” and at

the same time edited the “McGill University Gazette.” In 1886 he went to

Ottawa and accepted the post of editor of the “Journal” of that city. In

1887, when the leaders of the Conservative government founded the

“Toronto Empire” as chief organ of the party, he was appointed assistant

editor and has ever since made Toronto his home. In 1891, he was

appointed managing editor of the “Empire” and continued in that capacity

until its amalgamation with the “Mail” in 1895. In the latter year, he

entered the growing field of trade journalism with Col. J. B. Maclean,

and until 1902 edited the “Printer and Publisher” and the “Dry Goods

Review.” In 1902, he joined the staff of the “Mail and Empire” as

editorial writer, and early in 1903, when Mr. J. S. (now Sir John)

Willison reorganized the “Toronto News,” he became news editor of that

publication, and helped to make the paper temporarily famous for the

literary distinction and importance of its news columns. From the outset

of the political career of the late Sir James Whitney, Mr. Colquhoun had

been his close personal friend and adviser. One of the pledges of that

statesman while leader of the opposition in the Ontario Legislature was

a reorganization of the educational system from top to bottom, and

shortly after his elevation to the post of Prime Minister in 1905 he

appointed a Royal Commission of distinguished men to enquire into the

affairs of the provincial university at Toronto. At the request of Mr.

Whitney, Mr. Colquhoun accepted the position of secretary of the

commission, and had much to do with the drafting of its report, which

proved to be one of the most important documents of its kind produced in

this country. In recognition of his services in this capacity, the

University conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. in 1906. In the

latter year he was also appointed Deputy Minister of Education, a

position he still holds, and was largely instrumental in putting into

effect the reforms promised by Sir James Whitney. In 1908, he was

offered and declined the post of Chief Librarian of the city of Toronto.

Among the earlier positions that he held was that of Chairman of the

Press Committee of the British Association when it met at Toronto in

1897, an occasion which brought to Canada many of the great scientists

of that day. He was also elected President of the Canadian Press

Association for 1906-7. Both before and since his retirement from

journalism, Mr. Colquhoun has been a frequent contributor, chiefly on

historical themes, to magazines and reviews, including “The Canadian

Magazine,” “The University Magazine,” “The British Empire Review,” and

“Queen’s Quarterly.” On the political history of the provinces of

Canada, he is a recognized authority; and his published works include

“The History of Canadian Press Association”; the volume on the Fathers

of Confederation in “The Chronicles of Canada,” and “Memoir of Senator

Gowan, C.M.G.” (which he edited). His books are marked by purity of

diction, and shrewd and moderate judgments on men and events. Mr.

Colquhoun is a member of the Toronto Club and the Toronto Golf Club, and

resides at 342 Walmer Road, Toronto.

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=Miller, Lieut.-Colonel John Bellamy=, Manufacturer (Toronto, Ont.),

President of the Polson Iron Works, Limited, and Parry Sound Lumber

Company, is the son of John Clausin Miller, Lumberman, Parry Sound,

Ont., and Adelaide Augusta Chamberlain; was born at Farmersville (now

Athens), July 26, 1862, and received his education at the Model School,

Toronto, and Upper Canada College. Following his educational training,

Mr. Miller entered the lumber business with the Parry Sound Lumber Co.

as clerk, and while holding this position, mastered every detail of

lumber manufacturing. In 1883, following his father’s death, John B.

Miller took complete charge of the business and was made president of

the Company, which position he still holds. He is also president of the

Polson Iron Works, Limited, of Toronto, and holds a like position in the

Polson Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co. of Toronto. Added to the above Mr.

Miller is president of the Consumers Box Company of Toronto, and was

largely instrumental in the formation of the Canadian Lumbermen’s

Association, of which he is past-president. Mr. Miller holds membership

in the following clubs: National Ontario, R.C.Y.C., Rosedale Golf,

Scarboro Golf, Ontario Jockey Club, Canadian Military Institute, Aero

Club of Canada, all of Toronto; the Rideau Club, of Ottawa; Junior Army

& Navy Club, London, Eng.; Aero Club of America, New York; Royal

Colonial Institute, London; Associate of Institute of Naval Architects

of London, Eng. Mr. Miller was married October 3rd, 1883, to Hannah

Pollock Hunter. Mrs. Miller died in 1893. By this marriage there were

two sons, John Clausin Miller and Henry H. Miller. Mr. Miller’s second

marriage took place September 22nd, 1897, to Jessie Thompson, of

Longford, Ont., a daughter of the late John Thompson, a prominent

Lumberman of that place. One daughter survives this union, Margaret

Lumsden Miller, together with Capt. H. H. Miller, son of the first

marriage. Mr. Miller has the honor of being Lieut.-Col. of the 23rd

Regiment of Northern Pioneers, with Headquarters at Parry Sound; is a

Liberal in politics and his favorite recreations are golf, shooting and

fishing; resides at 98 Wellesley Street, and has his office at Polson

Iron Works.

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=Nasmith, Colonel George Gallie= (Toronto, Ont.), who already enjoyed a

high reputation throughout Canada as a sanitary expert, has won added

distinction in the European War through brilliant services in his

special field. He was made Lieutenant-Colonel, August, 1914 (Colonel in

April, 1917), and Officer Commanding the Hydrological Corps, in which

capacity he had charge of the purification of the water supply at the

new Valcartier Military Camp during the mobilization of the First

Contingent. He was sent to England as adviser in sanitation in charge of

water purifications with the first contingent. While on Salisbury Plain,

he was useful in getting the remainder of the contingent inoculated

against typhoid; in installing a laboratory for the control of

cerebro-spinal meningitis, and in training men in the purification of

water. Colonel Nasmith was sent to France in March, 1915, as O.C. No. 5

(Canadian) Mobile Laboratory, where he conceived the idea of a mobile

filter unit for purifying any water supply, which has since been adopted

by the war office, and is now in general use among the British armies in

France, Mesopotamia, and elsewhere. He was present at the second battle

of Ypres, and saw the gas being discharged by the Germans for the first

time. He diagnosed its composition correctly, and reported it to General

Army Headquarters, recommending the use of masks to cover the face and

nose, saturated with hyposulphite of soda to absorb the gas. These were

adopted until experience enabled a more perfect type to be elaborated.

Other recommendations made by him in regard to gas and water

purification were also adopted. He was the representative of Canada on

the War Allies Sanitary Commission which met in Paris during 1916. In

January, 1916, he was mentioned in despatches, and made C.M.G. for

services in the field, being decorated by the King. Colonel Nasmith is a

Baptist in religion, and a Conservative in politics. He is a member of

the Academy of Medicine, of the American and Canadian Public Health

Associations, the Arts and Letters Club, and the Engineers Club, of

Toronto. Obtained the Diploma of Public Health from Toronto University

in 1918. He has published numerous general papers on foods, milk, water

purification, and sewage disposal, as well as conducting researches

which are embodied in the following papers:—“The Hæmatology of Carbon

Monoxide Poisoning,” “Changes Induced in the Blood of Guinea Pigs in an

Atmosphere of Coal Gas,” “A Simple Method of Purifying Almost any Water

Supply,” “A New Type of Trickling Filter,” “A Mobile Filter of Large

Capacity Suggested for Use in the British Army,” “The Chemistry of Wheat

Gluten,” and “Wind Driven Currents in the Great Lakes.” He is also

author of “On the Fringe of the Great Fight,” published 1918, and

“Canada’s Sons and Great Britain in the Great War,” published 1919.

Colonel Nasmith is greatly interested in music, painting, and the drama,

as well as in horticulture and sailing. From 1903 to 1909 he was Chemist

to the Provincial Board of Health of Ontario, and from 1909 to date

Director of Laboratories, Department of Health, Toronto. He was born in

Toronto in 1877, the son of Mungo Nasmith, of Greenock, Scotland, and

Jane Morrow, of Bath, England. He was educated at Jarvis Street

Collegiate and the University of Toronto, graduating as a B.A. in 1900

and as M.A. and Ph.D. in 1903, also receiving the Honorary Degree of

D.Sc. in 1917 from his alma mater in recognition of his scientific work

with the British Army in France. Colonel Nasmith married Mrs. Scott

Roff, Principal of the Margaret Eaton School of Literature and

Expression, and daughter of the late Rev. James Scott, Owen Sound,

Ontario, in 1916.

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=Flynn, Edmund James=, Judge of the Superior Court (Quebec City, Que.),

is the son of the late James Flynn and Elizabeth Tostivin, and was born

in Percé, Shiretown of Gaspé County, November 16, 1847. After a

distinguished career at Quebec Seminary and Laval University, he

graduated from the latter institution of learning in 1873 with the

degree of LL.L., receiving the higher honor of LL.D. in 1878. Mr.

Justice Flynn has been prominent in Provincial politics during a public

life of some thirty years, during which time he was M.L.A. for the

constituencies of Gaspé and Nicolet respectively, and held office

successively as Commissioner of Crown Lands, Minister of Railways,

Solicitor-General and Commissioner of Public Works in various

Liberal-Conservative Administrations; from May, 1896, to May, 1897, he

was Prime Minister of Quebec. From 1897 to 1904, he was leader of the

Opposition. In 1908, he was candidate for House of Commons in Dorchester

Co., but was defeated by a comparatively small majority. Between the

years 1874 and 1914 when he received his appointment as Judge, Mr. Flynn

was a practising lawyer at the Quebec Bar and Professor of Roman Law in

Laval, of which University he is to-day Dean in the Faculty of Law;

having also been Batonnier of the Quebec Bar. A Roman Catholic in

religion, Judge Flynn married Augustine, daughter of the late Augustin

Cote, Editor of the “Journal de Quebec,” in 1875, by whom he has had

eleven children; those surviving are Amelia, wife of Lt.-Col. Chauveau,

K.C., Edmund, C.P.R. Ticket Agent; Percy, Capt. Adjt., 10th Reserve

Batt., C.E.F.; and Beatrice. After the decease of his first wife he

married Cecile Pouliot, widow of Eugene Globensky, of Montreal, in 1912.

