List of Photogravures (part 4)

Dollard, Rev. James B., is one of the most distinguished lyric poets of the day, whose residence in this country must be regarded as fortunate for the cause of Canadian letters, though he is not a native of this country. He was born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, on August 30th, 1872, the son of Michael Dollard a farmer and Anastasia (Quinn) Dollard. He was not without Canadian connections, however, since a grand uncle, Bishop Dollard of Fredericton, N.B., had had a distinguished career in the Roman Catholic Church in this country. His early education was received in Kilkenny and he later qualified for admission to the priesthood at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada. He holds the scholastic degrees of Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor of Canon Law, and Doctor of Letters (Laval University). He was ordained as a priest in 1896 and his later years have been spent in the city of Toronto, where he is now parish priest of St. Monica’s Church, 44 Broadway Avenue. Despite the duties of a hard-working clergyman, zealous for the welfare of his parish, he has employed his limited leisure in literary activity which has won him fame on both sides of the Atlantic. He has published three volumes of poems and one book of short stories. His literary work is nearly all Irish in theme and inspiration; for he has never forgotten the happy days he spent as a lad in the beautiful isle that holds the enduring love of so many patriots, whose duties have called them far from its shores. The growth of his fame as a lyric poet is the more notable in that he is of modest, retiring nature and has never sought publicity of any kind. Irish legend and Irish scenery are woven by him into the most delicate and rhythmical verse—verse that is instinct with music, and alive with lovely imagery. One tribute to him from the pen of the late Joyce Kilmer, himself a poet of distinction and prior to his death with the American troops at Chateau Thierry, the literary critic of the New York “Times,” may be quoted. Of the poem “Fairy Anvils” which appears in the volume entitled “Irish Lyrics and Ballads,” Kilmer wrote: “Here is some genuine Celtic magic—a beautiful blend of melody and fancy. It should be set to music—the words almost carry a tune with them—and sung by John McCormack.” The same tribute could be paid to many other lyrics by Father Dollard. He is a member of the Poetry Society of America and of the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto.

Robertson, Edward Blake, Scotch origin, born at Lanark, Ont., February 27th, 1877; youngest son of Wm. Robertson and Marian Watt. Went with parents to Manitoba in 1879. Educated at Pilot Mound public and high schools and Winnipeg Normal Schools. Taught in Manitoba public schools for six years. Appointed Chief Clerk for Manitoba in connection with the decennial census of 1901. Married on December 25th, 1901, Christina Isola, daughter of Wm. Wrixon. Has one son, Blake Roscoe, born November 2nd, 1902. Resigned from the Dominion service August, 1903, to enter the employ of Sir Clifford Sifton in a private capacity. Appointed Assistant Superintendent of Immigration in December, 1904, and Assistant Chief Controller of Chinese Immigration in October, 1911. In connection with his official duties he travelled extensively in Canada, United States and Great Britain. Of him the Manitoba Free Press says: “He has been recognized for some years as one of the leading authorities on immigration in the Dominion, while his administrative ability has been generally acknowledged.” Resigned from the Department of Immigration & Colonization in February, 1919, to accept a position in Ottawa with the Canadian Manufacturers Association. Recreations: fishing, hunting and motor boating. Residence 347b Kenniston Apartments, Ottawa. Clubs: Laurentian, Canadian and Brittania Boating Club.

Chaplin, James D., M.P. (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born at Toronto on March 20, 1863. Son of William and Harriet Chaplin. Educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, and after a thorough business training became a prominent manufacturer in St. Catharines. His business interests are very extensive and the companies with which he is connected are widely known throughout Canada. He is President of the Welland Vale Manufacturing Company, Ltd., which makes hand agricultural implements; President of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Ltd.; President of the Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and President of the Wallingford Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Despite his commercial activities he has found time to take a prominent part in public affairs. He was a municipal councillor for four years, and in the autumn of 1917 was selected as Unionist candidate for the riding of Lincoln. At the ensuing Federal elections in December he was elected by a handsome majority as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden, and is regarded as one of the ablest members of the Ottawa House. Previously he had been known as a Conservative and a few years ago was appointed a member of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park Commission, which has charge of the Canadian side of that famous international waterway. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M. and of the St. Catharines Club, and Canada Club, Montreal. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in 1888 married Edna E., daughter of the late Colin Burgess of Toronto, by whom he has one son and two daughters.

Creelman, Lieut.-Colonel John Jennings, D.S.O., Advocate and barrister, Montreal, is one of the most distinguished, of the Canadian soldiers who won honors in the late war and also holds high rank in the legal profession. He was born in Toronto on Feb. 14th, 1881, the son of the late Adam R. Creelman, K.C. one of the leaders of the Canadian bar, who became Chief Counsel of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and one of the directors of that corporation. His mother was Margaret Jennings, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. John Jennings of Toronto, one of the best known pulpit orators of his day. The subject of this sketch was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, from which he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1904. Subsequently he qualified for the law at McGill University, Montreal, and obtained the degree of B.C.L. in 1907. This was supplemented by a post-graduate course at the University of Grenoble, France. Subsequently he became a member of the legal firm of Casgrain, Mitchell, McDougall & Creelman, and is now in practice alone with offices in the Dominion Express Bldg., Montreal. He was also Lecturer on Railway Economics at McGill University in 1913 and 1914. From early manhood Col. Creelman took an active part in military affairs and was a member of the Canadian Coronation Contingent in 1911. He was gazetted a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Field Artillery on Oct. 26th, 1912. On the outbreak of the war he at once placed his services at the disposal of the Government and went overseas as Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Second Brigade, C.F.A., and continued in service until Sept. 9, 1917. During twenty-five months’ service in France he took part in many notable engagements with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was twice mentioned in despatches. He was once officially reported wounded (shell shock) on April 29th, 1915. His services were recognized by the coveted Distinguished Service Order and the Russian Order of St. Stanislas (3rd class with swords). A movement having arisen in Montreal for the betterment of municipal politics, he was induced in April 1918, to run for the city council and was elected. He has since proven a very valuable member of that body. In June, 1918, he was appointed a member of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners. His business interests are also extensive, and he is a director of several companies. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Liberal, and his recreations are golf, curling and fishing. He is a member of the following clubs: Mount Royal, University (Montreal), Royal Montreal Golf, Montreal Thistle (curling), Reform (Montreal), University (Toronto), and Junior Army and Navy (London, Eng.). On June 24th, 1908, he married Katherine Melanie Weekes (died Dec. 13, 1918), daughter of Nicholas Weekes of Galveston, Texas, retired banker and railway president. He has two children, John Ashmore Creelman, born 1912, and Katharine Margaret Creelman, born 1918.

Fisher, His Honor Walter George (Orangeville, Ontario), County Judge of the County of Dufferin, was born in Township of Tossoronto, County of Simcoe, and is the son of John Fisher. Educated at Collingwood High School and McGill University, Montreal. On being called to the Bar in 1886, he at once commenced the practice of his profession at the Town of Alliston, in partnership with W. A. J. Bell, K.C., and continued to do with much success until his appointment to the bench in September, 1913. Judge Fisher took an active part in the municipal politics of his home town, of which he was Mayor. He married Mary Towler and is the father of two children, Allan, a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the front, and Dorothy, at home. Judge Fisher is a member of the Masonic Order and in religion is a Methodist. He has been prominent in all movements of a Patriotic and National nature and took a lively interest in recruiting the battalion which was identified with the County of Dufferin (the 164th). His services have been in great demand at all public meetings intended for the purpose of promoting recruiting and the national welfare. He is also a member of the Canadian Club of Orangeville. The Judge is an ardent motorist and a keen curler, and a member of the Orangeville Lawn Bowling Club.

Burgoyne, William Bartlett (St. Catharines, Ont.), one of the best known newspaper editors and publishers of Canada, was born in the city where he resides, on August 2, 1855, the son of Henry and Martha Burgoyne. His father was a builder and contractor and the son was educated at the Public Schools of St. Catharines. Leaving at the age of 12, he shortly afterward entered the printing business, with which he has now been connected for upwards of 50 years. In January of 1887 he founded the St. Catharines “Evening Star,” and in 1892 became proprietor and publisher of the St. Catharines “Daily Standard,” one of the livest and most influential newspapers to be found in the smaller cities of Canada. Apart from his journalistic activities Mr. Burgoyne has been a very active factor in the civic life of his native place. He was Alderman in 1895-6, 1898, 1900, 1912-3-4-5, Mayor of the city in 1903, and later, in 1916 and 1917. He was also Chairman of the local Hydro-Electric Commission, 1916-7, and also of the Local Board of Health for the same years. He was Chairman of the St. Catharines Roads Commission, 1918, and a member of the Collegiate Institute Board. In all efforts in behalf of temperance he has been active for many years. He was G.W.P. of the Grand Division of Ontario, Sons of Temperance, 1898-9; M.W.A. of the National Division of North America in the same organization, 1902-4, and M.W.P. in 1904-6. He represented the National Division of North America, S. of T. at the fifty-first session of the National Division of Great Britain and Ireland at Hull, England, June, 1906. His chief hobby is illustrated by the fact that he has been President of the St. Catharines Horticultural Society for fifteen years (1904 to 1918) and was the first President of the Ontario Horticultural Association, 1906-7. He was Chairman of the Daily Newspaper Section of the Canadian Press Association in 1908; President of St. Catharines Board of Trade, 1911; and a member of the Executive Council, Associated Boards of Trade of Ontario, 1914-15. In politics he is a Conservative and in religion an Anglican. He was lay delegate to the Synod of Niagara, 1917-19 and is a member of the Standing Committee of that body. He is a member of many fraternal and benevolent societies, including the A.F. & A.M., L.O.A.B.A., C.O.C.F., C.O.H.C., and A.O.U.W. On June 16, 1880, he married Mary Lavinia, daughter of George and Margaret E. Darker, of Thorold, Ont., and has had three children, Clara E., Mary Estelle (deceased), and Major Henry B. Burgoyne, O.C. of the 71st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery.

Drysdale, William, Appraiser with His Majesty’s Customs, Montreal, Que., was born in that city, April 17th, 1847. His father, Adam Drysdale, a native of Dunfermline, Scotland, settled in Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century and for a long period held a post in the civil service conferred on him by Lord Elgin, during the period when that celebrated British pro-consul was Governor of the old Province of United Canada. The father of Adam Drysdale was one of the first persons to engage in the shipping trade between Canada and Scotland and was one of the earliest shippers to make use of the Port of Montreal. The subject of this sketch was educated at Montreal in the private school of Mr. Hicks (who later became the first principal of the Normal School in that city), and received a thorough commercial training. On leaving school he entered the employ of the late John Dougall, who was at that time publishing the “Weekly Witness” and also engaged in the book business. The aptitude of young Drysdale was such that he was almost immediately placed by Mr. Dougall in charge of the book department. After a short time his services were sought by Mr. Grafton, another bookseller, with whom he remained as confidential manager until 1874 when he founded a book business of his own, which became a celebrated institution in Montreal. Owing to his excellent training and personal popularity he soon built up a business second to none in the Dominion. Mr. Drysdale also rendered a public service in publishing a number of Canadian works which are now of great historic value. Later he retired from business to accept his present post with the Customs Service. As a citizen he gave his support to all movements looking to public betterment, and to philanthropic institutions. He is a Life Governor of the Boys’ Home and a member of the executive of the Natural History Society, Prison Aid Association, Charitable Committee of St. Andrew’s Society Canadian Club, Montreal Art Association, Imperial Home Re-union Association, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society. He is a life member of the Mechanics’ Institute, Governor of the Montreal Dispensary, and one of the most active supporters of the Protestant Home for the Insane. He has long been a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and an elder of the Presbyterian Church, who has frequently been commissioner to the General Assembly. Mr. Drysdale was first married in 1880 to Miss Mary Maltbee Wales, daughter of the late Charles Wales, merchant of St. Andrew’s East. The first Mrs. Drysdale died in 1891 leaving him two sons, William Flockhart Drysdale, Mechanical Engineer with the American Locomotive Sales Corporation; and Charles Wales Drysdale, Geologist to the Dominion Geological Survey, Ottawa. He was married a second time in 1893 to Miss Mary McIntosh of Sherbrooke, who died in 1907; and thirdly in 1916 to Miss Jean Parker, daughter of Archibald Parker of Glasgow, Scotland. He resides at “The Grosvenor,” 756 Sherbrooke St., Montreal. Duncan MacGregor Crerar, a New York poet, sums up Mr. Drysdale’s character in the following lines:—

Some are while careful of their own affairs,

And when successfully amassing wealth,

Who oft-times will withdraw, as if by stealth

To render good to others unawares.

Well known to them the haunts of poverty.

Clothed are the naked, and the hungry fed,

Oft take they place beside the patient’s bed

To cheer sad hours; to soothe keen agony.

These are earth’s salt—they labor with a mind,

Distress relieving, lessening human woe;

In all their actions earnest, gentle, kind,

Leaving sweet impress whereso’er they go.

Theirs Heaven’s reward; a crown upon each brow,

Warm hearted DRYSDALE! such a man art thou!

Walker, William Simpson, K.C. (Montreal, Que.), is the son of the late John and Janet Simpson, Scotland, Ont., and was born in Brantford, Ont., April 13, 1849. He was educated at Scotland Grammar School and McGill University, from which he graduated with the degree of B.C.L. in 1874, and married Sarah, youngest daughter of the late David Perney, Waterford, Ont., by whom he has three children, Grace E., Fred. W., now Vice-President and Managing Director of the Hudson Bay Ins. Co., Vancouver, B.C., and Helen E. Walker. In his early years Mr. Walker taught in the Public Schools of Brant and Norfolk Counties, Ont., and in the Montreal Academy, also acting as legal reporter for the “Montreal Herald.” Among other offices held by the subject of this sketch at various times are those of Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Paper Combine; Secretary-Treasurer to the Protestant School Commissioners, Town and Parish of Longueuil, Que.; Secretary of the McGill University Literary Society; President of the Longueuil Boating Club; Hon. President of the Longueuil Cricket Club; Member of the Westmount Lawn Bowling Club; First Vice-President of the Caledonian Society, Montreal; Treasurer of the Mechanics’ Institute, Montreal; for many years Secretary of the Young Men’s Reform Association and latterly of the Reform Club, Montreal; a Freemason of high degree, and a P.D.D. of both the Independent Order of Foresters and the Canadian Order of Foresters. A member of the Church of England. Mr. Walker is a Liberal in politics and an “out and out believer in the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier.” He was called to the Bar of the Province of Quebec in July, 1874, as an Advocate and Barrister, having been articled to Sir Charles Davidson, ex-Chief Justice Province of Quebec, and successfully practising his profession in the city of Montreal since that time. Has delivered lectures and read papers before numerous societies in Montreal, amongst others, upon the following subjects: “Nothing New,” “People I Have Met,” “Woman as An Inventor,” “Lord Elgin in Canada,” “Scottish Superstition,” “Scotsman in Canada,” “What We Want,” “The Fathers of Confederation,” “Masonry and Its Philosophy” and “Universal Language.” In 1897 he was appointed head of the English Department of Judgments, Superior Court, and Deputy Prothonotary of the Superior Court, Montreal. Three years later he was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Exchequer Court by the Dominion Government, and Commissioner Supreme Court of Canada; was named King’s Counsel in 1913, in which year he also received the appointment of Registrar of Deeds for the Western Division of the City of Montreal (Montreal West) and is, to-day, a Justice of the Peace for the District of Montreal. Mr. Walker has been in partnership, successively, with the late Joseph Doutre, Q.C., John A. Perkins, Hon, J. E. Robidoux, Hon. M. Hutchinson and D. MacMaster, K.C., 90 Arlington Ave., Westmount. “A man highly respected”—Montreal Star.

Hopkins, Innes, 3738 Selkirk Avenue, Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, B.C., Managing Director of the B.C. Marine Limited, one of the oldest established ship-repairing firms on the Pacific Coast, is a son of John Castell Hopkins, who was born and educated in Edinburgh, a direct descendant of Samson Hopkins of Coventry, Co. Warwick, who died in 1662, and Sir William Hopkins, Knight of Coventry, Isle of Wight, knighted at Whitehall, 1623—Motto, Suavitate. Aut. Vi.—(other particulars see “Armory and Lineage of Canada, 1913”). His mother is Trianda Phelia Boyd Heu de Bourck, daughter of Rev. W. H. Heu de Bourck of Tiverton, England. The subject of this sketch was born at Douglas, Wellington Co., Ont., and was educated in private schools. He has been a resident of Vancouver since 1914, at which time he became interested in the B.C. Marine Limited. He is also President of the Vancouver Forge Co. Ltd.; a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Manufacturers Association, Employers Association of B.C., Vancouver Automobile Club, Vancouver Club and Terminal City Club, and a member of the Masonic Order. His recreations are motoring and tennis, and in politics he is a Conservative. In religion, Mr. Hopkins is an Anglican, and on Feb. 3, 1909, married a daughter of Mr. R. W. F. Martin, broker, of Seattle, Wash., by whom he has two children, Alice Cecil, born Dec. 13, 1910, and Robert Innes, born Oct. 19, 1912.