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=Willis, James E.= (Whitby, Ont.), is one of the best known and

progressive citizens of that town. At present he holds the position of

police magistrate for the town, but has been identified with public

affairs in various capacities for some years past. While still

comparatively young in years, he built up a successful position in the

business world, and at the time of his appointment to his legal office

in 1918, filled the office of President of the Whitby Board of Trade. He

has also taken an active part in municipal affairs, and held the office

of Mayor of the town for two terms. Another office which he has filled

with success is that of Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of

the town. It was while Mayor of Whitby that he became identified with

the movement to extend the scope and usefulness of the hydro-electric

system of Ontario. It was the desire of Sir Adam Beck and his chief

lieutenants that the system already so widely used for manufacturing,

municipal and domestic purposes should be augmented by a great network

of radial railways. Under Mayor Willis’s advice, the town of Whitby was

the first municipality in Ontario to avail itself of these proposals by

extending municipal support to a hydro-electric radial railway linking

up Toronto with the towns of Whitby, Markham and Port Perry; and it is

expected that the road when constructed and put in operation will do

much for the entire section immediately east of Toronto. Another local

enterprise which was in the main due to Mr. Willis’s progressive spirit

was the installing of a sewerage system, which was essential to the

establishment near the town of Whitby of a great provincial hospital for

the insane, which, during the war was turned over to the military

authorities, and was the largest soldiers’ hospital in the Dominion of

Canada. When the plans which Mr. Willis has done so much to promote are

carried out, Whitby will have a close suburban connection by electric

railway with Toronto, and it is expected will become an important

residential centre for the wealthier families of that city. When the

late Major Harper, who had formerly served as police magistrate, passed

away in 1918, the Attorney-General of Ontario appointed Mr. Willis his

successor; and the choice was applauded not merely locally, but in wider

circles where the activities of Mr. Willis for the development of Whitby

had rendered his name familiar. He is recognized as one of the most

forceful and progressive municipal authorities in Canada. In his younger

days he took an active interest in outdoor sports, such as foot racing,

cricket, baseball, and was secretary of the Whitby Curling Club for many

years, and took part as skip in many Tankard and friendly matches. He

has been from his youth a reader, and is one of the best posted men on

general and scientific subjects in his native town. It has been his

policy to strongly advocate any movement that would be for the good and

uplifting of the people as a whole; and he has often been heard to say:

“I wish I could do some lasting good for my fellow man, and leave the

world a little better than I found it. If I can do no permanent and

lasting good, I feel that I have lived in vain.”

[Illustration: ORVILLE B. SHORTLY, TORONTO

WILLIAM MCINENLY, OTTAWA]

=Nicholls, Lieut.-Colonel The Hon. Frederic= (Toronto, Ont.), Dominion

Senator; born in England, November 23, 1856. He received his education

at Stuttgart, Wurtemburg, Germany, and came to Canada in 1874, where he

organized the first electric company—The Toronto Incandescent Electric

Light Company—which adopted the first underground system of electric

distribution in Canada. Senator Nicholls was elected President of the

National Electric Light Association of America in 1896, being the only

Canadian to hold that honor, and has since been elected an honorary

member. He was for seven years Secretary of the Canadian Manufacturers

Association, and founded the “Canadian Manufacturer,” of which he was

editor and proprietor until 1893. Senator Nicholls is President and

General Manager of the Canadian General Electric Company, Toronto;

President and General Manager of the Canadian Allis-Chalmers, Limited;

President of the Canadian Sunbeam Lamp Co.; President of the Toronto &

Hamilton Railway Company; Vice-President of the Dominion Coal Company;

Vice-President of the Dominion Iron & Steel Co.; Vice-President of the

Dominion Steel Corporation; Vice-President of the Electrical Development

Co. of Ontario; Vice-President of the Sao Paulo Tramway, Light & Power

Company; Vice-President of the Toronto & Niagara Power Company;

Vice-President of the Toronto Power Company; Vice-President of the

Toronto Railway Company; Vice-President of the Toronto & York Radial

Railway Company; Director of the British American Assurance Company; of

the Canadian Lake & Ocean Navigation Company; of the Confederation Life

Association; of the Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto Railway Company;

of the Toronto Electric Light Co.; of the Toronto Hunt, Limited, of the

Western Assurance Company, and of The United States Fidelity and

Casualty Company. In 1890 Senator Nicholls was President of the Toronto

Press Club; in 1893 President of the Athenæum Club; in 1911 F.R.C.L.,

and in 1914 gazetted Honorary Lieut.-Colonel. He is Consul for Portugal;

life member of the Toronto Board of Trade; Honorary Member of the

Canadian Press Association; Member of the Executive Committee Canadian

Manufacturers Association; and a Justice of the Peace. Appointed to the

Senate January 20, 1917, and is Chairman of the Standing Committee on

Finance of the Senate. In 1875 he married Florence, daughter of

Commander Graburn, who died in 1909. He had two sons on active service:

Captain Walter Nicholls, who went overseas with the first contingent,

served in France, and after being invalided home was Senior Supply

Officer at Shorncliffe, and Lieut. Fred Nicholls, attached to the Horse

Transport. Two sons-in-law, Capt. J. E. Proctor and Capt. J. B. Allen,

and five nephews also served in the overseas forces. Senator Nicholls’

recreations are hunting, fishing, motoring, yachting and golf. Among his

clubs are the Bankers’ Club of America, New York; the York Club, the

Toronto Club, Toronto Hunt Club, Albany Club, Engineers Club, Ontario

Jockey Club, Rosedale Golf Club, Toronto Golf Club, Scarborough Golf and

Country Club, and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, Ont.; the

Hamilton Golf and Country Club; Caledon Mountain Trout Club; the Mount

Royal Club, Montreal; the Rideau Club, the Country Club, Ottawa; the

Manitoba Club, Winnipeg. Since the outbreak of the war he has devoted

himself to patriotic work, and is a member of the Executive Committee of

the General Council of the Canadian Patriotic Fund; Vice-President and

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Toronto Branch of the

Canadian Red Cross Society; and President of the Toronto Municipal Loan

Association, a society formed to relieve distress.

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=Helmer, Brigadier-General Richard Alexis, C.M.G.=, entered the Canadian

Militia in 1883 as a private in the ranks of the 43rd Regiment, D.C.O.R.

Eight years later he was made a Lieutenant, and in 1896 was appointed

Captain. In 1899, he was promoted to the rank of Major. In 1885, General

Helmer graduated as a chemist for the Province of Ontario, and in 1886

for the Province of Quebec. He successfully practised his profession in

Hull, Quebec, up to 1904, when he retired therefrom. He was energetic,

popular, and progressive, and for twelve years was alderman and twice

mayor (1896 and 1900) of the city of Hull. April 27, 1906, be was

appointed Deputy Assistant-Adjutant-General for Musketry on the

Headquarters Staff, and Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry, October

1, 1908, which post he held until May 17, 1910, when he was appointed a

Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant-Adjutant-General. On January 1, 1911,

he was appointed Director of Musketry, and February 24, 1916,

Director-General of Musketry. This latter post he still holds, together

with that of Acting-Director of Military Training, to which he was

appointed September, 1914, and that of Commandant of the Canadian School

of Musketry, to which he was appointed in 1907. General Helmer has for

years been prominent in rifle shooting in Canada, and has many fine

trophies to prove his skill. In 1899, he was Adjutant of the Canadian

Rifle Team at Bisley. In 1903, Adjutant of the Canadian Palma Team at

Sea Girt. In 1907, Adjutant of the Canadian Palma Team at Ottawa, and in

1912, Commandant of the Canadian Palma Team at Camp Perry. General

Helmer is the eldest son of the late Nathaniel and Melissa (Johnson)

Helmer, of Ottawa. He was born in Russell, Ontario, October 12, 1864,

and was educated at Ottawa and Toronto, Ontario. He married Elizabeth I.

Hannum, of Hull, Quebec. Their only child and son, Lieutenant A. H.

Helmer, Canadian Artillery, was killed in action, May 2, 1915. General

Helmer is in possession of the Colonial Auxiliary Forces long service

medal, and for services rendered in the great war was awarded the C.M.G.

in 1918. He is a member of the Laurentian Club, and resides at 122

Gilmour St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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=McCurdy, Fleming Blanchard, M.P.= (Halifax, N.S.), Financier, began

business in the service of the Halifax Banking Company, Truro, N.S., in

1890, which he left in 1901 to embark in financial business under the

firm name of F. B. McCurdy & Company, which has seven branch offices at

the present time. He is a Past President of the Halifax Board of Trade,

was elected to the House of Commons in 1911, and was appointed

Parliamentary Secretary of the Department of Militia and Defence, July,

1916. His recreations are fishing, hunting, and motoring. Among his

clubs are the Halifax City; Wanderers A.A.C., of which he is an

ex-President; Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron; Halifax Golf; Halifax

Automobile Association (ex-President); St. James, Montreal; Royal

Automobile, London, Eng.; Rideau, Ottawa; and Royal Ottawa Golf Club.