Rose, William Oliver, J.P., M.D., M.P.P. for Nelson in the British Columbia Legislature, is a native of Lakeville, Prince Edward Island, where he was born, February 10, 1870, the son of William and Charity (Baker) Rose. His father was a farmer and he was educated at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, P.E.I., and McGill University, Montreal. From the latter institution he graduated in 1898 with the degree of M.D.C.M. and was also Holmes Gold Medallist in this year. For twelve months he filled the post of Senior House Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, and in 1899 went to British Columbia as Superintendent of the Kootenay Lake Hospital at Nelson, B.C. In 1900 he entered general practice at Nelson as a member of the firm of Rose & Hall, Physicians and Surgeons, which subsequently, in 1908, became Rose & Hartin, as at present. He was elected Mayor of his city in 1903 and, subsequently, in 1907, returned to municipal life as an Alderman, an office he has filled ever since. At the Provincial Elections of Sept. 14, 1916, he was Conservative candidate for the riding of Nelson, and carried the constituency. He has been a Justice of the Peace for his district since 1903 and for a time was Medical Officer of the 102nd Royal Mounted Rifles. His recreations are motoring and boating, and he is a member of many fraternal orders including the K.P., L.O.L., S.O.E., C.O.F., I.O.F., B.P.O.E., etc. He is a Baptist in religion and on August 28, 1901, married Azza Jean, daughter of John Brownell of Worcester, Mass. He resides at 907 Vernon St., Nelson, B.C.

McQuarrie, William Garland, K.C., M.P. for New Westminster, B.C., is regarded as one of the most able and aggressive of the younger members of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born at Ottawa, July 26th, 1876, the son of Lachlan and Mary McQuarrie. When he was but a child his father, who was a prominent contractor, moved to the West, residing first at Winnipeg and later at New Westminster; and the education of the subject of this sketch was obtained at the public and high schools of those cities. Subsequently he studied law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1900. He first practised at Ashcroft, B.C., with Mr. Denis (now Mr. Justice) Murphy, but returning to New Westminster in 1902, became a member of the firm of Morrison, Whiteside, McQuarrie & Briggs, of which the senior partner was Mr. (now Mr. Justice) Morrison. Later the firm became known as Martin, Weart & McQuarrie, and was headed by Hon. Joseph Martin, K.C., for a time Premier of British Columbia and afterward a member for St. Pancras in the British House of Commons. Subsequently Mr. F. C. Wade, K.C., the present Agent-General of British Columbia in London, became head of the firm, which was then known as Wade, Whealler, McQuarrie & Martin. In 1912 Mr. McQuarrie founded his present firm which is known as McQuarrie, Martin, Cassady & Macgowan. Mr. McQuarrie is a well-known expert in municipal law and is solicitor for the City of New Westminster and for the municipalities of Burnaby, Coquitlam, Delta, Kent and Surrey. He has frequently been heard before the Dominion Railway Commission, both in British Columbia and at Ottawa, and represented New Westminster in the big litigation over the Coquitlam dam, in which the city’s water supply was at stake. One of his most notable battles was that in which he represented his city and other municipalities in a demand on the Canadian Northern Railway for back taxes, in which nearly a quarter of a million dollars was involved and in which he was victorious. He has also figured as counsel in several important murder and treason trials as Crown Counsel. In the latter capacity he has acted very frequently ever since 1904 and his abilities as a criminal lawyer have proven exceptional. In January of the present year (1919) he was created King’s Counsel by the Oliver Government though an opponent of it in politics. Mr. McQuarrie is a Conservative Unionist, and was President of the New Westminster Federal Conservative Association in 1916 and 1917. In the latter year he accepted the Unionist nomination for New Westminster and scored a victory at the polls. Since entering the House of Commons he has made his mark as a sound and effective speaker and is generally regarded as a coming man in Canadian politics. His chief recreation is golf and he is a member of the Westminster Club; the Vancouver Club; Jericho Country Club (Vancouver); Vancouver Golf and Country Club; Rideau Club, Ottawa; Societies: A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and the Sons of Scotland. In religion he is a Presbyterian. On Feb. 18th, 1907, married Elsie Owen, daughter of D. H. Macgowan, Coal Merchant, New Westminster, B.C. His children are Mary F. C., born July 12th, 1908, and Colin D., born Nov. 2nd, 1911. His address is 207 3rd. Ave., New Westminster, B.C.

Regan, Frank (Toronto, Ont.), son of the late Denis H. Regan and Mary (Hennessy). Born at Murray Township, County of Northumberland, Ont., on November 27th, 1885. Educated at Trenton High School and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the Bar in 1916, having studied in the law office of A. Abbott, Trenton, and Corley, Wilkie & Company, Toronto, he entered into partnership with the late Leon LeVernois, the firm being known as Regan & LeVernois, which partnership continued until Mr. LeVernois left to enter a legal firm in Perth, Ont., in 1918, since which time Mr. Regan has practised on his own account. He is well versed in commercial law and enjoys a lucrative practice, being solicitor for several well known corporations. Mr. Regan is a Roman Catholic in religion and a member of the Knights of Columbus and has long been identified with the Liberal party. Mr. Regan was a prominent worker in all patriotic movements during the war and was an active committee man and canvasser in the Red Cross and Sailors appeals and the Victory Loan drives. Mr. Regan was a great admirer and a personal friend of the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and was a representative of the Central Liberal Association at the public funeral of the Great Statesman in February of 1919. He is a member of several Clubs and Secretary of the Central Liberal Association. Mr. Regan is interested in the Agricultural industry, his father having been a prominent farmer of Northumberland County, and finds recreation in motoring, hunting and golf. He is a man of good address and remarkable energy and is extremely popular among a very large circle.

Hamilton, Ralph Bergen, M.E. (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born at Toledo, Ohio, on April 11th, 1875, son of John Allen and Harriet Hale (Rowland) Hamilton. His early education was obtained at the Public Schools at Saginaw, Mich., and, deciding to acquire a knowledge of mechanical science he took a course at the Polyteknik, Dresden, Germany. This was supplemented by an engineering course at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., from which he graduated in 1896 with the degree of M.E. In the same year he began his professional career as a draughtsman with the Buffalo Engineering Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and his successive appointments have been as follows: Assistant Engineer, Howard Iron Works, Buffalo, 1897-8; Assistant Manager Iroquois Iron Works, Buffalo, 1899-1900; Acting Manager Packard Electric Co. Ltd., St. Catharines, Ont., 1901; Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager, 1901, 1912; and the latter year he became President of the Packard Electric Co., Ltd., retaining the post of General Manager. He is a former director of the Rochester “Times” Publishing Co., and also of the McMillan Springs Co. After coming to St. Catharines to reside he soon began to take part in public affairs. He was President of the St. Catharines Board of Trade, 1906-7, and during the recent war was prominent in the promotion of patriotic objects. He was a member of the Finance Committee of the Patriotic League, Chairman of the Manufacturers’ Committee of the Recruiting League, and was appointed by the Imperial Munitions Board, a special representative on investigation pertaining to the manufacture of munitions. He is an ex-member of the Executive Board of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. In addition to the business interests already mentioned he is President of the Precision Manufacturing Company, St. Catharines; President of the Cary Safe Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and President of the Packard Fuse Co., Ltd., St. Catharines, and President of Canadian Standard Products, Limited, St. Catharines. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the following Clubs: National, Toronto; University, Buffalo; Alpha Delta Phi, New York; Ellicott, Buffalo; Little Saguenay Game and Fish Club. He is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1899 he married Edith Raphael, daughter of Gersham A. Seixas, New York, and has three sons and one daughter.

Connolly, Bernard Gervase, M.B., M.C.P.S.O., Gen’l Manager of the Capital Trust Corporation of Ottawa, and Medical Referee of the Capital Life Assurance Co., was born in Trenton, Ont., December 5th, 1865, educated at the Roman Catholic Separate School and the High School and subsequently graduated with degree of M.B. in 1896 from Toronto University. He is the son of Bernard and Catharine (Murray) Connolly. Dr. Connolly started life as a teacher in the Public Schools in Ontario and later as a teacher in the Institution for the Blind, Brantford, where he remained for four years. He followed the Medical Profession at Renfrew for seventeen years, where, despite his large practice, he found time for various other activities. He was Coroner, served on the Collegiate Institute Board, Library Board, Hospital Board, and any movement for the improvement of the community got his ready and hearty support. Being an enthusiastic Liberal, he was chosen Standard Bearer of the Reform Party in the Provincial Elections of 1908, when, although defeated, he polled a large vote. In 1906 and 1907 he was Provincial Chief Ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He served as Medical Officer of the 42nd Regiment of Infantry for some years, retiring with the rank of Captain. Since his arrival in Ottawa and as General Manager of the Capital Trust Corporation, Dr. Connolly’s career has been conspicuously successful. Under his capable management the Capital Trust Corporation has made rapid progress and is to-day one of the leading financial institutions in the Capital of the Dominion of Canada. In 1900 he married Anna Mary Devine, daughter of Felix Devine of Renfrew. In religion he is a Roman Catholic; in politics a Liberal, and he resides at the Roxborough Apartments, Ottawa.

Callahan, John (Toronto, Ont.), son of Thomas Henry Callahan and Henrietta (McKanna) of Wooler, Ont., was born at Murray Township, County of Northumberland, Ont., April 7th, 1891. Educated at the Wooler Public School, Trenton High School and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the Bar in May, 1916, he entered into partnership with Messrs. Douglas & Gibson, the firm being known as Douglas, Gibson & Callahan, which partnership continued until November, 1919, when he commenced practice on his own account. Mr. Callahan, although under thirty has already attained an assured position in his chosen profession. He has paid special attention to Company law and is solicitor for several large commercial corporations. Mr. Callahan is a Roman Catholic in religion and has for some years been identified with the Liberal party, taking a considerable interest in Federal politics. Having a pleasing address and good platform ability, his services were frequently requisitioned by his leaders. He is a member of the Ontario Club, Knights of Columbus; President of The Newman Club and ex-President of the Alumni, President of Ward Four Liberal Association. Always interested in amateur sports, Mr. Callahan was prominent in football circles. He finds recreation in motoring, boating, bowling and golf. Mr. Callahan is related to Senator McCall of Australia and Mr. Justice Sharp of the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan, U.S.A.

Crowther, William H. (Welland, Ont.), was born at Walsall, England, March 10th, 1868, and educated in the Public Schools of that place. Son of Job and Sarah Crowther, his father being manager of the Rolling Mills at Walsall, England. He is one of the most progressive manufacturers of the City of Welland and also operates a farm. Married in October, 1895, to Margaret Byers, daughter of Thomas Byers, of Hampden, County of Grey, Ont. Father of three sons. William Crowther, the eldest, was killed in action in the Great War on October 31st, 1917, at the age of twenty-one. As a Lieutenant in the 10th Royal Flying Corps, he was engaged in photographing and observation work near La Bassee when he was shot down; Wilfred, in the Royal Air Force, was billeted for France when the Armistice was signed; Thomas Albert, and a daughter Dora Isabel. Mr. Crowther is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in Politics and belongs to the following societies: The Masonic Order, Sons of England, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Canadian Order of Foresters. He was a member of the town Council of Welland for twelve years and was Mayor for Welland for two years, 1909-10. Was an active member of the Patriotic Campaign Committee during the war and has been largely instrumental in contributing to the present prosperity of Welland, being Chairman of the Waterworks and Sewers Committees for two years, in each case. Ex-Mayor Crowther is recognized as one of Welland’s most public spirited and enterprising citizens. His recreations are lawn-bowling, he being a member of the Welland Club.

Davidson, James Wheeler, F.R.C.S., 801 Royal Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, is one of the contributing causes of the entente cordiale between Canada and the United States. In other words, he is an American who has “made good” in Canada, as he has elsewhere. Mr. Davidson was born at Austin, Minnesota, on June 14, 1872, his father being C. H. Davidson, a newspaper man, and later, a banker. He was educated at Northwestern Military Academy, Highland Park, Illinois, where he graduated as Second Lieutenant in 1891. Mr. Davidson almost immediately embarked on a career of travel and adventure which was to bring him many honors. He was a member of the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1893 and 1894, a war correspondent for the New York Herald with the Chinese army, and later with the Japanese army during the Japanese-Chinese war of 1895-1896, and a member of the American foreign service stationed in Formosa, China, Manchuria, also American Consul-General at Shanghai and a special agent department of state between years 1896-1906. It was at this time that he became a member of the “Order of the Rising Sun” (Japanese), an honor not often accorded to foreigners. He was granted leave by the Department of State to serve on a special mission for the Russian Communication Department in Siberia, and was decorated by the Emperor of Japan for services rendered the Japanese army in the capture of the capital (Taipehfu) of Formosa. Under the Roosevelt administration he was a special agent of the Department of State, sent to Manila prior to Dewey’s expedition to determine probable attitude of Philippine revolutionary party towards Americans. His knowledge of these countries enabled him to write an authoritative book on “The Island of Formosa, Past and Present,” published by MacMillan & Co. He has also been a contributor to the Century Magazine on Siberia and Manchuria. Mr. Davidson is now treasurer of the Calgary Colonization Company, and Manager Beiseker & Davidson Company, of Calgary. He is a member of the Ranchmen’s Club, Calgary; the Manitoba Club, of Winnipeg; the Royal Geographical Society; the Explorer’s Club, New York, and the Authors, London. He is a Protestant in religion, and professes no political creed. In 1906 he married Mabel Lillian Dow, daughter of George A. Dow, of San Francisco, president of the George A. Dow Pumping Engine Company. He has one child, Marjory Dow, born February 10, 1915.

Mackay, Hon. Col. Alexander Howard, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is one of Canada’s most prominent educationists. Born of Scotch-Canadian parents, John Mackay and Barbara Maclean, at North Mount Dalhousie, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1848, Colonel Mackay early demonstrated his educational ability. He began his education in the public schools, then went to Pictou Academy, to Normal College, and to Dalhousie University, from which he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1873. He received his degree of B.Sc. at Halifax University in 1880; his LL.D. from Halifax in 1892, and from St. Francis Xavier University in 1905. In 1882 he married Maude Augusta, daughter of Dr. George Moir Johnstone of Pictou, N.S., and has two children, George Moir Johnstone and Barbara Lois, born in 1883 and in 1886 respectively. Colonel Mackay is a life member of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, England; a member of the Author’s Club, London, England, and of the Halifax Club, Nova Scotia. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Biological and Geographic Boards of Canada. In religion he is a Presbyterian, of the United Church of Canada, and in politics he is non-partisan, but a strong Imperialist. He was made an honorary colonel in 1912 and was a member of the Dominion Cadet Committee which had the honor of introducing the present military training system into the schools of Canada in 1908. Colonel Mackay is now superintendent of education for the province of Nova Scotia. He began as a teacher in the public schools of Pictou and then became lecturer in biology at the medical college of Dalhousie University, and his subsequent career is a long list of educational honors. He is Past President of the Educational Association of Nova Scotia, of Dominion Educational Association, of Summer School of Science for Atlantic Provinces, of Nova Scotia Institute of Science, of Section IV. of the Royal Society of Canada; President of Victoria School of Art and Design; Vice-President of Simplified Spelling Board; member of the Geographic Board of Canada; of the Biological Board of Canada, Governor of Dalhousie University, of Halifax Ladies’ College; Senator of Presbyterian College; sometime editor of “Dalhousie Gazette,” “Acadia Scientist,” “Educational Review”; editor of “Journal of Education,” etc., represented the province of Nova Scotia at the official Imperial educational conferences of the Education departments of the Empire in 1907 and 1911. Colonel Mackay has written extensively on educational subjects for a number of important magazines and periodicals.

Whalen, George Frederick (Vancouver, B.C.), one of the leading figures in the pulp and paper industry of Canada, was born at Fort William, Ont., November 13, 1880, the son of Joseph and Alice Whalen. He was educated in the Separate School and High School of his native city, and commenced his business career in 1899 as a clerk in the Ontario Bank at the adjacent town of Port Arthur. After a year’s experience he abandoned banking for the lumber business, serving as a clerk in the camps of far-western Ontario from 1900 to 1902, and subsequently a Contractor for taking out timber from 1902 to 1909. Incidentally he acquired a great deal of knowledge of the pulp industry, which at that time was beginning to assume large proportions in Canada, and in 1909 he was appointed Manager in charge of construction and operation of the Sulphite Mill at Mill Creek, British Columbia. In that position he remained until 1917 when he became Vice-President and General Manager of the Whalen Pulp & Paper Mills, Ltd., which has its head offices in the Merchants Bank Building at Vancouver, B.C., and engages extensively in pulp and lumber manufacture on the Pacific Coast. The importance of this corporation, which was organized by the subject of this sketch, may be gauged from the figures of its capitalization: common stock $8,000,000; preferred stock (cumulative from January 1, 1918) $2,102,500; Fifteen year Six per cent. Bonds $2,000,000; Fifteen year Seven per cent. Debenture Stock, $1,500,000. Though young in years Mr. Whalen is recognized throughout Canada and the United States as one of the most able and progressive figures in an industry that enters very largely into the life of every community. His recreations are golf, fishing, motoring and hunting, and he is a member of the Vancouver, Shaughnessy Golf, and Burnaby Golf Clubs. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and on June 1, 1904, married Mary Geraldine, daughter of Patrick D. Doran, Kingston, Ont. He has three sons and one daughter, and resides at 1251 King Edward Ave., Vancouver, B.C.

Cousineau, Joseph Philemon, B.A., K.C., LL.D., of the firm of Cousineau and Lacasse, advocates, 90 St. James Street, Montreal, was born at St. Laurent, Quebec, in 1874, and is one of the many brilliant Canadians of French affiliations who have done so much to enrich the legal history of Canada. He is the son of Gervais and Angelique Cousineau and was educated at Ste. Therese College, and at Laval University, where he secured his B.A. in 1894, his LL.L. in 1896 and his LL.D. in 1901. He read law with J. Beauchamp and with C. R. Charles Bruchesi. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1896 and was created King’s Counsel in 1909. Like many of his compatriots Mr. Cousineau united law and politics. He began his political career as mayor of St. Laurent, an office he held from 1904 to 1908. In that year he resigned his mayoralty to become member of the Quebec Legislature for the district of Jacques Cartier. He was re-elected in 1912 and in 1915 and 1916 was leader of the opposition at Quebec. His authorship in 1901 of a brilliant thesis “Des Corporations” was possibly one of the determining influences in his appointment to the professorship of “Droit Administrative” at Laval University, a position he has held since 1903. He is also a member of the Canadian and the Chapleau Clubs. In 1897 Mr. Cousineau married Helmina, daughter of L. S. Gendron. He has four daughters, Aline, Gilberte, Jeanne and Gabrielle. In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion a Roman Catholic. He still maintains the family residence at St. Laurent.

Cutten, George Barton, of Wolfeville, Nova Scotia, president Acadia University, is one of the interesting Canadians who have won educational honor in their own country. Dr. Cutten was born at Amherst, Nova Scotia, on April 11, 1874. His parents were William Herman Cutten and Abbie Ann Trefry, and their early training was doubtless responsible for their son’s brilliant career. At twenty-two he won his B.A. degree from Acadia, the university he was afterwards destined to govern as president; at twenty-three he was B.A. at Yale, and from then on he won in rapid succession his M.A. at Acadia, his Ph.D. at Yale, his B.D. at Yale, his D.D. at Colgate and his LL.D. at Acadia. In 1898 Dr. Cutten married Minnie W. Brown, daughter of John Ingerson Brown and Sophia Zwicker of Westfield, Mass., and his four children are Margarita Joy, born in 1902; Muriel Grace, born in 1904; Claire, born in 1906 and William Francis, born in 1908. Dr. Cutten is a member of two Greek letter fraternities, the Phi Sigma Delta, and the Phi Beta Kappa, is a Baptist in religion and an Independent in politics, but he is not a Pacifist, for he has held two military commissions—Captain in the 219th Battalion, and Major in the 246th. Dr. Cutten is the author of a number of interesting books: “The Psychology of Alcoholism” (Walter Scott Publishing Company, London), “The Psychological Phenomena of Christianity,” and “Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing,” both published by Scribner’s, New York; “The Case of John Kinsel” (Psychological Review), and “The Christian Life in a Baptist Church” (Marriott Press, Corning, New York.).

Goring, C. C., manufacturer, of 172 Markland Street, Hamilton, Ontario, is a self-made man, and proud of it. He furnishes one of the numerous cases we have in Canada of the farmer’s son who gets well up the ladder by persistent, well-directed efforts along one line of business. Commencing as an oil salesman on “the road,” Mr. Goring eventually had charge of the sales force of a large refinery in New York State. From that he went into the jobbing and export department and eventually he incorporated a company which has done a successful business both in the United States and in Canada. He is now president and managing director of the Ontario Lubricating Company, Limited. Mr. Goring was born at Homer, Ontario, on March 31, 1878, his parents being Ransom Goring and Melissa Cushman. He received a Canadian public school education and went directly from school into business. On January 2, 1907, he married Edith Wildman, daughter of Edwin Wildman, Hamilton, Ontario. He has two children, Gladys Irene, born February 15, 1909, and Gordon Hamilton, born January 27, 1915. Mr. Goring is a Protestant, a Conservative and a Mason.

Dinnick, Lieut.-Col. Wilfrid Servington, one of the leading financiers and public men of Toronto, was born at Guildford, England, on July 19th, 1874, the son of (Rev.) John Dunn and Charlotte Matilda Dinnick. He was educated at York School, Brighton, Eng., and came to Canada in 1889. In that year he obtained a position in the office of the Provincial Loan Company, Toronto, where he remained for two years, joining the Canadian Birbeck Investment Security and Savings Co., with which corporation he remained until 1895. By the time he was twenty-one he had acquired through his natural aptitude for finance a very complete knowledge of the Canadian investment field and before he was thirty had become a prominent figure in Toronto financial circles. He is at present Vice-President of the Standard Reliance Mortgage Corporation, 84 King St. East, Toronto; and President of the Sterling Trusts Corporation. Notable among his business achievements was that of founding and organizing Lawrence Park, one of the exclusive suburban residential districts of Toronto, which by virtue of the policy which he adopted in the matter of planning and building restrictions, is one of the beauty spots of a city renowned for its palatial homes. His services of a public character became especially noteworthy during the late war. On Dec. 21st, 1914, he organized the 109th Regiment in which he holds the rank of Lieut.-Col. This organization largely through the energetic methods of Col. Dinnick sent to the front over 200 officers and 5000 men, who served chiefly in the 84th and 169th Overseas Battalions and seven other quotas also. It also contributed the C.D.F. Battalion for home defence in Canada. As an organizer of public benefactions Col. Dinnick also showed indefatigable energy and organizing talent. He was largely instrumental in securing $2,400,000 for the Toronto and York Patriotic Fund in 1916; and $3,400,000 for the same object in 1917. He was also the organizer of the British Red Cross Appeal in 1915 and raised $550,000, which was increased to $740,000 in 1916. He has likewise willingly given his services to numerous appeals of a minor character, and many organizations have profited by his unique abilities in that field. He has been active in support of schemes of civic improvement and was the originator of the Back Garden development idea in Toronto, which has been blessed with excellent results. He is a Conservative in politics, a member of St. Paul’s (Anglican) Church, Toronto, and is Honorary Secretary of the Canadian Council of the Pocket Testament League. His recreations are Motoring and horse-back riding and he is the President and one of the founders of the Lawrence Park Lawn Bowling Club. He is also a member of the Albany, National, Toronto Hunt, Lambton Golf, Rosedale Golf, and Royal Canadian Yacht Clubs, Toronto, and of the A.F. & A.M. In New York on June 16th, 1905, he married Miss Alice Louise Conlin and has two sons and two daughters. His residence is at Bedford Lodge, Toronto.

Ewing, William, one of the best known of the younger business men of Montreal, was born in that city on May 4th, 1884, the son of William and Catherine Kinross Ewing. He was educated at Montreal High School and at L’Assomption College, L’Assomption, Quebec. On leaving college about sixteen years ago he joined the business of his father, who had established the firm of William Ewing & Co., Wholesale Seedsmen, at Montreal, in 1869. When the firm was re-organized as a joint stock corporation with the title of the William Ewing Co., Ltd., in 1913, the subject of this sketch became Secretary-Treasurer and also a Director. Formerly Mr. Ewing was known on the football field throughout Eastern Canada and is President of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and also of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association Football Club. He is an active member of the M.A.A.A. and also of the Caledonian Society of Montreal. His recreations are fishing and football and he has also interested himself in military affairs and holds a commission as lieutenant in the 1st Regiment, G.G. of C. On July 22nd, 1910, he married Isabel Swanson Forbes, a daughter of Mr. George E. Forbes of the well-known firm of Forbes Bros., Wholesale Grocers, Montreal. He has two children, Isabel Graham, born May 10th, 1912, and William, born Dec. 26th, 1914. In religion he is a Presbyterian and resides at 329 Addington Ave., Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal.

Kelso, John Joseph (Toronto, Ont.), Journalist and Social Worker, has resided in Toronto since childhood, but was born in Dundalk, Ireland, March 31, 1864, son of George and Anna Kelso, descendants of Scotch Covenanters. Took up Journalism in 1886 and was for several years member of the “Globe” staff. Devoted to philanthropy, has written thousands of columns on Social Welfare. Organized Toronto Humane Society in 1886-7; Children’s Fresh Air Fund in 1888; Children’s Aid Society, 1891; Playgrounds Association, 1908; was mainly responsible for educational propaganda leading to passing of Children’s Protection Act by Ontario Government, and under its provision was appointed General Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, and Inspector of Industrial Schools. In its initial stages Mr. Kelso had much to do with the inauguration of the Juvenile Court movement, having addressed the Waif Saving Congress on the subject at the World’s Fair, Chicago, in October, 1893. He was also one of the first advocates of Widowed Mothers’ Aid and Workmen’s Compensation Boards. In March, 1898, Mr. Kelso addressed the Legislature of Manitoba and British Columbia and they unanimously agreed to adopt the Ontario system of child protection. In 1905 he visited Nova Scotia with the same successful result; in 1908 Saskatchewan, and in 1913, New Brunswick. All Canada now follows the same methods of carrying on Child Welfare work, Mr. Kelso having organized over two hundred and fifty Children’s Aid Societies, in addition to Social Settlements, etc. Started Canadian Conference of Charities and Correction in 1897 and was elected Vice-President; was also elected Vice-President of National (U.S.) Conference of Charities in 1902. Represented Ontario at Conference on Child Welfare called by President Roosevelt and also at International Prison Congress held in Washington. These Conferences led to many present-day reforms. In 1903-5 Mr. Kelso performed notable service for the Province by emptying the Ontario Reformatory for Boys at Penetanguishene and the Ontario Refuge for Girls, by providing homes and situations for all the inmates. These institutions were converted into Hospitals for the Insane. Is still engaged in the work. Was married, 1901, to Irene Madden Martin, of Nashville, Tenn., and has two children, a son and daughter. Is Elder and S.S. Superintendent of St. James’ Square Presbyterian Church. He resides at 21 Prince Arthur Ave.

Douglas, William James (Toronto, Ont.), Journalist, is the General Manager of the “Mail and Empire,” one of the leading Canadian dailies and influential exponent of the Liberal-Conservative thought in Ontario. He is a son of the late James S. Douglas, A.M., M.D., Ph.D., and Frances Boardman, and was born in Hamilton, N.Y., U.S.A., May 28, 1846. After education at Milwaukee, Wis., he came to Canada in 1877, where he has held his present position for many years. Mr. Douglas married Eliza, daughter of Jeremiah Riordan, Surgeon in the Royal Navy, in 1868, and has four children—William, James S., Howard R. and Amy Douglas. He was formerly Vice-President of the National Club, and is a Trustee of the Toronto General Hospital, and of the Canadian Associated Press, of which he was a promoter. A Presbyterian in religion and a Conservative in politics. Mr. Douglas numbers among his clubs the National and Albany of Toronto, the Rideau of Ottawa, the Caledon Mountain Trout Club and the Cuckoo Valley Fishing Club. Is a Justice of the Peace for the County of York.

Delage, Cyrille F., Notary Public (Quebec City, Que.), son of J. B. Delage and Mary E. E. Fraser, was born in the above place, May 1, 1869, and received his education at Quebec Seminary and Laval University, Quebec, from which last he graduated with the degrees of L.B., LL.B., and LL.D. In 1894, Mr. Delage married Alice, daughter of Telesphore Boursseau and Celina Genest, by whom he has four children—Paul-Edouard, Maurice, Emile, and Marguerite. To-day, this distinguished Canadian holds the following public offices: Superintendent of Public Instruction for the Province of Quebec; officer d’Acadamie (France); member, Royal Society of Canada, French Section; Hon. President of the Quebec Provincial Exhibition Commission; President, Canadian Patriotic Fund, Quebec Branch; President National War Saving Committee, Quebec Branch; Honorary President of Society of Education, Canada; President, Catholic Committee, Council Public Instruction, Quebec; Member Protestant Committee, Council Public Instruction; and member Conseil des Arts et Metiers, Quebec. Council of Agriculture. At the time of his appointment as Superintendent of Public Instruction, the “Quebec Telegraph” said editorially: “Undoubtedly the Legislature will lose by his disappearance from it, but the Province will unquestionably be a large gainer by the transfer of his abilities, experience, and congenial tastes to the Department of Public Instruction.” A Liberal in politics and a Roman Catholic in religion, Mr. Delage is a member of the Canadian and Garrison Clubs of Quebec City, in addition to the Union St. Joseph, St. Roch; Union St. Joseph, Beauport; Artisans Canadiens-français; Alliance Nationale; Royal Arcanum, and the Independent Order of Foresters.

Hocken, Norman Cecil (Otter Lake Station, Ont.), Lumberman, the son of Henry Hocken and Lucina Soper, was born in Bowmanville, Ont., November 28, 1880, and educated at the Bowmanville Public School. His father being in the lumber business, he naturally came much in contact with that line of business, so deciding to strike out for himself in 1903, he became connected with the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company, and the Charlton Sawmill Company, finally going into business for himself and at the present time is owner of four sawmills and upwards of fifty square miles of timber limits. In politics he is a Reformer and was nominated by the Liberal party as their standard-bearer for the constituency of Parry Sound, for the House of Commons, to represent them at the next Dominion Election. Mr. Hocken is a member of the Methodist Church, of the Board of Trade of the City of Toronto, of the Ontario Club, Toronto, and of the Masonic Order. He married the daughter of James Kydd, and has five children—Bernice, Melvin, Loydd, Ralph and Robert.

King, Hon. James H., M.D., C.M., F.A.C.S., Physician and Surgeon, Cranbrook, B.C., President, King Lumber Mills, Ltd., Cranbrook, B.C. Born Chipman, N.B., January 18, 1872, son of Hon. G. G. and Ester Briggs King. Educated St. Martin’s Academy and McGill University. Practised Andover and St. John, N.B., 1895-1898. Came to British Columbia 1898; practised Cranbrook since. Vice-President Graduates Society, McGill University, 1908. Attended World Congress of Medicine and Surgery, Budapest, Hungary, 1909, and on this occasion was presented at the Austrian Court. Represented Cranbrook, British Columbia Legislature, 1903, 1907; unsuccessful candidate for Kootenay to House of Commons, 1911; elected to British Columbia Parliament, September 14, 1916; accepted portfolio of Public Works in the new government formed November 29, 1916; one of the original Founders and Governors of the American College of Surgeons at Chicago, 1913. Married Nellie Sadler, Maple View, N.B., 1907. Societies: A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., K. of P. Liberal, Baptist. Residence, Victoria, B.C.

Oliver, Hon. John (Victoria, B.C.), son of Robert Oliver, of Derbyshire, England, and Emma Lomas, his wife, of Staffordshire. Was born on July 31, 1856, at Hartington, Derbyshire, England. In April, 1870, his parents, with eight children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest, left the Motherland, and eventually settled on a farm in Wellington County, Ontario. There he worked on his father’s farm in the summer and went to the woods in the winter, and, in his spare time, picked up stone masonry. In 1877, the future premier set out for Victoria B.C., with only a few dollars in his pocket and no particular job in sight. Twenty-three years later he returned to the capital as a member of the Legislature, and forty years afterwards he became head of the Provincial Government. Shortly after going to British Columbia, Mr. Oliver took up land in the Delta municipality, and to-day he is the proprietor of one of the finest farms in the province. Mr. Oliver has always evinced a genius for public service, and has always taken a keen and intelligent interest in public questions. He had not been long in the west before he was elected a member of the Delta Municipal Council, and was later reeve for several terms. He was first elected to the British Columbia Legislature at the general elections in 1900, and re-elected in 1903 and 1907. At the general elections in 1909, as leader of the Opposition, he contested two constituencies, Victoria and Delta, and was defeated in both. A similar experience awaited him in 1911, and again in the campaign in 1912. In 1916, upon the formation of the Brewster cabinet, he was appointed Minister of Railways and Agriculture. On the death of Premier Brewster, after one session in office, Mr. Oliver was called upon by the Lieutenant-Governor to form a Government, which he did, retaining his former portfolios, besides acting as Premier. His reputation as a parliamentarian of the first rank was firmly established by the part he played in the exposure of what was known as the “Columbia and Western Railway Scandal.” He was chiefly instrumental in having grants for some 650,000 acres of coal mining land in the Kootenay district cancelled. Premier Oliver was married on June 20, 1886, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Woodward, of Mud Bay, British Columbia. He is the father of the following children: Robert, William Arthur, John Thomas, Charles Edward, Joseph, Elizabeth Alice, Sarah Ellen, Mildred Emma. Premier Oliver has for years been known as “Honest John,” and his long record for probity and fair dealing justly entitles him to this distinction. Although somewhat handicapped in early life by lack of scholastic training, the Premier was by nature a student, and he became a wide reader. He is a man of rugged honesty, industrious and aggressive, and enjoys a measure of public confidence which is indicated by the title conferred upon him by the people of his province. The Premier’s candour and courage are recognized as his greatest assets, while his long association with public affairs and foremost position in the Liberal party has made his name a household word in British Columbia. The Premier possesses sufficient property, acquired by his own industry, to make him independent of political fortunes. He is undoubtedly one of the most interesting and picturesque figures in Canadian public life.