Mr. McCurdy was born at Old Barns, County Colchester, N.S., February 17,

1875, the son of James and Amelia J. (Archibald) McCurdy, and was

educated in the public schools. In 1902 he married Florence Bridgman

Pearson, daughter of the Hon. B. F. Pearson, M.P.P., Halifax, and has

two sons. Mr. McCurdy is a Conservative and a Presbyterian.

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=Langton, Brigadier-General Joseph Graham=, Paymaster-General of the

Militia Department, Ottawa, is the son of Thomas Langton, a merchant,

and Fannie McKim Langton, and was born at Toronto, October 14, 1868,

where he received his education in the public schools and the Jarvis

Street Collegiate Institute. He has had an extensive military career,

and has served continuously in the active militia of Canada since 1886.

He joined the Queen’s Own Rifles in May, 1886, and served continuously

until December, 1896. He served for two and a half years as regimental

drill instructor, and in 1895 organized the Queen’s Own Rifle Cyclist

section. In 1897, he received a commission as Lieutenant in the 20th

Lorne Rifles, was promoted as Captain in 1898, and held appointment as

Adjutant until 1903. He was selected by Militia Headquarters to organize

No. 2 Company Canadian Army Service Corps, and in 1903 at Niagara Camp

commanded the first Army Service Corps unit to go under canvas in

Canada. In June, 1905, he was appointed Senior Army Service Corps

Officer, Western Ontario Command, on the Staff of Brigadier-General W.

D. Otter, C.B., and held that appointment until June, 1911, when the

tenure of appointment expired. In 1898, he instituted the first

regimental system of messing at the Canadian Militia Training Camps at

Niagara Camp. At the Tercentenary Celebration at Quebec, July, 1908, he

was appointed as Deputy-Assistant-Quarter-Master-General, and had charge

of the railway transportation of troops. A field order issued by the

late Lord Roberts conveyed the congratulations of the present King, then

the Prince of Wales, to the late Sir Frederick Borden on the success of

the transport arrangements. General Langton instituted the first use of

mechanical transport by the Canadian Militia at the Fall manœuvres at

Toronto in October, 1910. He was appointed railway transport officer for

mobilization of the first Canadian contingent at Valcartier in August,

1914, and in co-operation with Sir William Price had charge of the

embarkation of the first contingent at Quebec in September of the same

year. In December, 1915, he was appointed Inspector of Supplies and

Transport for the Second Divisional Area, and by Order-in-Council,

February, 1916, he was attached to the Staff of the Inspector-General

and appointed as Chief Supply Inspector for Eastern Canada. In the

following June he was appointed as Deputy Inspector-General. February 8,

1918, he was appointed as Paymaster-General and as a member of the

Militia Council. As Deputy Inspector-General, General Langton had

supervision over receipts, supplies, stores, clothing, accounting,

regimental funds, mess accounts, and canteen funds. In the matter of

canteens, General Langton is recognized as the leading authority in

Canada on their administration. The booklet of rules for the management

of canteens, regimental funds, etc., issued by the Militia Department as

a text-book for the troops, was prepared by him. The branch under his

administration effected a saving during the war of over one million

dollars without depriving the troops of anything to which they were

entitled. In his capacity as Paymaster-General he has entire charge of

the finances—separations allowance and assigned pay branch of the

Militia Department, etc. General Langton is Vice-President of the

Military Service Department of the Young Men’s Christian Association.

This department was first attached to the Canadian Military Camps at

Valcartier in August, 1914, by General Sir Sam Hughes on the

recommendation of General Langton. In recognition of his services

General Langton has been recommended for distinguished services in

Canada. Until he entered upon his duties as Deputy Inspector-General,

General Langton has been engaged in banking and other financial

pursuits. General Joseph Graham Langton, on Oct. 7, 1891, married

Margaret J., daughter of John Pearey, contractor, of Toronto. Five

children have blessed the union: Percy (deceased), Ernest Pearey

(deceased), Olive V., Joseph McKim, and Florence Margaret. General

Langton is a member of the Rideau Club (Ottawa) and of the Canadian

Military Institute (Toronto), Ashlar Lodge A.F. & A.M., No. 249, and St.

Paul’s Royal Arch Chapter, No. 65, Toronto. His recreations are curling

and lawn bowling. In religion an Anglican. His address is Militia

Department, Ottawa, Ontario, Can.

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=Graham, Hon. George Perry= (Brockville, Ont.), is one of the leading

public men of Canada, and a former cabinet minister. He was born on

March 31, 1859, at Eganville, Ont., and is of Irish descent. He was

educated at Iroquois and Morrisburg High Schools in the St. Lawrence

Valley. He early became identified with journalism, and as editor and

manager of the Brockville “Recorder,” made it one of the best known

provincial papers in the Dominion. An earlier newspaper enterprise of

his was the Morrisburg “Herald,” which he successfully conducted for

eleven years; and he was for a short time associate editor of the Ottawa

“Free Press.” As a young man, Mr. Graham became identified with the

organization of the Liberal party in his district, and was in great

demand as a platform speaker. Entry into public life was a logical

outcome of his career as a moulder of public opinion. During his

residence in Morrisburg, Ont., he was Reeve of the village and a member

of the County Council, and in 1894 the Liberals nominated him for the

riding of Dundas against no less an opponent than J. P. Whitney,

afterwards Prime Minister of Ontario. At the general elections for the

Legislature in 1898 he was Liberal candidate for Brockville, and was

more successful, securing election by a substantial majority. He at once

achieved a prominent position in the Legislature owing to his wit and

skill as a debater. Those were the days when Mr. Whitney was making his

long and ultimately successful fight for the overthrow of the Ross

Government, and the former contestants in the riding of Dundas

frequently crossed swords in debate. At the Legislative elections in

1902, Mr. Graham was re-elected for Brockville, though his party

suffered heavy losses elsewhere, and on November 25, 1904, on the

resignation of the late Hon. J. R. Stratton from the post of Provincial

Secretary, he was called to the cabinet as his successor. At the general

elections of the ensuing winter he was again returned for Brockville,

but the Ross Government, of which he was a member, was defeated. On

January 25, 1907, the Liberal caucus elected him leader of His Majesty’s

loyal opposition, but he served in that capacity for only one session of

the Legislature. In August of 1907, Sir Wilfrid Laurier induced him to

abandon the provincial field, and offered him the portfolio of Railways

and Canals in the Federal cabinet. He was sworn in as a member of the

Privy Council on August 29, and on September 18, 1907, was elected by

acclamation to the House of Commons for the Federal riding of

Brockville. He continued as Minister of Railways for four years, and

took an active part in the organization of his party in Ontario. In

September, 1911, the Laurier administration was defeated at the polls.

Mr. Graham was elected in a by-election in South Renfrew, and for the

next six years continued to sit in opposition as the desk-mate of Sir

Wilfrid Laurier. He did not seek re-election at the general elections of

1917, but has retained active connection with the Liberal party, and in

many quarters his name was urged as the fitting successor of Sir Wilfrid

Laurier in the party leadership. In addition to his journalistic and

political activities, Mr. Graham is widely known in connection with

fraternal insurance organizations. He was Grand Master of the Ancient

Order of United Workmen for two years, and for a considerable period a

member of the Finance Committee of that body. He is President of the

Travellers’ Life Assurance Company of Canada, a Director of the Canada

Foundries and Forging Company, Vice-President of Delaney Forge Company,

and President of the “Recorder” Printing Company. In religion he is a

Methodist. In 1882, he married Carrie, a daughter of Nelson Southworth,

Morrisburg, Ont., and had two sons, Captain Perry M., who died some

years ago, and Captain W. N., who was killed in the Great War.

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=Leonard, Lieutenant-Colonel Reuben Wells=, Corps of Guides (St.

Catharines, Ont.). Born at Brantford, Ont., February 21, 1860, son of

the late Francis Henry Leonard (one time Reeve of the town of Brantford

and Warden of the County of Brant) and Elizabeth, daughter of the late

Captain Richard Catton. He was educated at the Brantford Collegiate

Institute and Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, from which

latter he graduated in 1883, winning the Silver Medal.

Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard has had a wide experience in several branches

of his chosen profession of engineering, having occupied positions of

increasing importance in railroad, hydro-electric, and mining

development. After completing his education in 1883, he took service

with the Canadian Pacific Railway as instrumentman on surveys and

resident engineer on construction of the Lake Superior Division. At the

outbreak of the North-West Rebellion in 1885 he was appointed Staff

Officer of Transport, and served in other capacities during the

uprising. After the Rebellion he re-entered the service of the Canadian

Pacific as engineer of surveys and construction in Manitoba and Ontario.

From 1886 until 1890, he was chief engineer of the Cumberland Railway

and Coal Co., in Nova Scotia. 1890-1891 he was again with the Canadian

Pacific Railway on surveys of important branch lines in Ontario, Quebec,

and British Columbia. In 1891-92 he was engaged in railway contracting.

In 1892-93 he was in charge of the construction of the first

hydro-electric development at Niagara Falls, Ont., for the Park and

River Railway Co. In 1893-94 he was engineer-in-charge of railway

surveys for the Canadian Pacific Railway. From 1895 until 1899 he was

chief engineer and manager of construction of the St. Lawrence and

Adirondack Railway, and of the Montreal and Ottawa Short Line (C.P.R.)

respectively, and consulting engineer for the Canadian Rutland Railway.

His next step was again in the field of mining engineering, being

engaged as engineer with the Lake Superior Corporation in developing

their iron and nickel mines in the Sudbury and Michipicoten districts.

In 1900, he returned to railroading as chief engineer and manager of

construction of the Cape Breton Railway. From 1902 to 1904, he was

engineer in charge of the construction of a hydro-electric plant at

DeCew Falls, near St. Catharines, for the Hamilton Cataract Power Co.,

and in 1905-06 he was engaged in similar work at Kakabeka Falls, near

Fort William, for the Kaministiquia Power Co. In 1905, when silver was

first discovered in Northern Ontario, Colonel Leonard was one of the

first prospectors in the Cobalt district and staked the Buffalo mine,

and in the following year he acquired a controlling interest in the

Coniagas mine, and promoted the Coniagas Mines, Ltd., of which he is

President. This mine has been one of the largest and most consistent

producers of silver ore in the rich Cobalt district, and during its ten

years of operation has produced 25,000,000 ounces of silver, and is

still one of the few silver-producing mines of Canada. In 1908 a

subsidiary company—the Coniagas Reduction Co., Ltd., was formed

primarily for the purpose of treating ore from the Coniagas mine, but a

large custom trade has also been developed in the smelting and reduction

of cobalt ores for the production of silver and lesser products. In

1911, Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard was selected by the Dominion Government

for the position of Chairman of the National Transcontinental Railway

Commission at Ottawa, with jurisdiction over the construction of the

Government Railway from Moncton, N.B., to Winnipeg. This position he

occupied, at much personal sacrifice, until the practical completion of

the railway in 1914. Next to the mining industry, Colonel Leonard’s

principal interest would appear to lie in the direction of the steel

business, as his name appears on the directorate of several industries

engaged in the manufacture of steel and steel products. He has recently

promoted the organization of a new steel company, under the name of

Electric Steel and Engineering Ltd., which is an amalgamation of several

engineering enterprises in which he is interested, and whose different

lines of manufacture he found could be co-ordinated to advantage. He is

also a Director of the Toronto General Trusts Corporation. It may be

said here that he is one of those men of business who are not content to

be Directors in name only, but who believe in the principle that a

Director should take a part in the actual direction of the enterprises

with which he permits his name to become identified, and in conformity

with this rule he has consistently declined to accept office as Director

of commercial enterprises when he felt he was not in a position to give

the necessary time and attention to the affairs of the business. Colonel

Leonard has always taken a keen interest in the welfare and advancement

of the engineering profession, and is an active member and past

vice-president of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers and the

Canadian Mining Institute; President Engineering Institute of Canada,

1919-20. He has always been the friend of the young engineer, and ever

ready to lend a hand in helping him along the road to success. He is

also a past corresponding member of the Council of the Institute of

Mining and Metallurgy, London, England, and a member of the American

Institute of Mining Engineers. Member Institution of Civil Engineers,

London, England. In spite of his many business activities, he finds time

to devote to educational interests, and is a close student of all

questions involving the well-being and good government of the State. He

is a true Imperialist and advocate of closer unity between the component

parts of the Empire; and any movement which promises to assist in

attaining this end has his moral and financial support. He is a member

of the Board of Governors of the University of Toronto; the Kingston

School of Mining; Wycliffe College, Toronto; and Ridley College, St.

Catharines, Ont. He has recently established scholarships under “The

Leonard Foundation” in several of these Institutions to assist in the

education and support of sons of clergymen, school teachers and officers

and men of the Canadian and Imperial army and navy who require

assistance in order to complete their education. His other benefactions

are widely distributed and unheralded, and it is safe to say that few

appeals on behalf of deserving objects are made to him in vain. A

characteristic which strikes one forcibly is his ability to quickly

analyse and grasp the essentials of things, and this faculty enables him

to get through a large amount of work in a limited time, and also to

readily appreciate the merits or demerits of things, whether in

business, politics or the various public movements with which he may be

asked to become identified. Since the outbreak of war, he has given much

of his time and means to patriotic movements and other work tending to

promote Canada’s whole-hearted participation in the war.

Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard is in command of No. 2 Detachment, Corps of

Guides. He is a member of the Mount Royal Club, Montreal; Rideau and

Country Clubs, Ottawa; National Club and the Engineers’ Club, Toronto,

and the Tourilli Fish and Game Club, Quebec. He is an ardent advocate of

all outdoor sports, especially in the woods. He is an independent in

politics, and in religion an Anglican. Married in 1889 to Kate Rowlands,

daughter of the late John Rowlands, of Kingston, Ont.

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=Hare, Rev. John James, M.A., Ph.D.=, Principal Emeritus of Ontario

Ladies’ College (Whitby, Ont.), is one of the most distinguished of

Canadian educationists. He was born in Nepean township, Ontario, on

October 3, 1847, the son of Robert and Barbara (Shillington) Hare. His

early education was received in the public school of his district, and

later he entered Victoria University, at that time situated at Cobourg,

Ont., with a view to entering the Methodist ministry. He graduated in

1873 with the degree of B.A., winning first prizes in metaphysics,

Hebrew, Scripture and debating, also a scholarship for highest standing

in his sophomore year. In 1876, he qualified for the M.A. degree of his

alma mater, and subsequently was awarded the degree of Ph.D. by the

Illinois Wesleyan University. Incidentally he had served as a public

school teacher for two years, and was ordained for the ministry in 1873.

For one year he served as a pastor at London, Ont., but in 1874 was

appointed principal of the Ontario Ladies’ College at Whitby, Ont., an

institution founded for the education of Methodist young women, but by

no means exclusively denominational. That position Dr. Hare held

continuously for forty-one years. In 1915 he resigned, and was appointed

principal emeritus. In 1879 he became governor as well as principal. In

the conduct of the institution he has shown rare executive ability, and

to this asset, combined with his indefatigable energy and spirit of

devotion to the interests of his pupils, the great success of the

college is attributable. During his regime, the institution was four

times enlarged by the addition of Ryerson Hall, private residence with

connecting passage, Frances Hall, gymnasium, swimming pool and hospital

to provide against an outbreak of a contagious disease. By a vast number

of Canadian women, some of whom are now in middle age, the name of Dr.

Hare is held in honor and veneration. His educational attainments were

some years ago recognized by his selection as examiner in geology by the

University of Toronto. In September, 1874, he married Katherine

Isabella, daughter of the late Rev. D. C. McDowell, a well-known

Methodist divine, and has one son. Mrs. Hare was for some years lady

principal of the college, and discharged the duties of her position with

efficiency. His recreations are riding, driving and tennis; and in

politics he is an independent. His permanent address is 164 Bird Ave.,

Miami, Florida.

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=Morin, Pierre Alphonse= (St. John’s, Quebec), Prothonotary Superior

Court, was born in St. François, Montmagny, 1st August, 1855, and

educated at Montreal College and McGill University, graduating with the

degree of B.C.L. He is the son of Louis Edouard Morin and Catherine des

Trois Maisons, and married Rachel, daughter of the late Senator J. O.

Villeneuve, ex-Mayor of Montreal, by whom he has eight children, Paul,

Josephine, Louise, Suzanne, Villeneuve, Lucie, Madeleine and André.

After practising as an Advocate for some time Mr. Morin became editor

and proprietor of “Le Canada Français,” a Liberal paper which is still

in existence, and with which he retained his connection until receiving

his present appointments as Prothonotary of the Superior Court of

Iberville, and Clerk of the Crown and of the Peace, and of the Circuit

Court of the District of Iberville, Com. per dedimus potestatem and

Commr. in Extradition. He is a Past Grand Knight of Columbus, a Roman

Catholic in religion and a Liberal in politics.

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=Ashton, Major-General Ernest, M.D., C.M.G.=, is one of those Canadian

soldiers who won high rank and distinction during the great war, but was

originally a physician by profession. He was born at Brantford, Ont., on

October 28, 1875, the son of Rev. Robert and Alice Mary Ashton. His

father was formerly Principal of the Mohawk Institute, Brantford, and

incumbent of His Majesty’s Chapel of Mohawks. He was educated for the

calling of a physician at Trinity Medical School, and graduated in 1898

with the following degrees and honours: F.I.M.C., M.D., C.M. of Trinity

University, and was medallist of both Trinity Medical School and Trinity

University. On graduation he became house surgeon of the Hospital for

Sick Children, Toronto, holding that position for one year, after which

he was appointed superintendent of the Muskoka Cottage Sanitarium, near

Gravenhurst, Ont., remaining there for two years. In 1901 he returned to

Brantford, Ont., and built up a large general practice. He also entered

municipal politics and served as alderman and as a member of the Board

of Education. He was one of the Board of Governors of Brantford General

Hospital and the Brantford Sanitarium. The volunteer militia likewise

claimed much of his energy and enthusiasm, and he holds a first class

school of infantry certificate. When but eighteen years of age he joined

the Dufferin Rifles of Brantford as second lieutenant, and was gazetted

on January 20, 1893. He became a full lieutenant in September of that

year; Captain on August 7, 1896; Major, December 29, 1902; and

Lieutenant-Colonel on January 8, 1907, being at that time one of the

youngest militia commanders in Canada. On completing his five years’

tenure on January 7, 1912, he gave up his command, and was transferred

to the Reserve of Officers of the Canadian Militia. The following year

he was returned to the active list on the organization of the 13th

Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery, and raised and on July 1, 1913,

assumed command of the 32nd Howitzer Battery, C.F.A., with the rank of

Lieutenant-Colonel. On the outbreak of the great war in the following

year he at once offered his services, and on January 2, 1915, was

appointed to raise and organize the 36th Battalion, C.E.F., and within

six months had so effectively performed his task that he was able to

proceed overseas with his battalion on June 19, 1915. On arrival in

England, the organization was broken up and sent to France as

re-inforcements for other battalions; and its commanding officer was

appointed Brigadier of the 9th Reserve Infantry Brigade, and promoted to

the rank of Colonel. On November 7, 1916, he was appointed O.C. of the

Canadian Training Division, and about the same time acted as one of the

Board headed by Surgeon-General Sir William Baptie to investigate the

charges preferred by Colonel Herbert A. Bruce against the organization

of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. On March 16, 1917, he became

temporary Brigadier-General and on April 2 of that year was appointed

General Officer Commanding of the 15th Canadian Infantry Brigade. His

valuable services were the subject of official mention on February 24,

1917 and August 7, 1917. In the autumn of that year he was recalled to

Canada, and on January 1, 1918 appointed Acting-Adjutant-General and

Major-General. At the same time he received the honour of C.M.G. from

His Majesty the King. On June 8, 1905, General Ashton was married to

Helen Margaret, daughter of Oswald Weir, banker, of the Bank of North

America, Brantford, Ont.; he has one child, Amy Corcaire Ashton. He is

an Anglican in religion, and in politics a man of strongly Imperialistic

leanings. He is a member of the Rideau Club, Ottawa, and the Ottawa Golf

Club.