Ferguson, Hon. George Howard, B.A., LL.B., K.C., M.L.A. (Toronto, Ont.), son of Dr. Charles Frederick Ferguson (Scotch), and Elizabeth Wallace Bell, his wife (Irish). Was born on the 18th day of June, 1870, at Kemptville, Ont. Educated at Kemptville High School, Toronto University, and Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto. Called to the bar in 1894. Married April 14th, 1896, to Ella Cumming, of Buckingham, Quebec. Was a councillor for three years and a reeve for three years of the village of Kemptville. His father, Charles F. Ferguson, M.D., represented the constituency of North Leeds and Grenville in the House of Commons from 1893 to 1896, when he retired. First elected to the Ontario Legislature at the general elections as the member for Grenville, 1905. Re-elected at the general elections 1908, 1911, 1912 and 1914. A member of the Executive Council of the Hearst Administration as Minister of Lands, and Forests and Mines, December 22nd, 1914. Re-elected after assuming the office by acclamation, January 7th, 1915. He is an Anglican and a member of the Masonic Order; the Odd Fellows; Independent Order of Foresters; Orangemen and Maccabees. The Honorable Mr. Ferguson is a man of fine address and good oratorical ability. He is extremely popular with all members of the Legislature.

Grant, Gordon, is the son of Peter Grant, a distinguished Civil Engineer who was employed on the construction of the Caledonia and Great North of Scotland Railways, who came to Canada in 1868, and who was from that date to its completion in 1876, employed on the construction of the Intercolonial Railway and subsequently on the Canadian Pacific Railway until its completion in 1885, and Helen (Gordon) Grant. Mr. Grant was born in Dufftown, Banffshire, Scotland, January 2nd, 1865, and came to Canada in 1872. He was educated in the Ottawa Business College and the Ottawa University. In 1882 Mr. Grant was invited to join the staff of his uncle, the late William B. Grant, C.E., who was then Chief Engineer of the Great Southern Railway in the Argentina Republic, and remained a member of his staff for six years, during which time he was employed on the construction of several hundred miles of railway. In 1887 there was a severe depression in the public works in that republic and railway construction came to a stop. Returning to Canada Mr. Grant was employed on the construction of the Sydney extension of the Intercolonial Railway until 1890. In July of that year he joined the staff of the late P. A. Peterson, then Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and remained with him until July, 1893, when he accepted a position as Division Engineer of Construction on the Palm Beach extension of the Florida East Railway, and remained there until its completion in 1895, when he joined the Construction Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and was employed on the construction of the Crow’s Nest Pass and other Western branch lines until 1905, when he joined the staff of Mr. Hugh D. Lumsden, recently appointed Chief Engineer of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission. He was appointed Assistant District Engineer in May, 1906, Inspecting Engineer over the whole line in May, 1907, and on the resignation of Mr. Lumsden in July, 1909, was appointed by the Government to the position of Chief Engineer and remained in that position until the completion of the Railway, when he was, in January, 1917, appointed consulting Engineer to the Department of Railways and Canals, and also had charge of the work of completing the Quebec & Saguenay Railway from Quebec to Murray Bay, a very difficult piece of railway construction. In December, 1906, Mr. Grant married Katherine McCarthy, daughter of William McCarthy, Civil Engineer, and has two sons and two daughters. Mr. Grant is a member of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the American Railway Engineers’ Association; and a member of the Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf and Rivermead Golf Clubs. In religion Mr. Grant is a Catholic. His residence is 58 Sweetland Ave., Ottawa, Ont.

Rawlings, Henry Edward, of 115 Crescent Street, Montreal, is a prominent Fidelity and Surety Underwriter in Canada and in the U.S.A., and is the President and Managing Director of the Guarantee Company of North America, the “pioneer company” in its particular field on this continent. He was born in Montreal on September 25, 1875, the son of Edward and Lucretia (Carter) Rawlings, and was educated at Lennoxville Academy and in other institutions. His late father, Edward Rawlings, was the founder of the Guarantee Company of North America in 1872, and the son was brought up with a most complete knowledge of its business. He went to the United States in 1897, and entered various branch offices of the G.C.N.A. and its affiliated institution, the United States Guarantee Company of New York. About 1905 he was appointed Vice-President of the American Company and in 1909 returned to Montreal to assume executive control of the parent institution, the Guarantee Company of North America. At this time he took the title of Assistant-Manager and on the demise of his father succeeded him in the positions, President and Managing Director. He was also appointed to succeed the elder Rawlings as a Director on the Board of the Montreal Telegraph Company. Mr. Rawlings’ business duties, which are international in scope have engrossed much of his time but he has published one important guide to business corporations entitled “How to Prevent Defalcations.” When the war broke out he entered the Home Guard as a full private and qualified himself by military drill. His recreations are described as “motoring, golf, and a little of everything else.” In religion he is an Anglican and in politics a Conservative, and is a member of the following Clubs: Mount Royal, St. James, Montreal, Montreal Hunt, Forest and Stream, Royal Montreal Golf, Beaconsfield Golf, Indoor Tennis Club, Winter Club, Automobile Club of Canada, St. Paul’s Lodge, A.F. & A.M. and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. Rawlings was married in 1907 to a daughter of Hon. James Bunting Snowball, Senator and former Lieut.-Governor of New Brunswick, and one of the pioneer lumber merchants of that Province. The union has been blessed with two children, Margaret Snowball, and Henry Miller Fitzwilliam Rawlings.

Hara, Frederick North (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born in that city on April 28, 1856. Son of John and Charlotte A. (Phelps) Hara. Educated at the Public Schools of St. Catharines and began his business career in 1874 as an office boy with S. Atkinson & Sons, Toronto. With said firm he subsequently became book-keeper and in 1878 returned to St. Catharines to accept a similar position with H. Patterson & Co. In 1884 he was promoted to the position of office and business manager and in 1893, when the firm name was changed to E. H. Phelps & Co., he purchased a partnership interest in the business and continued to act as business manager. In 1901, when the enterprise was re-organized and incorporated as the Canada Wheel Works, Ltd., he became its President and General Manager. In 1914 another change was effected when an amalgamation was arranged with the Windsor Turned Goods Co., Ltd., and the new corporation became known as the Canada Pole and Shaft Co., Ltd., of which Mr. Hara was appointed and still is President. His other business and industrial interests are extensive. He is President of the St. Catharines Steel and Metal Company, Ltd.; Vice-President of the Marathon Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.; President of the United Gas Co., Ltd.; a Director of Industrials, Ltd., St. Catharines; a Director of the Port Arthur Wagon and Implements Co., Ltd.; and is also interested as a shareholder in many other companies. During the recent war his business energy was sought in connection with Red Cross and Patriotic Funds and he became an ardent worker and supporter of them, and was a member of the local executive in connection therewith. Though on many occasions his fellow citizens have desired that he take public office, his only experience of the kind was thirty years ago when he served two years as a school trustee at Merritton. His recreations are motoring and golf, and he is a Past President of the St. Catharines Club; Vice-President (1918) of the St. Catharines Golf Club and a member of the Laurentian Club, Ottawa. He is also a member of the A.F. & A.M., and is a Liberal in politics. On June 5, 1905, he married Emma Catherine, daughter of Mr. John Baillie.

Hough, John Atwell (Matheson, Ont.), Police Magistrate, was born in Ireland in 1882, and received his early education in England and Scotland, but migrated to Canada at an early age. He was appointed Mining Recorder, Larder Lake Mining Division, with headquarters at Larder Lake, Ont., in March, 1907; four years later, however, the boundaries of the Division were enlarged and the head office moved to Matheson, where he now resides. As Police Magistrate for the Town of Matheson and part of the District of Temiskaming, Mr. Hough was placed in charge of all relief work from Ramore to Porquis Junction, after the great fire which devastated Northern Ontario on July 29, 1916, and many stricken families have reason to be thankful for the energy and public spirit with which he discharged this difficult task. John Hough is a Conservative in politics and a member of the Masonic Order. By his wife, Myrtle, daughter of M. Donaghue of Windsor, Ont., he has two children.

Fifield, Albert Frank (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born at Lowell, Mass., on Feb. 8, 1876. Son of Frank and Abie Mary (Cummings) Fifield, of Ashland, N.H. Educated at the Public Schools of New Hampshire and commenced his business career operating a machine shop in Ashland, in 1896. This he continued until 1905, when he accepted a position as Construction Superintendent of the Jenckes Machine Company, Quebec, and has ever since been a resident of Canada. In 1907 he set up business at St. Catharines and engaged in buying and selling machinery until 1910. He established the Reo Sales Company for the sales of Reo motor cars in Canada, and, during this period, organized and fully carried out a coast to coast motor trip in a Reo car. This was the first trip of the kind made in Canada and Mr. Fifield furnished the car and men. In 1914 he organized and became the first General Manager of the Metal Drawing Company, Ltd., of St. Catharines. In pursuance of his policy of building up new industries in the city of his adoption, Mr. Fifield, when the demand came for shells from the British War Office, sold out his other interests and engaged in the manufacturing of munitions on a large scale with great success. In fact, he was one of the most prominent figures in this industry during the Great War. He also organized the American Patriotic Fund among former residents of the United States living in St. Catharines, part of whose revenues were subsequently diverted to the associated charities of the city, of which he was for a time chairman and is now a member of the executive. He also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Local Branch of the Canadian Patriotic Fund. He is Independent in politics, a Protestant in religion and a member of the A.F. & A.M. His recreations are motoring, angling and hunting and he belongs to the following clubs: St. Catharines, Niagara (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Buffalo Motor, St. Catharines Golf, and St. Catharines Canoe. On May 25, 1904, he married Velma Faunee, daughter of A. N. Linscott, Damarscotta Mills, Maine, and has two daughters.

Wright, Harry George (Hamilton, Ont.), Manufacturer, is the surviving partner and President of the E. T. Wright Company, Ltd., Tinware, founded in 1883, Mr. E. T. Wright having died in 1908, with whose passing the firm suffered the loss of a man whose practical knowledge and mechanical ability had done much to lay the foundations of the present flourishing business. Mr. H. G. Wright is well known throughout Canada, having represented the firm for many years on the road, where the many friends made in his younger days still know him best as “Harry.” Energetic and aggressive, he has always been the life of the concern since its inception. Coming as he does of good Devonshire fighting stock, it is not surprising to find that two of Mr. Wright’s sons are taking an active part in the Great War. Captain George Craig Wright, Vice-President of the firm, has just returned from the front, having served from the first and being the first officer to enlist in the Fourth Battalion of the City of Hamilton in 1914. He was the only officer of that battalion left at the battles of Langemarcke and Ypres, who was not either wounded, captured or killed. For efficient conduct he was promoted to his present rank and, although home on furlough, is acting as Brigade Major to the Sixth Brigade on the Niagara Peninsula. Mr. Gordon Wright, the Treasurer, has received his commission as a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Royals. The subject of this sketch was born at Bethany, Pa., December 11, 1855, the son of Thomas W. Wright, and came to Hamilton five years later, where he received his education in the Public School and Commercial College. In 1889 he married the daughter of George Craig, of R. Hay & Company, Toronto, Ont., and has five children—George Craig, Kate, H. Gordon, Phyllis and Jack Edwin. Mr. Wright is a Liberal in politics and a Methodist in religion. His recreations are golf and bowling, and he is a member of the following clubs: Hamilton, Commercial, Royal Yacht and Victoria Curling, all of Hamilton, and the Ontario, of Toronto.

Robertson, William Robert (St. Catharines, Ont.), son of James J. and Elizabeth Robertson. Was born at Hamilton, Ont., on June 28th, 1875, where he received his education. Married September 17th, 1905, to Maud, daughter of P. J. O’Neil, of Merritton, Ont., and has one son (William.) Is the Superintendent of the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway, and a member of the Masonic Order, Engineer’s Club, Toronto, and St. Catharines Club. Mr. Robertson has always been interested in amateur sports and was manager of the St. Catharines Hockey Team 1908-13; President of the Niagara District Baseball League, 1910-14. He has been identified with all patriotic movements and took a leading part in raising funds for war purposes. He is Secretary-Treasurer of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission; Secretary of St. Catharines Recruiting League and was Military Representative on the Conscription Tribunal at St. Catharines. Mr. Robertson holds the rank of Lieutenant in the Provincial Corps Guides.

Innes, Hugh Patterson, K.C., Barrister-at-Law of Simcoe, Ont., is a prominent figure in the politics of Western Ontario. He is a son of William P. and Marion (Livingstone) Innes and was born at Dundas, Ont. on Sept. 14th, 1870. His father is an eminent manufacturer and capitalist who was one of the pioneers of the canning industry in this country, and is now a Director of Dominion Canners, Limited. The subject of this sketch was educated at the public and High schools of Simcoe, Norfolk county, and studied for the legal profession at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario on graduation in 1893, and has since practised at Simcoe, where he acts as Town solicitor and legal adviser for the Molsons Bank, Dominion Canners, Ltd., and other important institutions. He has also been a public and High school trustee for the town and was made a King’s Counsel in 1908. In the latter year he was the candidate of the Conservative party at the general elections for the Ontario Legislature and was elected. Subsequently he voluntarily resigned his seat to become the candidate of his party for the House of Commons in the Federal riding of Norfolk and was nominated in the spring of 1915, the date of the contest at that time being uncertain. In the autumn of 1917, however, after Union Government was formed it was necessary for Sir Robert Borden to ask certain Conservative candidates to make the sacrifice of withdrawing from the field in order to permit the election of prominent Liberals who had given their support to Union Government. Mr. Innes was one of these and his course in stepping aside assured the election of Hon. W. A. Charlton as a Liberal-Unionist representative of Norfolk. Nevertheless his election to the Commons at some future day may be regarded as a certainty. Mr. Innes is a Presbyterian and a member of the following lodges: Norfolk No. 10; A.F. & A.M. and Past Master Ezra Chapter, No. 23; Royal Arch Masons. On June 29th, 1898, he married Mabel M., daughter of His Honor Judge Livingstone of Norfolk County and has eight children, Margaret Livingstone; Hugh Paterson, Jr.; Robert T. L.; Helen M.; Constance M.; Grace L.; James S.; and Edith V. Innes.

Williams-Taylor, Sir Frederick, LL.D. (Montreal, Que.), General Manager Bank of Montreal, is one of the outstanding figures in the financial world of Canada. During his eight years as Manager of the Bank’s London, England Branch, Sir Frederick was notably successful in financing many Canadian municipal and corporate undertakings in that market. Recently his abilities have been devoted to war-time financing in Canada. On both sides of the Atlantic, therefore, he has had wide experience in the flotation of high-class Canadian issues. In addition to being expert in all financial matters, Sir Frederick is possessed of marked personality and exceptional social charm. Born at Moncton, New Brunswick, October 23, 1863, the son of Ezekiel Moore Taylor and Rosalind Beatty. Sir Frederick entered the service of the Bank of Montreal in 1878; since then he has been successively Assistant Inspector, Head Office, 1897; Joint Manager, Chicago, 1903; Manager, London, Eng., 1906, and General Manager, November, 1913. The distinguished subject of this sketch was awarded a silver medal by the Royal Society of Arts for his paper, “Canadian Loans in London,” before the Royal Colonial Institute, 1912; was knighted, 1913, and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of New Brunswick, 1915. As a young man he won distinction in many forms of athletics, including rowing, tennis, squash and snow-shoeing. Sir Frederick married Jane Fayrer, daughter of Joshua Henshaw, Esq., Montreal, 1888, by whom he has one son, Lieutenant Travers Williams-Taylor, 13th Hussars, B.E.F., and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Duff Frazier, of 17 West 57th Street, New York, N.Y., and “Uplands,” Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. In addition to being General Manager of the Bank of Montreal, Sir Frederick is a Director of the Allan Steamship Company, Ltd., and the Liverpool and London & Globe Insurance Company, Ltd.; Director and member Executive Committee, Royal Trust Company, and Vice-President of the Canadian Bankers’ Association. His clubs include Mount Royal, St. James and University, Montreal, Que.; Rideau, Ottawa, Ont.; York, Toronto, Ont.; Metropolitan and Down Town, New York, N.Y.; St. James, Bath, City of London, Ranelagh and Swinley Forest Golf, all of London, Eng. Sir Frederick resides at 686 Mountain Street, Montreal.