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=Duff, Hon. Lyman Poore=, is one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of

Canada, and one of the mostly widely-known of Canadian jurists. He was

born at Meaford, Ontario, on January 7, 1865, the son of Rev. Charles

and Isabel (Johnstone) Duff. He was educated in the public and high

schools of the province and at the University of Toronto, from which he

graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1887 and first class honors in

mathematics and metaphysics. He also took up the study of law at Osgoode

Hall, Toronto, and received the degree of LL.B. at Toronto University in

1889. For a time he was teacher of mathematics at Barrie Collegiate

Institute, but was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1893, and in the same

year to that of British Columbia in 1895. He first practised in Fergus,

Wellington County, Ont., for two years, and in 1895 removed to Victoria,

B.C., where he built up a large and important practice. He was created a

King’s Counsel in 1901, and in that year represented the province of

British Columbia in the famous Deadman’s Island case. In 1903, he was

one of the counsel in the enquiry into the Columbian and Western land

subsidies, a matter which attracted a great deal of attention on the

Pacific Coast at that time. In 1903, he had the honor of being

associated as counsel with the late Hon. Edward Blake, K.C., and the

late Christopher Robinson, K.C., in representing the Dominion of Canada

before the joint high commission on the Alaskan Boundary dispute, which

sat in London, England. He received appointment as Puisne Judge of the

Supreme Court of Canada in 1904, and in 1906 was elevated to his present

position as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court at Ottawa. In that

capacity he had made important decisions on questions of the highest

moment, and in 1918 was appointed as supreme authority in connection

with appeals against the operation of the Military Service Act. He is a

man of strong and striking personality as well as of the highest

judicial attainments, and in many quarters it has been suggested that he

leave the bench to enter political life, which, however, holds out no

attraction for him. When in private practice he was a Liberal, and for a

time held the position of President of the Victoria Liberal Club. He is

a member of the Rideau Club, Ottawa, Ottawa Country Club, Union Club,

Victoria, B.C., Vancouver Club. In July, 1898, he married Elizabeth

Eleanor, daughter of Henry Bird, Barrie, Ont, and resides on Goulborn

Ave., Ottawa.

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=Hurdman, George Charles, M.P.P.=, is a prominent lumberman of Ottawa,

and one of the representatives of that city in the Ontario legislature.

He was born in Ottawa on September 23, 1870, the son of George and Agnes

C. (Fraser) Hurdman. On both sides he is of United Empire Loyalist

stock, and is of Irish and Scottish descent. He was educated at the

public and Model schools of his native city, and as a lad of nineteen

became connected with the wholesale lumber industry, with which he has

ever since been identified. He first entered the service of Beull, Orr,

Hurdman & Co., with which he was connected for five years; after which

he was associated with the lumber firm of Shepherd and Morse, Boston,

Massachusetts, for another five years. In 1899 he established the

Hurdman Lumber Company, Limited, of which he is the head. He has offices

in Canada Life Building, Ottawa, and conducts an extensive wholesale

business. He is also Secretary-Treasurer of the Canada Quarries and

Construction Co. of Ottawa. From earlier manhood, Mr. Hurdman has taken

a strong interest in public affairs, and was for several years an active

officer of the executive of the Liberal party in Ottawa. At the general

elections for the Ontario Legislature in June, 1914, he was the

candidate of his party for the riding of Ottawa West, and succeeded in

defeating his opponent, ex-Mayor Ellis, a strong candidate, by a safe

majority. As a member of the opposition he has proved most useful, his

counsel being especially valued in committee work, and in the party

caucus. He has also taken an active interest in military affairs, and as

a young man served with the 43rd Regiment, Ottawa, and Carleton Rifles.

When the war broke out in 1914, he decided to resume military service,

and qualified as an officer in the Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, which

sent many recruits to the front. He is a Methodist in religion, and a

charter member of the Laurentian Club, Ottawa, and his chief recreation

is horsemanship. On June 21, 1899, he married Katherine, daughter of

Thomas J. Lynton, Ottawa, and has three sons, George Charles, Thomas

Lynton, and Herbert Russell Hurdman. He resides at 412 Daly Ave.,

Ottawa.

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=Bates, Thomas Nathaniel=, is one of the leading business men of Ottawa,

and holds the position of Vice-President and Manager of the

International Land & Lumber Company, of 285 Bank Street, in that city.

He is also Vice-President of the British Canadian Industrial Company,

Limited. He was born at L’Orignal, Ontario, in 1881, and is a son of

Joseph Lever Bates. He was educated at the public and high schools of

Hawkesbury, Ont., and as a lad of nineteen went into the insurance

business as an agent for the New York Life Insurance Company at Ottawa.

He proved one of the most successful writers of policies that this

country has produced, and in 1904 made the Canadian record for his

company by obtaining one hundred and seven applications for insurance in

the space of thirty-five days. He was appointed Superintendent of

Agencies for the company, and continued in that position until 1907. In

that year the International Land and Lumber Company and the British

Canadian Industrial Company were organized, and he was connected with

them from their inception. Under his energetic and enterprising

direction, they have developed a large and substantial business. In

politics Mr. Bates is a Conservative, and in religion a Methodist. He is

a member of the Laurentian Club; the Britannia Boat Club and the

Canadian Club, Ottawa. On September 21, 1909, he married Maud, daughter

of Thomas Askwith, Ottawa, and has two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Bates reside

at 248 O’Connor Street in the capital.

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=Rose, George Maclean=, President and Manager of the Hunter-Rose

Company, Limited, Toronto, comes of a family which has been identified

with the printing and publishing industry in Canada since the

pre-Confederation era. He was born at the city of Quebec on October 30,

1865, the son of the late George Maclean Rose and his wife, Margaret

Levack Manson, both natives of Caithness, Scotland. Sir Oliver Mowat,

the famous Liberal statesman, who was for nearly a quarter of a century

Prime Minister of Ontario, and held other very important public offices,

was a cousin of the late Mrs. Rose. The subject of this sketch was

educated at the Model School and the Wellesley School, Toronto, and

later took a course at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, with a

view to embarking in a career of scientific agriculture, a project

subsequently abandoned. He began his business career with the Williams,

Greene & Rome Company, Ltd., manufacturers of men’s wear at Kitchener

(then Berlin), Ont., and became secretary and a director of the company.

Severing connection with the enterprise, he went to New York, and was

engaged in business there for ten years, returning to Canada in 1902 to

join the Hunter-Rose Company, established many years previously by his

father. He acted as secretary of the company for two years, and in 1904

became President and Manager, the position he holds to-day. The

Hunter-Rose Company is one of the historic commercial concerns of

Canada. Its founder, the late George Maclean Rose, was a native of Wick,

Caithness, who, as a young man in Scotland acquired complete familiarity

with every phase of the printing and publishing business. In the middle

fifties he came to Canada, and settled in Montreal, but in 1857 went to

London, Ont., and in company with the late Hamilton Hunter established

the printing firm of Hunter & Rose. This partnership was, however,

short-lived, and in 1859, Mr. Rose joined forces with the late Samuel

Thompson, of Toronto, who had received the contract to execute the

printing for the parliament of Canada. This necessitated removal to

Quebec, at that time capital of Canada. It shortly became necessary for

Mr. Thompson to retire from business, and to carry on the work of

government printing Mr. Rose formed the firm of Hunter-Rose & Company,

in the ancient capital, taking into partnership Robert Hunter, a

practical accountant. The completion of the parliament buildings at

Ottawa in 1865 and the establishment of the government there,

necessitated removal to that city, which remained the headquarters of

the firm for several years. Confederation, in the meantime, having

become an established fact, Hon. John Sandfield Macdonald, the first

Premier of Ontario, induced Mr. Rose to establish a branch in Toronto,

to take charge of the provincial printing. In 1871, Mr. Rose came to

Toronto to reside permanently, and since that time the name Hunter-Rose

& Company has been identified with the commercial life of Toronto. In

1877, Mr. Robert Hunter died, and Mr. Rose became sole proprietor. The

firm was incorporated under its present name in 1895. Government

printing ceased to be the staple of its business many years ago, and

book publishing became a very important part of its activities. From its

plant have been issued many reprints of the leading authors of the past

and present century. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that the first

volume of “Representative Canadians,” edited by the late George Maclean

Rose, was published in 1886. The present head of the company, who has

carried on the historic traditions of the firm, is a member of the

Canadian Manufacturers Association and of the Toronto Board of Trade. As

a young man, he took a deep interest in military matters, and was a

Lieutenant in the 48th Highlanders of Toronto, when that regiment was

first established. He was also a lacrosse enthusiast, and played with

the old Ontarios of Toronto and the Crescents of Brooklyn, N.Y. His

present recreation is golf, and he is a member of the Ontario Club, the

Simcoe Club, the Lakeview Golf Club, and the Ontario Jockey Club. In

religion he is a Unitarian, and in politics independent.