Law, Bonnar B. (Yarmouth, N.S.), late member of Parliament for Yarmouth County, N.S., was the son of William and Mary A. Law, of Yarmouth, and was born in Douglas, Mass., U.S.A., July 29, 1855. After graduating from the Yarmouth Public School, Mr. Law entered on a commercial career and was one of the successful merchants in his home town. For thirteen years he was a Director of the Exchange Bank of Yarmouth, until its absorption by the Bank of Montreal, and for six and a half years a town Councillor of Yarmouth. Mr. Law was a Director of the Canadian Wood Working Co., of the Yarmouth Hospital Society and of the Yarmouth Cemetery Co., as well as a trustee of the Yarmouth Public Library and of the Yarmouth Y.M.C.A. Mr. Law lost his life in the burning of the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa, February 3, 1916. He was first elected to the House of Commons at a by-election, December 3, 1902, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Mr. Thomas B. Flint as Clerk of the House of Commons. The fact that the late member for Yarmouth County was elected to the House of Commons at Ottawa for a fourth term, with the largest majority ever given a candidate from that Constituency, testified to the esteem in which he was held by those who knew his worth. Mr. Law married Agnes M., daughter of Capt. Joseph B. Lovett, and had an only child, Dorothy I. Law. He was a Methodist in religion and a Liberal in politics.

Hunnisett, James Edward (Toronto, Ont.), Educationist, is the son of Frank and Maria Hunnisett, and was born at Toronto, July 14, 1879. He was educated at Givens Street Public School and Harbord Collegiate Institute, Toronto, also at Hamilton Normal College, graduating in 1899. He married Clarice Emley, daughter of Thomas Fussell, construction contractor, in 1910, and has one daughter, Jean Eleanor, born in 1912. Having obtained a scholarship from the Public School in Toronto that gave him free tuition at the High School, Mr. Hunnisett had no difficulty in realizing his natural bent for educational work, and was appointed Assistant Master at Palmerston Ave. Public School, Toronto, in 1900. Since then he has been successively, Principal of Cottingham St. School, Toronto, 1907-09; Clinton St. School, Toronto, 1909-14, and Givens St. School, Toronto, 1914 to date. As member of a former championship team in Interfaculty Association Football at Toronto University, Mr. Hunnisett has always shown a consistent interest in promoting athletic games at the Public Schools of his city, and was President of the Toronto Public Schools Athletic Association in 1906. Mr. Hunnisett is a Conservative in politics and a Methodist in religion. His only fraternal connection is a life membership of St. Andrew’s Masonic Lodge, G.R.C. 16. Mr. Hunnisett has always worked along the line to make the Toronto Public School System second to none on the continent.

Norcross, Joseph W. (Montreal, Que.), is one of the chief factors in the Canadian shipping industry, and though still in his forties has built up a very important position for himself in the Canadian business world. He was born at Port Colborne, Ont., on May 14th, 1871, the son of Samuel R. and Susan (Deeks) Norcross. His father was engaged in Lake transportation and the subject of this sketch after an education at Port Colborne public school and Welland High School, himself entered the same calling. As a mere boy from 1890 to 1892 he ran his own boat, S.S. Varuna on the Bay of Quinte. As he grew older he gradually increased his interests in connection with transportation on the Great Lakes; on extensive amalgamations being effected in 1913, became Vice-President and Managing Director of the Canada Steamships, Ltd., the most important shipping corporation on Canadian Inland waters, which has much to do with the handling of this country’s grain crop, and is also a dominant factor in passenger traffic. In addition to the offices named he is President of the Canadian Chadwick Metals Co., Ltd.; Vice President of the Canada West Coast Navigation Co., Ltd. of British Columbia; Vice-President of the Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; Director of the Canadian Vickers, Ltd.; Director of the Sterling Bank of Canada; and Director of the Cluff Ammunition Co., Ltd. During the late war the Government availed itself of his expert talents by appointing him a Director of ship construction in connection with the Naval Service Department. In that capacity he rendered very valuable service to the Canadian community and refused to accept remuneration therefor. He is recognized by transportation men everywhere as one of the leading shipping experts of this continent. He is widely known in all the cities of the Great Lakes and a member of many clubs including the Albany and National (Toronto); Travellers’ (London); Montreal and St. James (Montreal); Mississauga Golf (Toronto); Cleveland Athletic Club; Kaministiquia (Fort William); and Shunia (Port Arthur). He is also a member of Montreal Board of Trade, the Toronto Board of Trade and the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. He is a Protestant in religion and was married on Jan. 2nd, 1895, to Jessie, daughter of John McCullough, Port Colborne, Ont., by whom he has two daughters, Jessie Eileen and Helen J. Norcross.

McCarthy, Jesse Overn (Toronto, Ont.), Vice-President and General Manager of the Security Life Insurance Co. of Canada, has been somewhat prominently connected for twenty-five years with the life insurance business of the Dominion and in the field of Social Welfare and Moral Reform. Nearly thirty years ago he began giving addresses on Child Welfare Problems and on different phases of Social Welfare work and legislation, when to speak on these matters was like “a voice crying in the wilderness,” and has seen the objects which he so strongly advocated accomplished to a remarkable extent in legislative and practical effort by the city and province alike. During that time he has given over two thousand addresses before churches, Canadian Clubs and municipal organizations. His entry into the municipal life of Toronto, first as alderman and then as Controller, was due to the adverse conditions prevailing at that time in the Isolation Hospital and his desire to see a thoroughly up-to-date and efficient Health Department established. Outside authorities and those familiar with the situation have stated that he was able to strongly interest and influence the Council in all health and social problems, so that splendid progress was made during the time that he was connected with that body. A Methodist in religion and a Liberal in politics, Mr. McCarthy served as Alderman of the City of Toronto, 1910-1911, and as Controller, 1912-1914. He is a member of the Board of Trade, the Sons of Temperance, the Royal Templars of Temperance, the Canadian Order of Foresters, and the Protestant Benevolent Society, as also of Parkdale Canoe and Lawn Bowling Clubs. Mr. McCarthy is the son of Charles Calahan and Margaret Frances McCarthy. He was born in Walpole Township, Haldimand County, Ont., November 10, 1867, and was educated in the Public Schools. He married Mary, daughter of James Grant Davis, Jarvis, Ont., August 10, 1892, by whom he has two daughters, Lilian Pearl and Mary Vourneen, and one son, Jesse Davis.

Massey, Charles Vincent (Toronto, Ont.), Lecturer in Modern History, University of Toronto, and Dean of Residence, Victoria College, Toronto. The son of Chester D. Massey, Honorary President of the Massey-Harris Company, Ltd, and Anna (Vincent) Massey. Born in Toronto, on February 20, 1887. Educated at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1910) and Balliol College, Oxford (2nd Cl. Mod. Hist. B.A. 1913, M.A. 1918). Married 1915, Alice S., daughter of George R. Parkin, C.M.G., D.C.L., Secretary of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, by whom he has two sons, Lionel, born July 2nd, 1916, and Hart, born March 30th, 1918. Mr. Massey is a Director of the Massey-Harris Co., and of the Toronto Housing Co., a member of the Board of Governors, Toronto General Hospital, and of the Art Museum, of Toronto, Vice-Chairman of the Massey Foundation, a Governor of the Wesleyan College, Montreal, and a Director of Ridley College, St. Catharines. He held a commission in the University of Toronto contingent, C.O.T.C., 1914-1915, was appointed to Headquarters Staff, Military District No. 2, November, 1915, to take charge of musketry training, and was promoted temporary Lieut.-Col. October, 1916. (Mentioned for services). He was appointed Secretary of the War Committee of the Federal Cabinet, January, 1918, and Secretary of the Dominion Government Repatriation Committee in December, 1918, becoming in March, 1919, the Director of the Committee. He is a member of the York, University, Toronto Golf and Arts and Letters Clubs, all of Toronto, and of the Savile Club, London, England. A Liberal in politics, and a Methodist in religion. Residence, Dean’s House, Victoria College, Toronto.

Rowell, Hon. Newton Wesley, K.C., M.P. (Ottawa, Ont.), is the son of late Joseph and Nancy (Green) Rowell. Was born in London Township, County of Middlesex, Ontario, on November 1, 1867, and was educated at the local Public Schools and the Ontario Law School, Osgoode Hall. He also holds the honorary degree of LL.D. from The North-Western University, Chicago (1915). Called to the Bar in 1891 with honors and medal, and created K.C. in 1902; has successfully practised his profession in Toronto as head of the law firm of Rowell, Reid, Wood & Wright, and has for many years been considered one of the leaders of the Bar. He has been a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1911, is a Senator of Toronto University, and a Regent of Victoria University and very prominently identified with the Methodist Church, and with the Laymen’s Missionary Movement, and also with the Christian Endeavor movement; formerly Vice-President of the Ontario Dominion Alliance. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons for East York in 1900, and was first elected to the Ontario Legislature for the riding of North Oxford in 1911 and re-elected in 1914. Was Leader of the Liberal Opposition of the Ontario Legislature from 1911 to October, 1917, when he entered the Union Government at Ottawa, as President of the Privy Council. Honorable Mr. Rowell has a magnetic personality and is an exceptionally able platform speaker, and has a splendid grasp of all national matters. He has lectured on “Canada’s Future” and other national topics, and stands for the highest traditions of public life. He is a man of untiring energy and a gift of rare eloquence and a genius for public affairs. He has visited the Canadian soldiers in the trenches and has brought back messages from the boys at the front which he has delivered with much fervor. Honorable Mr. Rowell married, in June, 1901, Nellie, youngest daughter of Rev. Alex. Langford, D.D., of Toronto, and is the father of three children, William Langford, Mary Coyne and Frederick Nealon Alexander. He is a member of the following clubs: Rideau, York, National, Ontario, Rosedale Golf Club, Alpine Club of Canada. He finds recreation in horseback riding and golf.

Sauvé, Arthur, M.L.A. (Saint Benoit, Deux Montagnes), is leader of the Liberal-Conservative opposition to the government of Sir Lomer Gouin. As such he advocates, particularly, the fostering of agriculture and its allied industries, as also of those questions of social and political economy which most affect his province at the present time. Born at St. Hermas, Que., October 1, 1875, the son of Jos. Sauvé, the member for Two Mountains was educated at St. Therese College and married the daughter of L. de J. Lachaine, Notary Public. His children are Mercedes, Paul, Gustave and Pauline Sauvé. He is a Journalist by profession, a member of the Club Canadien, and the Club Morin, and a Roman Catholic in religion. Mr. Sauvé was elected a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec for the Constituency of Two Mountains, in 1908, by a majority of 174, and in 1912 by a majority of 276. In the elections of 1916 he was returned by acclamation and chosen as Leader of the Liberal-Conservative party in the Province.

Machin, Lieut.-Col. Harold Arthur Clement, M.P.P., who represents the riding of Kenora in the Ontario Legislature, is one of the ablest and most aggressive members of that body, and has also had a distinguished military career in connection with the late war. Although born at Rochester, N.Y., on May 9, 1875, he is of English descent, the son of Rev. Canon C. J. Machin and Emma M. L. Machin, both of whom were born in the Motherland. Col. Machin as a child lived in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and later in Port Arthur, Ontario, in both of which cities his father served as an Anglican rector. In 1885 he was sent to England to be educated at The School House, Beaconsfield, Bucks county. He returned to Canada in 1893, and to Rat Portage, now Kenora; that town, despite many prolonged absences, has ever since been his home. He qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and, after being called to the bar, practised in Kenora, and soon became widely known through that region of far western Ontario. Identifying himself with the Conservative party, he was first elected to the Legislature in 1908, and subsequently returned at the general elections of 1911 and 1914. From early manhood he showed military enthusiasm, and went to South Africa in 1899 as a private in the 1st Canadian contingent under Col. (now Sir William) Otter. He served as private and n.c.o. until 1901, when he was given a commission in the South African Constabulary. In 1904 he retired with the rank of Captain, and returned to Canada, after which he spent the open seasons of the three successive years in prospecting for minerals in the Chibogomo and Mistissini districts of Northern Quebec. When the great war broke out, the old spirit of patriotism and adventure came over him again, and in 1915 he raised and became the O.C. of the 94th Battalion, with headquarters at Port Arthur. He went overseas with his Battalion in 1916, and shortly after his arrival in England was directed to raise and command the Canadian Labor Battalion for service in France. He went to the fighting area with this battalion, and served six months at the advanced base and with the 4th British Army between Peronne and St. Quentin. In 1917, he returned to Canada on leave, and was retained for duty as a member of the Military Service Council, established in connection with the Military Service Act. On the completion of the work of the Military Service Council in 1918, Col. Machin became Director of the Military Service Branch of the Department of Justice, under arrangement with the Department of Militia and Defence. Both as a legislator and a judicial officer, Col. Machin has shown a fearlessness and ability in the expression of opinion that have commended him to persons of independent mind, even when in disagreement with him. He was one of the few men in the Ontario Legislature with the moral courage to assail the defects of the Ontario Temperance Act, though it was fathered by the government of which he is the elected supporter. His strong utterances against a bigoted attitude toward the French Canadians of Quebec and Roman Catholics in general, coming from a Protestant of English descent and education, have also been widely commended. On December 24, 1918, he was the recipient of an address and silver rose bowl from the officials who served with him and under him as Director of Military Service in the Department of Justice at Ottawa. Their sentiments were voiced by Crown Attorney J. A. Ritchie, who referred to him as their “guide, counsellor and friend.” He is a capital speaker, and in the Ontario Legislature his speeches are always hailed with interest. He is an adherent of the Church of England, and a member of the Toronto Club, Albany Club, Toronto Military Institute, and the Canadian Mining Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of England. On December 8, 1902, he married Miss Ida F. Knight, of Horner Grange, West Hill, Sydenham, England, and has two daughters, Ida A. K., born Bloemfontein, South Africa, December 7, 1903, and Barbara K., born Kenora, Ont., January 7, 1914. Though of late years his duties have carried Col. Machin far afield, his permanent residence is at Kenora, Ont.

Senecal, Francis Albert (Plantagenet, Prescott County, Ont.), County Clerk, is the son of Gedeon Senecal and Rose de Lima Blondin. He was born at Lefaivre, Ont., January 23, 1882, and received his education at Plantagenet School and Bourget College, Rigaud, and McDonald Agricultural College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue. Mr. Senecal has acted as Reeve of Plantagenet Township and was elected Warden of the County in 1914, County Clerk in 1915, and County Road Superintendent in 1916. He is the Secretary of the Liberal Association in his riding and is the owner of “Mountain Side View Farm,” where he specialized in Ayrshire cattle. In 1906 he married Marie Louise, daughter of J. Bte. Lafrosse, of Alfred, Ont., and has five children—Alexandrine, Marie Jeanne, Madeline, Blaise and Jean Paul. He is a Roman Catholic and a member of the I.O.F., C.O.F., St. Joseph and Artisans Canadien Français Societies.

Taylor, Albert William, J.P. (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born in Toronto on October 10, 1873, and is the son of the late W. D. and Charlotte (Lee) Taylor. His ancestry is Scotch. Educated at the Toronto Model School, Jarvis St. Collegiate Institute, Toronto, and Ridley College, St. Catharines. He commenced his business career as office boy with the wholesale grocery firm of Sloan & Crowther, Toronto, in 1890, and was with them for five years, becoming a clerk and then a commercial traveller. In 1895 he became an Accountant with the firm of J. Marshing & Co., New York, and in 1900 became European representative of the Crown Silver Plate Co., London, England. In 1901 he returned to Canada and became a member of the firm of Mara & Taylor, stock brokers, Toronto. In 1910 he went to St. Catharines to take his present position as Auditor of the Welland Vale Manufacturing Co., Ltd., manufacturers of hand agricultural tools, special forgings and edge tools. He is also Director and Treasurer of the Metal Drawing Co., Ltd., and Director and Secretary of the St. Catharines Realty and Building Co., Ltd. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln, a Director of Ridley College and a Trustee of the St. Catharines Tuberculosis Hospital. His recreations are golf, angling and shooting and he is a member of the St. Catharines Club; the St. Catharines Golf Club, Niagara Club (N.Y.), Albany and Royal Canadian Yacht Clubs, Toronto; the Tourilli Fish and Game Club, Quebec, and the Big Creek Shooting Club, Toronto. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., a Conservative and an Anglican. On January 5, 1904, he married Jessie, daughter of Mr. J. L. Fenton, Decatur, Ill.