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=Blair, Lieutenant James K.= (Ottawa, Ont.), who was killed in action at

the Somme October 2, 1916, was born September 11, 1890, at Truro, Nova

Scotia, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Blair, Inspector of

Customs, Ottawa, and Grace Ewart Blair. He received his education in the

common schools of Truro, and was a commercial traveller when he enlisted

at Saskatoon as a private on the outbreak of the war. He was married

early in 1916 to Dulcie, daughter of Captain Brooks of the Indian Army,

and Mrs. Brooks, and is survived by one son, James K. Blair, whom he

never saw. After enlisting, he trained with the 28th Battalion in

Winnipeg, and on receiving a commission in February, 1915, joined the

46th Battalion at Moose Jaw, and left for England with a draft from the

battalion in July, 1915. He qualified at Hythe as a musketry instructor,

and was attached in that capacity to the 32nd Reserve Battalion, where

he served for one year. He went to France on August 2, 1916, where he

joined the 2nd Canadian Entrenching Battalion, and then went to his old

battalion the 28th. The following extract from a letter written by the

Commanding officer of the 28th is a tribute to Lieutenant Blair’s

military abilities:—“Poor Jimmie Blair never had a chance to do more

than show he had the grit to stick the worst the Boche could do. He

joined us when we were on our way south, and fitted easily into the very

happy family our mess then was. He did what he had to do well, and gave

entire satisfaction. As our Battalion was then in a high state of

efficiency, that is a good recommendation to any officer. In the big

attack of September 15, we only took in half our officers, and

Lieutenant Blair was left out, so he did not get the chance which two of

the officers of his company got, and which resulted in the award to them

of the M.C. We went in again on September 24-25, and Blair’s platoon was

in the centre, and was subjected to very severe shelling during all of

which he carried himself coolly and bravely, and came through in good

shape. After a couple of days back we went in again on another sector to

hold. Blair’s company was in Kenora trench, just where it joins Regina

trench, of which so much has been said in the papers. This was really a

communication trench, but had to be held on account of the command it

gave us for future operations. It was, however, badly enfiladed, and we

had practically all our casualties there. The battalion we relieved had

just captured it, and it was subjected to a good deal of shell fire, and

it was during one of these poor Blair was killed by a small shell which

landed in the bay in which he was posted. I gave orders that his body be

brought out for burial, but a heavy rain and resulting mud, together

with the exhausted condition of our men, made this impossible. He was,

therefore, given a soldier’s grave near where he fell, and on ground

which should be considered sacred to Canadians, as many of our officers

and men had fallen, and have fallen since, before Regina trench was

finally captured. He died, therefore, as so many have, just ”holding the

line,“ nothing spectacular; just a matter of duty well and bravely done

under very trying circumstances. He gave promise of doing well, but he

was not given the opportunity which the real attack gives. His people,

however, will have the satisfaction of knowing that he did his duty

well, bore himself bravely in the face of fire, and died like a

soldier.” Another officer friend. Captain Quinan, writes:—“I well

remember Jim when he left England for France, as full of spirits as old

Allan Richardson before him, who, too, has been killed. Jim was full of

life, and only asked for a chance to help to avenge his chum. He will, I

assure you, always remain in my memory as ‘Jim,’ a very fine and gallant

gentleman.” He was a Presbyterian and a Liberal Conservative. Lieutenant

Blair was very proud of the Canadians, and in a letter to his parents,

said;—“The Canadians have no black marks against them, and do not

intend to have.” He had a high reputation both as an instructor and as a

soldier. One of Lieutenant Blair’s ancestors, Captain William Blair,

fought at the siege of Louisburg in 1745, and his father joined the

militia.

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=Bell, Clarence A. H.= (Toronto, Ont.), Clerk in Chambers, Supreme Court

of Ontario, Osgoode Hall, son of Alexander Bell, M.D., whose father,

James B. Bell, was for many years Registrar of the County of Lanark at

Perth. Born at Oshawa, May 3, 1869, removing shortly thereafter to

Lakefield, Co. Peterborough. Educated at Lakefield public school and

Peterborough Collegiate Institute. He married Louise Ella, daughter of

the late John Brown, of Lloydtown, June 24, 1893, and has two children,

Sybil Irene and Arthur Armstrong (formerly a signaller in France). He

entered the Department of Attorney-General under the late Sir Oliver

Mowat, May, 1887, and was transferred to the Central Office, Osgoode

Hall, 1896, receiving the appointment of Clerk in Chambers, June, 1917.

Mr. Bell is an active member of many fraternal societies, being P.C.,

Knights of Pythias; High Chief Ranger, Independent Order of Foresters;

representative on several occasions at the National Fraternal Congress

of America; member of Ionic Lodge, A.F. & A.M. and St. Patrick’s

Chapter; member Royal Arcanum; Chosen Friends; L.O.L. and Preceptory,

R.B.K. For many years he has been active in church work (Anglican

Church), being a member of the Executive Committee, Diocese of Toronto;

Dominion President for several years of Anglican Young People’s

Association; Secretary of Diocesan Lay Readers’ Association; President

many years of Progressive Bible Class—at one time one of the largest

Bible classes in Canada. He is publisher of the “Circuit Guide,” a

compendium issued half-yearly for the use of judges and lawyers. To the

average man, the above-mentioned associations would appear almost

sufficient to occupy his spare time; but not so with Mr. Bell, whose

activity seems almost infinite, for he is an enthusiastic student of

astronomy and the history of ancient Egypt, upon both of which subjects

he has given frequent lectures. But the safety-valve of his unusually

active life is probably to be found in the even balance he maintains

between mental, social, and religious pursuits on the one hand, and an

ardent—always ardent and active in everything—love of wild animals,

wild birds, wild flowers, camping, woodmanship and canoeing, at which he

is an expert. All his available holidays are spent near nature’s heart

at his summer house in the northern part of Peterborough County where he

breathes in ozone, puts on tan, relaxes and strengthens his muscles, and

augments his optimism in preparation for the following season of busy

city life. His city residence is 563 Gladstone Avenue.

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=Brossoit, Numa Edouard, K.C.= (Valleyfield, P.Q.), son of Thomas

Brossoit, K.C., Advocate, and Rose Anne Sabourin, daughter of late Dr.

Moise Sabourin of Beauharnois, P.Q. He is brother-in-law of Hon. Justice

Wilfred Mercier; G. A. Marsan, K.C., Advocate; Ludger Codebecq, K.C.,

Advocate, and Dr. Charles Ovide Ostiguy. Was born at Melocheville on the

23rd of August 1875. Educated at the Seminaire de St. Hyacinthe and

McGill University, Montreal, from which latter institution he graduated

in June, 1897, with the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law. Married to

Hectorine Mailloux, daughter of late Ovide Mailloux, Architect of the

City of Montreal, on the 26th day of September, 1899. His wife died on

the 31st day of October, 1915. Mr. Brossoit is the father of the

following children: Laurette, Hermance, Irma, Pauline Eliane and

Marcelle. He belongs to the Knights of Columbus Council 1180, 4th Degree

Member; Catholic Order of Foresters; Canadian Order of Foresters;

Alliance Nationale; Artisans; Union St. Pierre, and Union St. Joseph. He

is Vice-Provincial Chief Ranger of the Provincial Court of Quebec of the

Catholic Order of Foresters. He is one of the promoters—and is

Vice-President—of the society, “The Fonds de Secours des Foresters

Catholiques de la Province de Quebec,” organized on the 17th day of

January, 1917 and duly incorporated on September 19, 1918. He is a Roman

Catholic in religion and a Liberal in politics. He practised his

profession with his father, the late Thomas Brossoit, K.C., from 1897 to

June, 1905, and since the death of his father in that year he has

practised alone. He has a large practice and is an advocate. King’s

Counsel April, 1914. For many years he was one of the editors of “La

Revue de Jurisprudence” and is a contributor to “Le Progres de

Valleyfield.” Was Crown Attorney for the District of Beauharnois in

1907; Revisor of Electoral List for the city of Valleyfield since 1915

and Recorder of the City of Valleyfield since June 28th, 1909. His

principal recreations are motoring, yachting, hunting and fishing.

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=Petrie, Harry David=, is one of the leading barristers and financiers

of Hamilton, Ont. He was born at Oakville, Ont., in 1869, the son of

Adam and Margaret (Paterson) Petrie. He was educated at the Simcoe

(Ont.) High School and the Ontario Law School, Toronto. He read law with

C. E. Barber of Simcoe in 1888, and was called to the Ontario Bar in

1893. In 1898 he formed a legal partnership with Lieut.-Colonel

Atkinson, M.P.P., at Simcoe, which continued until 1902, when he removed

to Toronto, and for two years practised as partner of the late Hon. S.