Dalton, Hon. Charles, M.P.P., Minister without portfolio in the government of Prince Edward Island, resides at Tignish in that province. He was born at Tignish, P.E.I., on June 9, 1850, the son of Patrick and Margaret (McCarthy) Dalton, and was educated in the public schools. His father was a farmer, and the son has been especially identified with the raising of black foxes for the fur trade. He engaged in this business upwards of twenty years ago in a legitimate way, before it became a field for reckless speculators, and has bred some of the most valuable foxes in the world. He is President of the Charles Dalton Silver Black Fox Company, Ltd., one of the pioneer companies in this industry. He first entered politics 1900, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Prince Edward Island Legislature. Subsequently, in 1912, he was elected for Prince constituency, and became a member without portfolio in the Mathieson ministry, since which he has spent a considerable part of his time at the capital, Charlottetown. Hon. Mr. Dalton is one of the leading capitalists and philanthropists of his province. He gave a donation of $60,000 for the erection of a tuberculosis sanitarium at North Wiltshire, P.E.I., and also a benefaction of $55,000 to St. Dunstan’s University, P.E.I. Another of his public gifts was that of the Donald Ambulance, which he equipped for the Canadian Red Cross for use at the front during the late war. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and has been honored with a papal knighthood by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XV. In politics he is a Conservative, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. On June 30, 1874, he married Annie, daughter of Michael and Mary (O’Neil) Gavin, of Tignish, and has seven children, C. Howard, Joseph Gerald, Winnifred, Nora, Zita, Edith, and Irene.

Perley, Sir George Halsey (Ottawa, Ont.), Acting High Commissioner for Canada in England, and Overseas Minister of Militia and Defense in the Cabinet of Sir R. L. Borden, Premier of Canada, is the son of the late W. G. Perley, who represented Ottawa in the House of Commons from 1887 to 1890, and was senior member of the well-known lumber firm of Perley & Pattee. Sir George Perley was born at Lebanon, N.H., in 1857, but coming to Ottawa in early youth, received his primary education at the old Grammar School of that city, and later attended Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B.A. In 1900 the present Cabinet Minister contested the County of Russell unsuccessfully, and was also unsuccessful in a by-election for the County of Argenteuil, held in 1902. Perseverence, however, and the ability which marked these campaigns led to his return for the latter County at the General Elections of 1904, since when he has been twice re-elected in 1908 and 1911. On the re-organization of the Conservative Party Executive, during its last session in Opposition, Sir George Perley was chosen as Chief Whip, in which capacity he showed such tact and ability as Mr. Borden’s Chief Lieutenant, and also in directing the organization for the Ottawa Valley District during the Reciprocity Campaign, that the latter, on his accession to power, appointed him a Minister Without Portfolio. After the death at an advanced age of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal in 1913, Mr. Perley was sent to England to replace him, with the title of Acting High Commissioner for the Dominion of Canada, a position which he has since filled with such distinction as to earn for him the honor of Knighthood. In the re-organization of the Department of Militia and Defense, following the resignation of Sir Sam Hughes, Sir George became the first Overseas Minister of that Department. He has been for years a Director and Vice-President of a number of large lumber companies, and is a Director of the Bank of Ottawa. Nowhere, however, has his executive ability been more strikingly displayed than in his discharge of the duties of Chairman of the Relief Committee in connection with the disastrous fire of 1900 that devastated the cities of Ottawa and Hull. Sir George Perley married Annie Hespeler Bowlby, daughter of the late W. H. Bowlby, K.C., Kitchener, Ont., in 1884 (deceased, August, 1910); secondly, Emily Colby White, daughter of the late Hon. Thomas White, June 11, 1913.

Mather, James, is one of Ottawa’s oldest, best known, and most accomplished architects, whose handiwork and skill is seen in almost every section of Ottawa—in the fine residential, office, department, business, and public buildings. Mr. Mather is a Director of Beechwood Cemetery; Director, Pritchard & Andrews Co., Ltd., Ottawa. He was born at Montrose, Scotland, December 9, 1843, and is the son of James and Jane (Low) Mather. He received his education in the Bowman Academy, Scotland. In 1872, Mr. Mather came to Canada, since which time he has practised his profession in Ottawa. He married Margaret Piper, and has one daughter. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M.; is independent in politics; has his office at 110 Wellington Street; and resides at 328 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

Barrow, Hon. Edward Dodsley, M.P.P., Minister of Agriculture for the Province of British Columbia, is one of those Canadians of English birth who have risen to high position in their adopted country. He was born at Ringwood, Hants, England, in 1867, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barrow. His father was a farmer, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public schools of his native place. Coming to this country, he settled at Chilliwack, B.C., and successfully engaged in farming. He became widely known in his district, and at the general elections for the legislature in 1916 he was induced to contest Chilliwack as a Liberal candidate, and was elected. In 1918, Hon. John Oliver, the present Prime Minister of British Columbia, on accepting that office, relinquished the ministry of Agriculture, and asked Mr. Barrow to enter his cabinet as administrator of that portfolio. Mr. Barrow accepted, and his conduct of the office has brought much satisfaction to the agricultural interests throughout the province. He is a protestant in religion, a Liberal in politics, and a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 19, A.F. & A.M. His favorite recreations are hunting and fishing. In 1891, he married Millicent E., daughter of Thomas R. Knight, contracting builder, of Wickham, Hants, England, and has two daughters, Dorothy M. and Hilda G. Barrow. Though compelled by his duties to spend much of his time at Victoria, B.C., Mr. Barrow’s home is still at Chilliwack.

Corrigan, Ambrose Eugene, is the Managing Director of the Capital Life Assurance Company, which he organized in 1912, and which, under his able management, has made rapid advancement in the life assurance business in Canada, and is now recognized as one of the best and most economically conducted companies in the Dominion. In 1913, Mr. Corrigan organized the Capital Trust Corporation, and, in 1914, he organized the Anglo-Colonial Bureau, London, England. All of these enterprises were organized on a remarkably firm basis and with much skill, and their success from the start has more than met with the most sanguine expectation. All of them are to-day in a flourishing condition, and are growing in both strength and prestige as they grow older. In that part of western Ontario, now known as Mount Forest, in the vicinity of Nottawasaga Bay and Lake Huron, when prairie and forest lands and the adjacent water stretches were the only attractions, there being no signs of habitation, and no evidence that, in the near future, even a small settlement would be established, in 1830, Mr. James Corrigan, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, arriving from Ireland, settled, and became the first settler in that vicinity. With indomitable pluck and spirit characteristic of his ancestors, he set to work to cultivate the soil, to build up a home. The next settlers to arrive were the Martins, the ancestors of Premier Martin of Saskatchewan, and then came others and others, and more and more land was tilled and houses built until Mount Forest became a flourishing agricultural and business centre. But it was James Corrigan who set the ball rolling, and sounded the clarion call to the others to follow. It was in Mount Forest, May 28, 1881, that Mr. Ambrose Eugene Corrigan was born, and at the public and high schools there received his first tuition, which was enlarged at the O.A.C., Guelph, Toronto University, and the Ontario Normal School, Hamilton, Ont. Starting out at the early age of 23 years, Mr. Corrigan, in 1904, became the teacher of mathematics in the Elora High School. In 1905, he became attached as a teacher to the Renfrew Collegiate Institute, and, in 1906, we find him in full harness on the teaching staff of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. From 1907 to 1911, Mr. Corrigan was manager of the Eastern Ontario Branch of the Confederation Life Assurance Company. Mr. Ambrose Eugene Corrigan is the son of Michael and Ellen (Murphy) Corrigan. In 1909, he married Rosemary Lunny, daughter of James Lunny, of Smith’s Falls, Ontario. Five children—three boys and two girls—have blessed the union. Mr. Corrigan is a Director of the Newman Club, Toronto, of the Anglo-Colonial Bureau, London, England, and Vice-President of the Capital Trust Corporation. He is a member of the Laurentian and the Rivermead Golf Clubs, and of the Knights of Columbus. Golf is Mr. Corrigan’s favorite recreation. In religion he is a Roman Catholic. His business office is at 14 Metcalfe Street, and his residence 301 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario.

Daniels, Hon. Orlando T. (Halifax, N.S.), son of Wellington Daniels and Lavinia Daniels. Born March 20, 1860, at Laurencetown, Annapolis County, N.S. Educated at Laurencetown Public Schools, University of Acadia College, Wolfville, King’s County, N.S. Married on November 29, 1893, to Mary L. Muir, and is the father of one daughter, Ethel M. Daniels. Barrister-at-law. First elected to Legislative Assembly at a by-election on March 6, 1906, for Annapolis County. Re-elected at the general elections, June 20, 1906, and at the general elections in 1911. Appointed a member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia without portfolio, March 16, 1907. Appointed Attorney-General to succeed Hon. Alex. Maclean; resigned to accept nomination for the House of Commons, October 10, 1911. He was re-elected in 1917. He is a member of the Church of England, and a Liberal.

Faulkner, Hon. George Everett (Halifax, N.S.), son of Thomas and Arabella Faulkner (North of Ireland ancestry). Born January 31, 1855, at Glenholme, Colchester, N.S. Educated at Glenholme and Pictou Academy. Married on October 23, 1883, to Laura Guille Denison, daughter of William Denison, M.D., and is the father of two daughters. He is senior member of Faulkner & Company, insurance and financial agents, Halifax; President of The Maritime Trust Corporation; President of The Nova Scotia Furnishing Co., Ltd.; Director Eastern Canada Savings and Loan Co.; Director Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Co., Ltd., and other corporations. Member Nova Scotia Legislature for Halifax, June, 1906; re-elected, 1911; elected Speaker of Legislative Assembly, February, 1910; re-elected, 1916; appointed to Executive Council for Nova Scotia without portfolio, June 28, 1911. President Halifax Board of Trade, 1908; appointed to the Board of School Commissioners for the City of Halifax by the Government of Nova Scotia, 1895. Chairman, Board of School Commissioners, 1898. Alderman, Halifax, 1896-1901, serving as Chairman, Financial Committee, and on other important committees. A Governor, Halifax Ladies’ College; a Governor, School for the Deaf. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Liberal. He belongs to the following clubs: Canadian (President, 1911), City.

Sloan, Hon. William, M.P.P., Minister of Mines for the Province of British Columbia, is also one of the best known capitalists and public men of the Pacific Coast. He was born in Wingham, Huron County, Ontario, on September 10, 1867, the son of Dr. R. J. and Elizabeth (McMichael) Sloan, and was educated in the public schools and at the Collegiate Institute, Seaforth, Ont. While he was still a boy, his father removed to Shanghai, China, where the elder Sloan still resides. After two years in the Orient, the subject of this sketch returned to Canada, locating in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1887, and later residing at Vancouver and at Nanaimo, B.C. The mining possibilities of the region soon claimed his attention, and he was one of the discoverers of the Eldorado Creek placer gold deposits in the Yukon territory in the later nineties. His enterprise in that country laid the foundations of a substantial fortune, and on his return to Victoria, he became Liberal candidate for the House of Commons for Vancouver Island at the general elections of 1900. He was re-elected both in 1904 and 1908, and became one of the most popular figures in Ottawa during that period. Shortly after his election in 1908, he resigned his seat in order that the late Hon. William Templeman, who had been Appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, might be elected as his successor. For eight years Hon. Mr. Sloan remained in retirement, so far as politics were concerned; but in the political upheaval of 1916 he consented to join forces with those who were anxious to reform the administration of his province, and was elected to the British Columbia Legislature for Nanaimo at the general elections of September 14, 1916. On the formation of a new government, he was offered, and accepted, the portfolio of Minister of Mines, and was sworn in on November 29, 1916. His administration has been noted for progressive business management, and the expert knowledge he is able to bring to his task. He is married, and has one son, Gordon Sloan. He is a member of the Vancouver, Union (Victoria), and Rideau (Ottawa) Clubs, and his favorite recreations are hunting and fishing. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian.

Lennox, Lieut.-Col. Thomas Herbert, K.C., M.L.A. (Aurora, Ont.), son of Thos. and Margaret Lennox, both Irish. Born on April 7th, 1869, at the Township of Innisfil, County of Simcoe. Educated at the Barrie Public Schools and Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Was a member of the Town Council of Aurora for three years and of the Aurora School Board for six years. Was first elected to the Ontario Legislature as the member for North York at the general elections in 1905. For years North York was the stronghold of the Liberal Party and its final redemption by Lieut.-Col. Lennox gave him an unique place in public favor and a strong position in Provincial Politics. He was re-elected at the general election in 1908, 1911 and 1914, and is to-day the most popular man in the riding. A few years ago the member for North York originated the “Lennox Picnic” which has been declared to be the biggest affair of its kind in the world. Up at Jackson’s Point on the beautiful shores of Lake Simcoe, his constituents and friends hold their annual gathering of thirty thousand people. Each year the attendance grows bigger and the people throng to it from all parts and it is now recognized as being the most popular out-of-door festival of the year. Lieut.-Col. Lennox has always taken a keen interest in sports of all kinds, particularly lacrosse, and played the game himself. He was elected President of the Canadian Lacrosse Association, following which he was elected President of The Presidents’ Association. As a sound lawyer and an able counsel, Lieut.-Col. Lennox enjoys a large and lucrative practice, being solicitor for the County of York, and several corporations. He is a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada and a King’s Counsellor. On the outbreak of the war, having had previous Military experience as Lieutenant of the Twelfth York Rangers and later a Squadron Commander of the Governor-General’s Body Guard, and subsequently as Major of an Irish regiment known as the 110th, authorized by the Minister of Militia, he undertook the raising of an Irish Canadian Battalion. The onerous work of recruiting began on the 17th day of March, 1915, and no finer body of men ever rallied to the colors in so short a time. Men flocked to the standard of the popular member for North York, and the battalion, which was known as the 208th or “The Irish Fusiliers,” was accompanied overseas by Lieut.-Col. Lennox, where they gave a splendid account of themselves. This battalion had one of the finest brass and bugle bands in the Canadian forces and also the fully equipped Brian Boru Irish War Pipe Band, the first of its kind in Canada, made possible by the splendid generosity of Mrs. Ambrose J. Small, of Toronto. Lieut.-Col. Lennox was married on June 5th, 1894, to Louise, daughter of Edward Meeking, of Barrie, and has one son, Herbert Sidney Lennox. He is a member of the following Clubs and Societies: Albany, Military Institute; Masonic Order; Sons of England; Orange Order; Foresters; Odd Fellows and The Workmen. In religion he is an Anglican. Honorable Mr. Justice Lennox, of the Supreme Court of Ontario, is a cousin of the member for North York. Lieut.-Col. Lennox enjoys a very wide popularity among his fellow legislators, and his constituents in North York. He makes friends everywhere and retains them by his personal magnetism. He is recognized as one of the best types of Canadian manhood, and has spared neither time nor energy to always inculcate a strong National sentiment.

Veniot, Hon. Peter John (Bathurst, N.B.), born October 4, 1863, at Richibucto, N.B. Son of Captain Stephen Veniot and Mary Morell, his wife, both French. Educated at Pictou Academy, Pictou, N.S., from which he graduated in 1882. Married on February 8, 1885, to Cathelene Melanson, daughter of Raphael Melanson, of parish of Shediac, N.B., and is the father of six children: Dr. C. L. Veniot, married to Mary Leger; A. S. Veniot, C.F., married to Jane Gautrear; Dr. J. L. Veniot, dentist; Lieut. W. L. Veniot, who went overseas with the 132nd Battalion, married to Mina Cote; Lieut. P. J. Veniot, Jr., formerly of the famous 26th Battalion; and Francis P. Veniot, attending college. Member of the New Brunswick Legislature from 1894-1900. Collector of Customs from 1900-1911. Elected a member for the constituency of Gloucester at the general elections in 1917, and taken into the Foster cabinet, on its formation, as Minister of Public Works for the province, and re-elected at by-election on April 23, 1917. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a Liberal. He is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, Knights of Columbus, Assumption, and Artisans. His principal recreations are curling and boating.