C. Biggs, K.C. Since 1904 he has practised in Hamilton, and has offices

at 28 James Street. During his residence in Simcoe, he was a town

councillor from 1900 to 1902, but has not since been a candidate for

public office. His commercial and financial interests in the Hamilton

district are very wide. He is Vice-President of the Ontario Yarn

Company, Ltd., and also very extensively interested in real estate. He

is director of the following realty companies:—Graham Land Company,

Ltd.; the Oakwood Realty Company, Ltd.; the Oakley Heights Realty

Company, Ltd.; Bronte Heights, Ltd.; Beechwood and Company, Ltd.;

Roxboro Gardens, Ltd.; Lawrence Park, Hamilton, Ltd.; and several other

land and building companies. He is a member of the Royal Arch Masons,

and of the following clubs:—Commercial, Fernleigh Bowling and Athletic;

Canadian (Hamilton), and Country (Burlington). In politics he is a

Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian. In 1896 he married Laura,

daughter of the late Jonathan Ellis, Port Dover, Ont., and resides at

322 Queen Street, Hamilton.

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=Bowman, Charles Martin, M.P.P.= (Southampton, Bruce County, Ont.), is

one of the veteran members of the Ontario Legislature. He was born at

St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Ont., the son of Isaac Bowman, M.P. and his

wife, Lydia Erb, on May 7, 1863. He is of Swiss descent, and his father

represented North Waterloo in the House of Commons for several years. He

was educated at the public school, St. Jacobs and at the High School,

Berlin (now Kitchener), Ont. In 1880 he removed to Southampton, Ont.,

and engaged in the tanning business under the firm name of Bowman &

Zinkan, in which he continued until 1900. From 1880 until 1890 he was

also President of the Southampton Lumber Company, Limited, operating on

the Bruce peninsula. He was engaged in the contracting business for

twelve years, and from 1904 to 1910 was President of the Great Lakes

Dredging Company, Limited, of Port Arthur, during which he carried out

in the harbour of Fort William the largest contract for dredging ever

awarded in Canada. He is a director of the Bell Furniture Company, Ltd.,

Southampton; of the Stevens Hepener Co., Ltd., manufacturers of brushes

and brooms, Port Elgin, Ont., and of the Durham Furniture Co., Ltd.,

Durham, Ont. In 1894-5 he was a member of the Southampton Council, and

afterward Reeve, and was also President of the Southampton Board of

Trade, 1894-5. In 1898 he was nominated for the Legislature in the

Liberal interest for the riding of North Bruce, and elected. Despite the

vicissitudes of his party, he was re-elected at each succeeding

election—1902, 1905, 1908, 1911 and 1914. As a member of the Standing

Committees of the Legislature dealing with private and municipal

measures, he has rendered much valuable service. In 1911 he was chosen

Opposition whip by the Liberal caucus, a position he resigned in 1919.

He was also named for the leadership of the party in the Legislature,

but declined. He has long been a prominent member of the Executive of

the Ontario Reform Association, and presided over the Liberal convention

held at Toronto in July, 1919, at which Mr. H. H. Dewart, K.C., was

elected leader. On October 20, 1886, he married Lulu, daughter of Julius

Hesse, Howell, Michigan, and has one son and two daughters. He is a

Methodist in religion, and a member of the A.F. & A.M., the I.O.O.F. and

the Ontario Club, Toronto. His recreations are curling and bowling.

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=Dewart, Herbert Hartley, K.C., M.P.P.= (Toronto), son of the late Rev.

Edward Hartley Dewart, D.D., formerly editor of the Christian Guardian,

and was born in St. John’s, Quebec, November 9, 1861. He received his

education in Toronto at the Model School and Toronto Collegiate,

graduating from the University of Toronto with B.A. degree in 1883. He

was called to the Bar in 1887, and created a K.C., in 1899. He was for

several years examiner in English at the University of Toronto, and was

elected a Senator of the University in 1906. He has been counsel in many

big criminal trials, and was junior counsel with B. B. Osier, K.C., in

the Ford and Hyans murder trials. Later he prosecuted for the Crown,

being appointed Crown Attorney for the County of York in 1891. He held

this position until 1904, when he resigned to engage in general counsel

work. He was engaged in many big trials, both criminal and civil.

Notable among these were the defence of Carrie Davies and McCutcheon

brothers. He was also retained in big inquiries, and as Liberal counsel

at the small arms ammunition inquiry at Ottawa, had interesting passages

with Sir Sam Hughes. He has also written and spoken on law matters.

These are regarded as authoritative, and attracted much attention in

legal circles. Mr. Dewart has been actively interested in politics for

many years, although he has been a member of Parliament but a short

time. Mr. Dewart’s first official connection with the Liberal party was

in 1887, when he was President of the Young Men’s Liberal Club in

Toronto. He held this position also the following year. His first

attempt to get into the active arena as a member of Parliament was in

1904, when he contested South Toronto in the Liberal interest. He was

defeated by A. C. Macdonell (now Senator) by a majority of 409. The next

attempt was in 1911, when he was defeated in Centre York by Tom Wallace,

M.P., but was successful in 1916, when he contested Southwest Toronto

for the Legislature. He was a familiar speaker “on the hustings”

throughout Ontario for years previous, and had taken a keen interest in

Liberal organizations. As a lawyer he is famous throughout Canada, and

has been in some of the biggest cases in the history of the courts.

Success came in the by-election in Southwest Toronto for the Legislature

in 1916. The seat had previously been Conservative by a majority of

about 4,000. Mr. Dewart, running against Mr. James Norris, turned this

into a Liberal majority of over 600. It was the first time in many years

that Toronto had elected a Liberal. Mr. Dewart represents this riding in

the Legislature at present. Since entering the House he has been one of

the foremost in its affairs, and has tackled the Government on many

problems. His speeches on the nickel question have received attention

all over the Dominion. At the big Liberal Convention in Toronto in June,

1919, Mr. Dewart was selected as the Provincial Liberal Leader, by a

most decisive majority, succeeding William Proudfoot, K.C. The new

Liberal Leader is a speaker of logic and grace. His genial personality

has made him many friends. He is also a good debater, as would be

expected after a long and successful legal career. Mr. Dewart is senior

member of the firm of Dewart, Harding, Maw & Hodgson, a Bencher of the

Law Society of Canada, and also a member of the Bar of Manitoba. He

married Emma Smith, daughter of the late H. B. Smith, of Sparta,

Ontario. Mr. Dewart lives at No. 5 Elmesley Place, Toronto, and has a

country place near Uxbridge.

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=Drayton, Philip Henry, K.C.=, Official Arbitrator and Chairman of the

Court of Revision for the city of Toronto, was born in Barbados, West

Indies, the son of Henry Drayton, a landed proprietor, and Jane

(Holinsed) Drayton. He was educated in England by private tuition at

Cheltenham College and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, from

which he graduated with honours. On leaving Sandhurst, he was appointed

to a commission in the 16th Regiment, from which he exchanged into the

Royal Canadian Rifles. On their disbandment by the Imperial Government,

he commanded a company in the Army Service Corps at Woolwich, England.

Having sold out his commission, he spent some time on his estate in the

West Indies, then came to Canada and studied law with the well-known

firm of Bethune, Osier and Moss. During his student career he achieved

the remarkable record of winning a scholarship in each of four

successive years. On graduating, he entered into partnership with the

late W. B. McMurrich, who was Mayor of Toronto in 1881-2. He

subsequently practised for a number of years as head of the firm of

Drayton & Dunbar, and was appointed to his present position in

September, 1907. He first married Margaret Coverton, daughter of C. W.

Coverton, M.D., by whom he had two sons and four daughters, the eldest

son being Sir Henry Drayton, K.C., formerly Chief Commissioner of the

Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, and now Minister of Finance

at Ottawa. In 1907, he married Isabel Griffith, daughter of the late W.

E. Griffith, of the Ontario Civil Service, the issue being one daughter,

deceased. For some time he was alderman for old St. Thomas’ Ward, and

for three years chairman of the Board of Health. He was six years

lecturer and examiner of the Ontario Law School. He is a member of the

Sons of England and of St. George’s Society, of which he is a

past-president. His position as official arbitrator is very onerous and

responsible. While at college and in the military, Mr. Drayton was an

ardent devotee of athletics, and won many prizes in different classes of

sport, still retaining his reputation as a crack shot. His recreations

are fishing and shooting. The family reside at 296 St. George Street,

Toronto.

[Illustration: JACOB L. ENGLEHART

Petrolia, Ontario]

=Wright, George Craig= (Hamilton, Ont.), Manufacturer, was born in

Hamilton, January 11, 1891, the son of H. G. Wright, manufacturer, and

Kate Wright. He was educated at the Hamilton Collegiate Institute,

graduating from there in 1908. In 1910 he became Lieutenant of the 13th

Royal Regiment and, when the war broke out, enlisted with the First

Contingent in the 4th Battalion and served continuously in France from

February 11, 1915, until wounded in April, 1916. He went to the front as

a Lieutenant and was made a Captain, April 23, 1915. Since July 5, 1916,

he has been employed on Staff work in Canada. Mr. Wright is a member of

the Barton Lodge of Masons, attends the Centenary Methodist Church, and

belongs to the Hamilton Golf and Country Club.

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=Detwiler, Noah Bechtel= (Kitchener, Ont.), was born June 3, 1858, at

Roseville, Waterloo Township and County, Ontario, the son of the late

Rev. Enoch R. Detwiler, preacher and farmer of that place, and Abigail

Bechtel. He received his education in the public schools and then took a

course in a Toronto Business College. He married, December 14, 1880,

Mary, the daughter of the late Jacob Y. Shantz, manufacturer in Berlin

(now Kitchener), and a pioneer in the development of the Canadian

North-West in the eighties and early nineties, and has one son and three

daughters—Elden, Doctor of Osteopathy, London, Ont.; Lenora and Ethel

at home, and Elizabeth, the wife of Prof. Herner, of Manitoba

Agricultural College, residing in Winnipeg. Mr. Detwiler is a

Protestant, worshipping with the United Brethren in Kitchener. In

politics he is a real Independent, favoring no party, but always for to

support the right man and the right principles if fortunate enough to

have the opportunity of doing so. He was an early advocate of public

ownership and his brother, D. B. Detwiler, of Kitchener, is the pioneer

Hydro promoter in Canada, and is President of the Algoma Power Co.,

Ltd., and Chairman of the Great Waterways Union of Canada, and the proud

father of two sons, with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in France. Mr.