Winkler, Hon. Valentine, M.P.P., Minister of Agriculture for Manitoba, is a public man who has been largely identified with the progress and growth of that province. He was born at Neustadt, Grey County, Ont., on March 18, 1864, the son of David and Barbara J. (Lang) Winkler. He was educated at the public schools of his native village, and as a very young man went to Manitoba in the days of its early development, settling at Morden, where he became a farmer, and also engaged extensively in the lumber business. His friends and neighbours induced him to enter politics at an early age, and he entered the municipal office, serving as reeve of Stanley. In 1892, the late Hon. Thomas Greenway, for some years Premier of Manitoba, induced him to run for the riding of Rhineland, now called Morden and Rhineland, as a Liberal, and he was elected. He was re-elected at the general elections of 1896 and also at those of 1899, though the latter contest resulted in the defeat of his party in many constituencies. In 1900, he was induced by Sir Clifford Sifton, then the Western leader in the Laurier administration, to resign his seat in the Legislature, and contest the riding of Lisgar for the House of Commons at the Federal elections of that year. In this contest he was unsuccessful, but was immediately re-nominated for the Legislature in his old constituency of Rhineland, and was returned at a by-election on November 19, 1900, and has ever since continued to hold that seat, despite the fact that from 1899 until 1915 his party continued in opposition. The general elections of the latter year brought the Liberals back to power, and one of the first acts of the new Premier, Hon. Mr. Norris, was to send for Mr. Winkler and offer him the portfolio of Agriculture in his government. Mr. Winkler accepted, and as an administrator has shown himself thoroughly in touch with all progressive movements for the benefit of the farming industry. He is widely popular with both parties in the Legislature, of which he is the oldest member in point of service. On March 31, 1886, he married Josephine, daughter of M. B. Rombough, Dominion Land Surveyor, and has four children, Howard W., Hazel F., Ruth W., and Josephine R. Winkler. His address is the Parliament Buildings, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Champagne, Napoleon. Controller Napoleon Champagne, barrister, many years ago, became well known to the citizens of Ottawa. Well educated, talented, aggressive, ambitious and persistent, he has year after year kept himself in the public eye, and has been, and deservedly so, accorded public recognition. On several occasions he was selected by the Conservatives of Ottawa as their candidate for political honors in the Federal Parliament, and on each occasion he made a gallant fight to achieve success. When, in the early part of 1918, the famous Blue Devils of France, those brave fellows who made themselves famous in many battles during the terrible world war by their dare-devil conduct, reached Ottawa, Controller Champagne was selected to receive and welcome them. His address of welcome was one of the finest gems of oratory heard during the war. Mr. Champagne is the son of Seraphin Champagne, grocer, and Melina Duchene. His brother, Albert Champagne, is the member for North Battleford, Saskatchewan, in the House of Commons. He was born in Ottawa, May 4, 1861, and was educated in the Christian Brothers School. He has been a frequent contributor to both English and French newspapers and French magazines. In civic life, Controller Champagne has had a phenomenal career. He has served in the City Council as alderman for the years 1892-3-4-5-6-9, 1900-1-2-3-4-5-6-7, fourteen years, and as Controller for the years 1908-9-10-11-14-15-16-17-18-19, ten years. During the latter part of 1908, Controller Champagne, owing to the resignation of Mayor Scott to accept a position on the Dominion Railway Commission, became acting mayor, and held the office with much dignity. Since Controller Champagne first entered into civic life as one of the city’s representatives, he has rendered effective service on the following committees: Fire and Light, Waterworks, Board of Health, By-Laws, Printing, Library, and Finance, of which he was chairman for several years. He was also a member of the following special committees: Conduit, City Charter, Street Lighting, and Water Power. Controller Champagne is a member of the Union St. Joseph Society and the Artisans Canadiens Français. Mr. Champagne is a brilliant and successful lawyer, and has distinguished himself in several important law cases, particularly in two murder cases, in which his handling of the witnesses and his ability in cross-examination created quite a stir, and placed him in the front ranks of the legal profession in Ottawa. He practises law in both provinces—Ontario and Quebec—and has a large clientele in each. In 1911, Mr. Champagne was elected to the Ontario Legislature. He was slated for, and had he not been defeated at the election of 1914, would have become a member of the Provincial Government. He never married. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and in politics a Conservative. His law office is at 30 Rideau Street, and he resides at 184 Osgoode Street, Ottawa, Ont.

Sifton, Hon. Arthur Lewis, M.A., LL.B., D.C.L., K.C., was born in St. John’s County, Middlesex, Ontario (about six miles from London, Ontario), October 26, 1858, of Irish descent. He is the son of the late Hon. John W. Sifton, formerly Speaker of the Manitoba Assembly, who, in 1875, with his family left Ontario for Manitoba, where he executed a number of public contracts and conducted an extensive wheat farm near Brandon, and Kate Sifton, and a brother of Hon. Sir Clifford Sifton, ex-Minister of Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs in the Laurier Cabinet. Mr. Sifton was educated in various public schools, in Wesley College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and in Victoria University, Cobourg, Ontario. In 1880 he was awarded his B.A., and in 1888 his M.A. and LL.B. degrees. In 1880, Mr. Sifton began the study of law in Winnipeg, and was admitted to the bar of Manitoba in 1883. In 1882 he was elected a member of the first municipal council, and, the following year, in 1883, commenced his legal practice in Brandon, Manitoba. He remained in Brandon until 1885 when he removed to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where for a few years he continued his practice, and then removed to Calgary, Alberta, in 1889. In 1898, Mr. Sifton was elected to the North-West Assembly. In 1901 he was created a K.C. In the same year, having been re-elected a member of the North-West Assembly, Mr. Sifton became Treasurer and Commissioner of Public Works in the Haultain Administration. In January, 1903, he resigned his portfolio to accept the position of Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the North-West Territories. In 1905, when the new provinces—Saskatchewan and Alberta—were established, Mr. Sifton was appointed Chief Justice of the Superior Court of the Province of Alberta. May 26, 1910, when the Rutherford government resigned, Mr. Sifton also resigned his position as Chief Justice to accept the call of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Province to form a new Provincial Government, and was sworn in as Prime Minister. He also assumed the portfolios of President of the Executive Council, Provincial Treasurer, and Minister of Public Works. In 1911, Mr. Sifton attended the coronation of their Majesties King George and Queen Mary, and, in June of that year, was presented to King George at St. James’ Palace. December, 1911, in addition to the other Cabinet portfolios which he held, Mr. Sifton was appointed Minister of Railways and Telephones. February 29, 1912, he was appointed a member of the Commission of Conservation as one of the representatives from the Province of Alberta. At the Provincial election in 1913, he was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Vermilion. In 1917, when, owing to the serious circumstances that had arisen in Canada and throughout the world resulting from the effects and requirements of the terrible world war that was then raging it was found necessary to cut out political party differences, and to have, politically and otherwise, a united Canada in the conduct of Dominion political, commercial, financial, and all public and private affairs, Mr. Sifton consented to join Sir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister, in the formation of a Union Government, and resigning his office as Prime Minister of the Province of Alberta, was sworn in as Minister of Customs in the Dominion Cabinet, which position he still holds. In 1918, Mr. Sifton accompanied Sir Robert Borden to the Peace Conference at Paris and Versailles, as one of the Canadian delegates to that memorable assembly in whose hands was placed arrangements and terms for the present and future peace of the world; and it is noteworthy to state that while there he rendered distinguished services by his advice and otherwise in the preparation and final agreement of terms that were placed before the Teutonic nations to accept and sign. On Sept. 20, 1882, Mr. Sifton married Mary H. Deering, daughter of William Deering, of Cobourg, Ontario. He has two children—one girl and one boy—Nellie Louise and Lewis Raymond. He is a member of the following clubs: Ranchmen’s, Calgary; Edmonton, Edmonton; and the Rideau and County, Ottawa. In politics, Mr. Sifton was formerly a Liberal, but is now a Unionist, and in religion a Methodist. His office is in Connaught Block, Sussex Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Proudfoot, William, K.C., M.P.P., for Centre Huron and Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature, is a barrister practising both at Toronto and at Goderich, Ont. He was born in Colborne Township, Huron County, on February 1st, 1859, the son of Robert and Margaret (Darlington) Proudfoot. His mother came from Wicklow, Ireland, and his father, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, was one of the family which won considerable distinction in Ontario. One of his brothers was Vice-Chancellor of Ontario, and another was Rev. Dr. Proudfoot, a leader of religious thought. The subject of this sketch was educated in the Public and High Schools of Goderich, Ont.; and qualified for the law as a student in the office of James (afterward Mr. Justice) Garrow, K.C., and at Osgoode Hall. On being called to the bar in 1880 he commenced the practice of law at Goderich, Ont., as a member of the firm of Garrow & Proudfoot and he is now head of the firm of Proudfoot, Killora & Cooke in that town. He is also a member of the firm of Proudfoot, Duncan, Grant & Gilday, barristers and solicitors, Confederation Life Building, Toronto, which he joined in 1902. He was created a King’s Counsel in 1902 and has long been Treasurer and Secretary of the Huron Law Association, and is a Bencher of the Ontario Law Society. His business interests include Directorship in the Goderich Elevator and Transit Company, Ltd. and the Dominion Road Machinery Co’y. Ltd. Despite a large practice throughout Huron county Mr. Proudfoot found time to take an active part in politics and was for many years President of the West Huron Liberal Association. In his younger days his partner, the late Mr. Justice Garrow, was long an honored member of the Ontario Legislature, and on the elevation of the latter to the bench, the Liberal party naturally tendered the nomination to Mr. Proudfoot, who had already rendered valuable municipal service as Reeve of Goderich town. He was elected for the newly constituted riding of Centre Huron in 1908 and re-elected at the general elections of 1911 and 1914. As a member of the small band of Liberals sitting opposite to Sir James Whitney he soon made his mark in debate and proved one of the most discerning and aggressive critics of the Government, though giving his support to wise measures. When in 1917 Hon. N. W. Rowell retired from the Leadership of the Opposition to enter Federal politics Mr. Proudfoot was his logical successor, a decision which was ratified by the Liberal caucus in Jan., 1918. The war being then in progress Mr. Proudfoot took the statesmanlike position that there should be no party contests during the duration of the conflict and agreed to support the Government in all reasonable measures looking exclusively to the unification of the country for the prosecution of the war. Nevertheless a large body of independent support rallied to his support and the signing of the armistice found him in a stronger position both in point of followers and as a parliamentary leader than when he accepted office. In religion he is a member of the Church of England and was married on June 23, 1886, to Marion F. Dickson. He has two children. Isobel, now the wife of Lieutenant E. H. Jordan, who went overseas in October, 1914, was wounded twice and invalided home in February, 1919. Lieut. Jordan was with the 18th Field Battery, saw much service, and was decorated with the M.C. Capt. W. Proudfoot, M.C., was a member of the 15th Battalion, was wounded several times, and is a member of his father’s legal firm in Toronto.

Machado, Jose Antonio, B.A., is Vice-President of the American Bank Note Company, and Chief Executive Officer of its Canadian Branch, with headquarters at 208-228 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and is also a Director of the American Bank Note Company, New York. Mr. Machado is a son of the late Juan Francisco Machado, gentleman (A.B. University of Havana), and Elizabeth Frances Jones, and was born at Camaguey, Cuba, January 20, 1862. He was educated in Salem, Mass., U.S.A., and at Harvard University, and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1883. After graduation, Mr. Machado took a special course in mechanical engineering, and later acquired his business training in New York City, and during that period travelled somewhat extensively in Europe, the West Indies, and Mexico. On May 16, 1893, Mr. Machado was married to Eleanor Esmond Whitman, daughter of the late Alfred Whitman, merchant, of New York City, and a native of Annapolis Royal, N.S. There are four daughters and two sons, viz., Eleanor Whitman (now Mrs. Lawrence M. Mead), Jose Antonio, Jr., John Zaldivar, Angela Andrews, Salome Cecilia, and Theodora. Both sons have been in active service overseas during the great war. In January, 1902, Mr. Machado came to Ottawa and took charge of the American Bank Note Company’s Canadian plant and business, which includes the preparation of the Dominion of Canada bank notes, postage stamps, and inland revenue stamps, as well as the larger part of the bank notes for the chartered banks of Canada. The company also prepares engraved bonds, stock certificates and other securities for various Canadian corporations. The business has kept pace with the general development of the business of the Dominion, so that additional buildings have been erected from time to time, until the plant now comprises a large group of modern fire-proof buildings. The plant is a model one in every respect, and no expense or thought has been spared for the comfort and well-being of the employees of the company. Mr. Machado is a member of the Finance Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada; President of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; a member of the International Committee of the Y.M.C.A. New York; a member of the Canadian National Council of the Y.M.C.A., and of the Military Committee of same, which has dealt with the Y.M.C.A. work of Canadian soldiers at home and overseas; a Vice-President of the International Daily Vacation Bible School Association (U.S. and Canada). As regards Ottawa activities, Mr. Machado has been for many years interested in and President of the Ottawa Anti-Tuberculosis Association, which secured the building of the Royal Ottawa Sanatorium for the treatment of pulmonary consumption, and is a member of the Board of Governors of this institution. He is Hon. President of the Ottawa Y.M.C.A.; President of the Ottawa Welfare Bureau, and vice-chairman of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. Recently, Mr. Machado was appointed a member of the Ottawa Housing Commission, formed to take advantage of the new legislation of the Province of Ontario for improvement in housing conditions. Mr. Machado is a member of the following clubs: Harvard (New York), Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf, Rideau Curling, Lake Bernard Fishing Club, and is a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, England. His favorite recreations are golf, fishing, and curling. Several years ago Mr. Machado became a Canadian citizen and a British subject. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and attends St. Andrews Church, and his place of residence is 169 Daly Avenue, Ottawa, Ont.

Levy, Gabriel Herman, B.A., LL.B., Barrister, member of the firm of Gibson, Levy and Gibson, Bank of Commerce Chambers, 4 Hughson Street South, Hamilton, Ont., was born in Hamilton, August 12, 1874, the son of Herman Levy, President of Levy Bros. Co., Limited, wholesale jewellers, Hamilton, and Camilla Levy, his wife. He was educated at the Central School and Collegiate Institute, Hamilton, Toronto University, and Osgoode Hall, taking his degree of B.A. at the unusual age of under twenty, and that of LL.B. two years later. In the year of his graduation he was elected Vice-President of Varsity Literary Society at the last of the “old style” contests, which will never be forgotten by those who participated therein. He also engaged in post-graduate studies in Europe. He studied law with Sir John Gibson, and entered into practice in 1898 with the firm of Gibson, Martin & Osborne, and has retained his connection with Sir John Gibson under various firm names up to the present of Gibson, Levy and Gibson. He is largely engaged in corporation practice, the firm being counsel for, among other corporations, The Dominion Power & Transmission Co., Limited, Hamilton Street Railway, Hamilton Radial Electric Company, Canadian Westinghouse Co., Limited, National Steel Car Co., Limited, Landed Banking and Loan Company and The F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited. Mr. Levy is interested in numerous enterprises, and is Vice-President of McKittrick Properties, Limited, a director of Canada Crushed Stone Corporation, Hamilton Hotel Company, Limited, and is Vice-President of Levy Bros. Co., Limited, the oldest and one of the most extensive wholesale and manufacturing jewellery firms in the Dominion. His reputation as a lawyer and a man is high with those who know him; “but,” as an intimate friend facetiously remarked, “it’s in bridge whist that he really shines.” And he was in charge of a team who held the Canadian Whist Championship for a number of years, and was a member of a team of the New York Bridge Whist Club that won the Atlantic Whist Trophy, one of the most important contests in America. His other recreations are golf, chess and fishing. He married on March 29, 1909, Blanche Ruth Shire, daughter of Adolph Shire, of Chicago, Ill., and has a daughter, Marion Louise, born in 1912, a son, Gabriel Herman, in 1915, and a son, John Gibson, in 1919, and enjoys life with them at his pleasant home, 193 James Street South. His clubs are Hamilton Club, Hamilton Golf and Country Club, Caledon Mountain Trout Club, Buffalo Club, Buffalo, N.Y., University Club, Toronto, New York Bridge Whist Club. He is a member of A.F. & A.M., Murton Lodge of Perfection, Moore Consistory, was T.P.G.M. of Murton Lodge of Perfection for years 1908-9. He is independent in politics.

Blondin, Hon. Pierre Edouard, Senator and Postmaster-General, was born at Saint François du Lac, County of Yamaska, Quebec, December 14, 1874, and is the son of Louis M. and Elodie (Barnard) Blondin. He was educated in the Seminarie de Nicolet and Laval University. In 1900, Mr. Blondin was admitted to the practice of the notarial profession, and was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of County of Champlain. For two terms he was alderman in the Grand Mere Municipal Council. Having distinguished himself in law and municipal activities, he was nominated and elected to the House of Commons in 1908; was re-elected in 1911, and became Deputy-Speaker of the House. October 20, 1914, Mr. Blondin was appointed a member of the Privy Council of Canada, and was sworn in as Minister of Inland Revenue. October 6, 1915, he was appointed Secretary of State, and Postmaster-General January 8, 1917. Realizing that the serious turn the great world war had taken called for Canada’s best efforts to be evident in the firing line, and satisfying himself in the decision that all who could should give the best mental and manual assistance they possessed to the Entente forces, on March 21, 1917, Mr. Blondin resigned his portfolio as Postmaster-General, raised the 258th Battalion, of which he became Lt.-Colonel, and with his regiment started overseas, where he remained until July, 1918, when he returned to Canada. Landing at Halifax, July 8, 1918, Mr. Blondin was accorded a cordial reception and hearty congratulations in recognition of the valiant services he had rendered while on military duty in France and Italy. Having been defeated in his candidature for re-election to the House of Commons at the general election in 1917, notwithstanding that he had resigned his office as Postmaster-General and had voluntarily donned the King’s uniform to serve abroad in the cause and defence of Canada and the Empire, on July 21, 1918, on his return to Ottawa, Mr. Blondin was requested by Sir Robert Borden to assume his duties as Postmaster-General, and to accept a Senatorship in succession to the late Senator Sheyn. July 2, 1902, Senator Blondin married Marie Rose Buisson, daughter of Louis L. F. T. Buisson, of Saint François du Lac, Quebec, and has one daughter. Clubs: Canadian Club of New York, Rideau Club, Ottawa. Commander of the Legion of Honor. A Roman Catholic in religion and a Unionist in politics, his home address is Ottawa, Ont., and his official address as Postmaster-General, Ottawa, Ontario.