Noah B. Detwiler is actively engaged as President and Treasurer of the

Hydro City Shoe Manufacturers, Limited, with office and works at No. 117

Weber Street, and as Secretary-Treasurer of the Algoma Power Co., with

head office in Kitchener and plant at Michipicoten, Ont. When not

engaged in business, Mr. Detwiler’s pursuits lie very largely along the

line of social and religious work. He has been a director of the

Y.M.C.A. for many years, also for a long time Sunday School

Superintendent. Is local Secretary of the Social Service Council of

Canada, and has always been an advocate of temperance. His reputation

for good judgment and reliability is shown by his being executor or

trustee for several estates, and while Mr. Detwiler is mild and affable

in manner his clear cut style shows that confidence in him will not be

misplaced. The family reside at No. 105 Queen Street North, where at

this point the environment is quite in harmony with its name.

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=Pullan, E.= (Toronto, Ont.), wholesale merchant, was born at Telz,

Russia, in 1866, the son of Bernard and Emily Pullan. Leaving home at

the early age of fourteen, he went to England and migrated to Canada

four years later, where he worked in different capacities for two years

in various parts of Western Ontario, and started in his present business

of dealer in paper stock and sterilized wiping rags in 1888. Mr. Pullan

married Bertha, daughter of Abraham Helman, by whom he has ten children:

Martha, Harry, Joel, Dora, Bessie, Jennie, Rita, Gordon, Helen, and

Emmanuel. He is a Hebrew in religion, independent in politics, and a

member of the Board of Trade, of the Jewish Board of Arbitration and of

the United Hebrew Charities, all of Toronto.

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=Nicholson, Arthur Edwin, O.A.A.=, of 46 Queen Street, St. Catharines,

Ont., is one of the leading architects of the Niagara peninsula. He was

born at Buffalo, N.Y., on June 22, 1881, the son of Edwin Charles

Nicholson and his wife Alice Richings. The father was a builder and

contractor, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public

schools of St. Catharines. Deciding to adopt the profession of

architect, he went to Toronto in 1901, and on October 14 of that year

was articled for three and a half years to the firm of Gordon &

Helliwell, architects of that city. His articles expired in April, 1905,

and on the eighth of May in that year he was admitted to membership in

the Ontario Association of Architects. Returning to St. Catharines he

has built up a large and lucrative practice and designed many of the

handsomest buildings and residences in his district. He is a member of

the Public School Board in that city, and belongs to the Masonic order,

the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Sons of England. In

religion he is an Anglican, and on June 12, 1906, married Viola,

daughter of Archibald MacGregor, a manufacturer, of 236 St. Clarens

Avenue, Toronto. He has two daughters, Alice and Viola.

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=Rutherford, Colonel, The Hon. Alexander Cameron, K.C., B.A., B.C.L.,

LL.D.=, Barrister-at-law (Edmonton, Alta.), is recognized as one of the

chief citizens of the Province of Alberta. He was born at the village of

Osgoode, Carleton County, Ont., on Feb. 2nd, 1857, the son of James

Rutherford, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Cameron) Rutherford. He was

educated at the Public School, Metcalfe High School, Woodstock College

and McGill University. From the latter institution he graduated in 1881

with the degrees of B.A. and B.C.L. In addition he holds the honorary

degree of LL.D. in three universities, McGill (Montreal), 1907; McMaster

(Toronto), 1907; and the University of Alberta, 1908. He was called to

the Bar of Ontario in 1885 and first practised at Ottawa as a member of

the firm of Hodgins, Kidd & Rutherford. In 1895 he decided to go to the

West and located in Strathcona (now South Edmonton) where he became

Solicitor and Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipality, and

Secretary-Treasurer of the School Board, offices he held for a

considerable number of years. He was elected to the Legislative Council

of the Northwest Territories in 1902 and was Deputy Speaker of that body

from 1902 to 1905. In the latter year the Province of Alberta having

been created he was elected to the Legislature and became the first

Premier of that Province on Sept. 2nd, 1905, administering also the

portfolios of Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Education. He

represented Alberta at the Inter-provincial Conference of Premiers held

at Ottawa in 1906, and was delegate to the Imperial Conference on

Education in London, England, 1907. He was responsible for the

foundation of the University of Alberta and has been a member of its

Senate since its establishment; in 1912 he represented it at the

Conference of the Universities of the Empire in London, Eng. On May

26th, 1910, he resigned his position as Premier owing to a division in

the ranks of the Liberal members of the Legislature, although as leader

he had carried the general elections of 1905 and 1909. Under his regime

as Premier all Provincial institutions were established as in the older

Provinces of Canada, and in addition to the University he founded a

Normal college for teacher-training. He also encouraged railway

expansion and the development of the agricultural and coal-mining

industries, and since 1909 has been a member of the Conservation

Commission of Canada. In 1916 he was appointed a Director of the

National Service Board of Canada and he is also Honorary Colonel of the

194th, Edmonton Battalion, a Highland Battalion of the C.E.F. He is a

member of the Edmonton Hospital Board and of the Board of Public

Welfare, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and the Royal

Colonial Institute. His business interests are wide. He is

Vice-President of the Great Western Garment Co., Ltd., Edmonton; and a

Director of the Great West Permanent Loan Co.; Canada National Fire

Insurance Co., the Imperial Canadian Trust Co., and other financial

institutions. He is a Liberal in politics, a Baptist in religion, and a

member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., I.O.F., and St. Andrew’s Society.

In 1888 he married Mattie, daughter of the late William Birkett of

Ottawa, Barrister-at-law, and has two children, Cecil, who served

overseas in the late war as a Lieutenant of artillery, and Miss Hazel

Rutherford. His recreation is motoring and he is a member of the

Edmonton Club and the Canadian Club of his city.

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=Neill, Charles Ernest= (Montreal, Que.), General Manager of the Royal

Bank of Canada, with Head Office at Montreal, was born at Fredericton,

N.B., on May 27th, 1873, the son of James Stewart and Eliza Caroline

Neill. He was educated by Dr. G. R. Parkin in the Collegiate School of

his native town and graduated in 1889. After receiving his education he

entered the banking business, and has risen to his present high position

by promotion. He was Manager of the Royal Bank at Vancouver, B.C.;

Supervisor of B.C. Branches; Chief Inspector Montreal; in 1907 was

appointed Assistant General Manager, and in 1916 to his present

position. To gain such rapid promotion in one of the largest banking

institutions in the British Empire means something, and no person will

dispute the qualifications of Mr. Neill to fill the same. He is a man

with a large vision, knows business life thoroughly and has keen

foresight and action. In October, 1901, he married Mary Louise Crerar,

daughter of John Crerar, K.C., of Hamilton, Ont., and has no issue. Mr.

Neill is a member of the following clubs:—St. James, Mount Royal,

Forest and Stream, Montreal Hunt, Royal Montreal Golf, Montreal Curling,

M.A.A.A., all of Montreal. Since the outbreak of the war Mr. Neill has

taken an active part in all Patriotic work and has devoted much time and

given freely of his money on all occasions. In religion he is a

Presbyterian and resides at 503 Sherbourne St. West.

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=Panet, Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Louis= (Ottawa, Ont.), son of the

late Colonel the Honorable Charles Eugene Panet, who was for many years

Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence, and one of a very distinguished

French-Canadian family, which has given many distinguished soldiers,

judges and legislators to the service of Canada. Born at Quebec City on

December 15, 1870. Moved to Ottawa five years later, when his father,

who had been a member of the Senate of Canada, resigned that position to

accept the above-named office. Educated at Ottawa University, and at the

age of nineteen entered the Civil Service of Canada as a junior in the

Department of Militia and Defence. In 1904, Sir Frederick Borden,

Minister of Militia and Defence, appointed Colonel Panet his private

secretary, in which capacity he acted for seven years, attending three

Imperial conferences in London, Eng., with his chief. In 1898, he became

Secretary of the Canadian Defence Committee. In 1908, he was appointed

Secretary of the Department. The outbreak of the war added enormously to

Colonel Panet’s responsibilities, and he was officially mentioned in

despatches for services rendered in Canada during the war period,

1914-1919. At present he holds the office of Secretary of Department of

Militia and Defence and of President of the Pensions and Claims Board.

In 1912 he was appointed President of the Board of Enquiry _re_ claims

of applicants for the Fenian Raid Volunteer Bounty. Among his brothers

are Brigadier-General A. E. Panet, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal

Engineers, Imperial Army; Brigadier-General H. A. Panet, C.B., C.M.G.,

D.S.O., Royal Canadian Artillery; Brigadier-General E. de B. Panet,

C.M.G., D.S.O., Royal Canadian Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel A. de L.

Panet, Canadian Ordnance Corps; and Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Panet, of

the same branch of the service. A. P. E. Panet, another brother, is a

barrister. The subject of this sketch was married on October 25, 1899,

to Muriel, daughter of Major-General Sir D. A. Macdonald, Kt., C.M.G.,

I.S.O., etc., and has one son. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and

his recreations are shooting, fishing, and golf. He is a member of the

Royal Ottawa Golf, Ottawa Country, and Ottawa Hunt Clubs. His private

address is “The Roxborough,” Ottawa.

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