Pedley, Frank, B.A., ex-Superintendent of Immigration and Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, entered the Civil Service as Superintendent of Immigration in 1897, and in 1902 was promoted to the position of Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, which position he held to the end of the Laurier administration and for some years after the Borden Government had come into power in 1911, when he resigned to resume his practice as a barrister, etc. During Mr. Pedley’s terms of office in the public service, Canada and Canada’s great natural resources and opportunities, the fertility of the soil, and the millions of acres awaiting the attention of the husbandman, and the open door to success and happiness that was in store for all who came to Canada to help in her development, were made known throughout the world by advertising and specially appointed agents and exhibition displays in a manner that was never before anticipated, and with the result that the peoples from all quarters of the globe, including hundreds of thousands from Great Britain and the United States, left to make Canada their future home. Mr. Pedley is the son of Rev. Charles and Sarah (Stowell) Pedley, of Hanley, Staffordshire, England, and was born at St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 25, 1858. He was educated at private schools in St. John’s, the public and high schools in Ontario, and at McGill University, Montreal, where he graduated in 1886 a B.A., with first class honors. He practised law at Toronto until 1897, when, at the invitation of Sir Clifford Sifton, he entered the Civil Service. On Aug. 28, 1895, Mr. Pedley married Helen Louise Hobart, daughter of Sidney and Mary Ann Hobart of Cobourg, Ontario. Mr. Pedley is a member of St. George’s Society. In politics he is a Liberal. He resides at 483 Maclaren Street, and his office is at 46 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

Miller, Frederick Robert (Western University, London, Ont.), son of A. F. Miller and Elizabeth Crean. Was born at Toronto. Educated at Jarvis Street Collegiate Institute, Toronto, and at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1907, holding degrees of M.A., M.B. Was Assistant in Physiology in Cornell University for two years. Demonstrator of Physiology in the University of Toronto 1907-10. Studied in Munich 1910-1911, where he obtained the degree of M.D. from the University of Munich. Took a post-graduate course in the University of Strasbourg, and afterwards spent some time attending clinics in Paris, France. Afterwards studied for a year at the University of Liverpool with Prof C. S. Sherrington. Was Lecturer on Physiology, McGill University, 1912-1914. Studied in University of Oxford during summer of 1914. Appointed Professor of Physiology at Western University, London, Ont., 1914, which position he still fills with distinction. Dr. Miller is an Anglican in religion, and holds a commission as Captain in the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He has contributed a number of articles to British and American journals on physiological subjects. He has travelled extensively, visiting the most important educational centres both in Europe and America.

Jenkins, Lieut.-Col. Stephen Rice Jenkins, M.D., F.A.C.S., M.P.P., of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, during the late war, proved himself one of the ablest members of the Canadian Army Medical Corps. He was born at Charlottetown on November 12, 1858, the son of John T. and Jessie Esther (Rice) Jenkins. His paternal grandfather was Rev L. C. Jenkins, and his maternal one, Captain the Hon. Stephen Rice. His father John T. Jenkins, M.D., M.R.C.S. (Eng.), was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1884 to 1887. The subject of this sketch was educated at King’s College, Windsor, N.S., and at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, U.S.A., from which he graduated with the degree of M.D. in 1884. Returning to Charlottetown, he entered on the practice of his profession, and became one of the best known physicians in the Maritime Provinces. He is a member of the Dominion Medical Council. In 1912, he was elected to the Legislature of Prince Edward Island as Liberal-Conservative member for Charlottetown, and was re-elected at the general elections in 1915. In September of the latter year, he also became a member of the provincial cabinet, without portfolio. He was on active service in connection with the late war from March, 1915, until his discharge in April, 1919, holding the rank of Lieut.-Col. in the Canadian Army Medical Service, and had charge of the Military Hospital at Rockhead, Halifax, N.S., in 1915. He was a Roman Catholic in religion, a Conservative-Unionist in politics, and a member of the Q.G.D., and the Charlottetown Club. In October, 1886, he married Ellen J., daughter of Patrick Sweeney, merchant, of Charlottetown, and has nine children. His eldest son, Lieut.-Col. John S. Jenkins, D.S.O., had a distinguished career overseas during the late war; also his second son, Henry G., served overseas with the 3rd Bn. C.E., 1st Division, as Capt.; and his other children are, Mary E., Helen J., Nora I., Margaret L., Hilda, Louis C., and M. Stephanie Jenkins.

Farris, Hon. John Wallace de Beque, M.P.P., Attorney-General and Minister of Labor for British Columbia, has for some years been recognized as one of the leading lawyers on the Pacific Coast. He is, however, a native of New Brunswick, and was born at White’s Cove in that province on December 3, 1878. His father, Hon. L. P. Farris, was formerly Minister of Agriculture for New Brunswick. The subject of this sketch was educated at St. Martin’s Seminary and Acadia University, N.B., graduating with the degree of B.A. in 1899. Subsequently, he took a course at the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with the legal degree of LL.B. in 1902. In connection with both degrees he took honors. In the same year he went to Vancouver, British Columbia, and, having been called to the bar of the province, commenced the practice of law in that city. Within two years he was appointed City Prosecuting Attorney, a post he filled from 1904 to 1906. At the same time he became prominent in politics, and served as President of the Vancouver Liberal Association. In the political upheaval of 1916 he fought strongly for a change of government, and himself stood as one of the Liberal candidates for the Legislature in Vancouver city. He was elected, and proved one of the ablest of the new members that the contest brought into the House. In 1917, the Hon. Mr. Brewster, then Prime Minister, asked Mr. Farris to take the portfolio of Attorney-General and that of Minister of Labor as well, and the latter accepted. Though young in parliamentary experience, Mr. Farris is looked upon as one of the coming men in Canadian politics. In religion he is a Baptist; and is a member of the Terminal City Club, Vancouver, and of the Union Club, Victoria, B.C. He married, in 1905, Evelyn F., daughter of Prof. E. M. Keirstead, D.D., of McMaster University, Toronto, and has four children, Katherine H., Donald F., Ralph K., and John L. Farris. Mr. and Mrs. Farris, until 1918, made their home in Vancouver, but now reside in Victoria, B.C.

Smith, Hon. Ernest Albert, M.P.P., Minister of Lands and Mines for the Province of New Brunswick, resides at Shediac, N.B., where he is also engaged in lumbering and general mercantile business. He was born at Shediac on June 20, 1864, the son of Edward J. and Amelia E. Smith. His father was formerly a prominent member of the New Brunswick Legislature, to which he was elected in 1884, and founded the commercial business now carried on by the subject of this sketch. Sir Albert J. Smith, Minister of Marine and Fisheries for Canada in the government of Hon. Alexander Mackenzie from 1874 to 1878, was an uncle. Hon. E. A. Smith was educated in the High School and also at a private school in Charlottetown, P.E.I., and originally adopted the profession of dentistry, graduating with the degree of D.D.S. in 1887. On leaving college he went to British Columbia, where he practised for two years, and subsequently practised for a year in New Brunswick. He entered his father’s business in 1891, and since 1912 has conducted it under his own name. In 1916, he was induced to follow the family tradition and enter politics, and was elected to the Legislature as Liberal for Westmorland County, defeating Hon. P. J. Mahony, Minister of Public Works. At the general elections of 1917, he was again elected, and was selected as a member of the Foster government, taking over the portfolio of Lands and Mines, for which his business experience amply qualified him. He has since given an effective business administration to the department which was sorely needed, and by his policies has materially added to the public revenues. Sat in Town Council, Shediac, for several years as Alderman, and elected Mayor for 1906 and 1907, by acclamation; President of Liberal Association for County of Westmorland from 1894 to 1911; President of Provincial Liberal Association several years, which position is still held. He is an Anglican in religion, and a Past Master, A.F. & A.M. His recreations are salmon and trout fishing and shooting of small and big game. On September 30, 1896, he married Euphemia, daughter of Mr. Colin Russell, of the Customs Department, Ottawa, and has four children: Gladys, born 1897; Russell, born 1899; Donald, born 1902; and John, born 1911. Though Mr. Smith’s official duties compel his presence in Fredericton, N.B., for the greater part of his time, he still makes his home at Shediac.

Turgeon, Hon. William Ferdinand Alphonse, K.C., M.P.P., Attorney-General of the Province of Saskatchewan, is one of the best known leaders of the legal profession in the Canadian West. He was born at Bathurst, New Brunswick, on June 3, 1877, the son of Onesiphore Turgeon, a French-Canadian journalist, and his wife Margaret Eulalia Baldwin, a lady of English descent. Politics comes naturally to him, for his father is a member of the House of Commons for Gloucester County, New Brunswick, and has long been a prominent figure in the public life of that province, while his brother, J. G. Turgeon, M.P.P., is a member of the Alberta Legislature. The subject of this sketch was educated in New York City, and later at Laval University, Quebec, graduating in Arts in 1899 with the degree of B.A., and in law in 1902. Shortly afterwards he went to the West, and was called to the bar of Saskatchewan. He also became prominent as a leader in the Liberal party, and at a by-election on October 12, 1907, was elected to the legislature for Prince Albert. At the general elections of August, 1908, he contested two ridings in behalf of his party—Prince Albert and Duck Lake. He was defeated in the former, but elected to the latter. At the general elections of 1912, he stood for the riding of Humboldt, and was successful, and has ever since represented that riding. Hon. Mr. Turgeon joined the Ministry of Hon. Walter Scott as Attorney-General on September 23, 1907, shortly before his first political contest in Prince Albert. He has ever since continued to hold that portfolio, and for some years filled that of Provincial Secretary as well. His oratorical powers are exceptional, and he speaks with equal facility both in French and English. He is a Roman Catholic in religion; and on February 18, 1901, married Gertrude, daughter of Gerome Boudreau, Petit Rocher, New Brunswick. He has five children: Alice, born May 13, 1902; Cecile, February 19, 1907; Wilfrid, August 20, 1910; Eveline, November 16, 1913; and Frances Regis, July 12, 1918. He resides at 2320 Angus Street, Regina, Sask.

Pritchard, Henry Thomas, who was born in London, England, February 26, 1852, came to Canada, locating in Ottawa in 1875, and started in business as an engraver. Three years later, in 1878, he formed a partnership with J. E. Andrews, under the firm name of Pritchard and Andrews. Being exceptionally clever engravers, their business so increased that in 1897 a joint stock company was formed, and is now established and known as “The Pritchard-Andrews Company of Ottawa, Limited,” with J. A. Seybold as President and Henry Thomas Pritchard as Secretary-Treasurer and Manager, with their head office at 264 Sparks Street, Ottawa. Mr. Pritchard is the son of William Pritchard, cabinet manufacturer, of Bishopgate Street, London, England, and Elizabeth Ann (Thompson) Pritchard, and received his education in a boarding school in London. Having served his time to engraving in England, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and, arriving in Ottawa, Ontario, has made that city his home ever since. In 1887, Mr. Pritchard married Margaret Ramsay Black, daughter of John Black, of Hamilton, Ontario. Four sons and four daughters have blessed the union—Walter, Elizabeth Ann, Harold, Ernest, John, Margaret, Emily and Edith. Mr. Pritchard is an Anglican in religion and a Unionist in politics. He resides at Eastview.

Arsenault, Hon. Aubin E. (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island), son of Hon. Joseph O. Arsenault, Senator, and Gertrude Arsenault, his wife. Born at Egmont Bay, P.E.I., on July 28, 1870. Educated at St. Dunstan’s College, Charlottetown, and St. Joseph’s University, Memramcook, N.B. Studied law with McLeod, Morson & McQuarrie, barristers, Charlottetown, and with the Hon. (now Sir) Chas. Russell, London, England. Called to the bar in 1899, and has successfully practised his profession at Charlottetown and Summerside, P.E.I. Was first elected to the Legislature of the province of P.E.I. in 1908. On the accession of Liberal-Conservative Government in 1911 appointed a member of the Government. Re-elected in 1912 and 1915. On elevation of the leader of the Government, Hon. J. A. Mathieson, to the Supreme Court Bench of the Province, was called on by the Lieutenant-Governor to form a Government, which he did, and became President-in-Council and Attorney-General. Re-elected in 1917. The subject of this sketch was married on November 5, 1907, to Bertha R., daughter of Captain Frank Gallant, of Tignish, P.E.I., and is the father of six children. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a member of the Conservation Commission of Canada.

Dunning, Hon. Charles Avery, M.P.P., is Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Treasurer for the Province of Saskatchewan, and one of the youngest and ablest of the public men of the West. He was born at Croft, Leicestershire, England, on July 31, 1885, the son of Samuel and Katherine (Hall) Dunning. His father was a farmer, and he was educated in the public schools of the Motherland. In 1903, as a boy of seventeen, he settled in Saskatchewan, and engaged in farming at Beaverdale in that province, an industry which he has ever since conducted on a large scale. He is one of the most prominent of those who organized the movement in the West for the betterment of agricultural conditions, and, in 1910, became a Director of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association. He was also its Vice-President from 1911 to 1914. In 1911, he organized the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company, and acted as general manager of this remarkably successful enterprise from its foundation until 1916. From 1911 to 1916, he was a member of the Executive Board of the Canadian Council of Agriculture, and, in 1918, served on the Canada Food Board organized in connection with the war as Director of Food Production. Earlier, in 1913, he was a member of the Royal Commission appointed by the Government of Saskatchewan to investigate the question of agricultural credits, and also that of grain markets in Europe. He has also been a frequent contributor to the press on such subjects, his vast fund of expert knowledge making him an especially welcome contributor. In 1916, he resigned his position as general manager of the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevators to enter the Legislature of that Province. He was elected for the riding of Kinistino by acclamation. At the general elections of 1917, he was returned for Moose Jaw County. After his first election he was appointed Provincial Treasurer in the Martin administration, having been sworn in on October 20, 1916. Exactly one year later, he was also appointed Minister of Railways, and in addition on May 16, 1918, he became Minister of Telephones. On the rearrangement of portfolios, February 15, 1919, he retained his old portfolio of Provincial Treasurer, and became Minister of Agriculture as well, a step that was applauded by the whole farming community. He is a Liberal in politics and a Presbyterian in religion, and a member of the Assiniboia Club, Regina, and the Wascana Country Club. His favorite recreation is golf. On July 3, 1913, he married Ada, daughter of John Rowlatt (deceased) of Nassington, Northants, England, and has one son and one daughter. His home is at 2150 Retallack Street, Regina, Sask.

Williams, the Right Rev. Lennox Waldron, Lord Bishop of Quebec, M.A. (Oxon.), D.D., is the only son of the late Right Rev. J. W. Williams, D.D., fourth Bishop of the same diocese. He was born at Lennoxville, while his father was headmaster of Bishop’s College School, on November 12, 1859. His mother’s maiden name was Miss Anna Maria Waldron. He received his earlier education at Bishop’s College School, from which institution he went to St. John’s College, Oxford, where he received his degree of B.A. in 1882, and his M.A. in 1887. In 1899 he received the degree of D.D. from Bishop’s College University. His first charge as a clergyman was that of curate in St. Matthew’s Church, of Quebec, while the Rev. Charles Hamilton (afterwards Bishop of Ottawa and Archbishop)—was its rector. A vacancy occurring in the rectorship of that charge, the Rev. Lennox Williams was selected to fill it. In 1899 he was promoted to be Dean of the Cathedral and Rector of Quebec. In 1890 he was unanimously elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ontario, but felt obliged to decline. On the death of Bishop Dunn, he was elected Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec. As a native of the Province of Quebec, he has been identified with the religious life of Quebec and the Eastern Townships during his lifetime. During his ministry he has always taken an active interest in the schools and colleges of the diocese, having been for years a member of the corporation of Bishop’s College, Lennoxville, Chairman of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners of Quebec City, and a Director of the High School. While he was Dean of the Cathedral, he was chosen a delegate to the Pan-Anglican Congress held in London, England, in 1908; and, in 1910, he again took part in the Anglican Church Congress held at Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1887 he married Miss Caroline Annie Rhodes, daughter of the late Lieutenant-Colonel William Rhodes, at one time Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Quebec. The Bishop and Mrs. Williams had four children, viz., James William, who, after taking his degree at Oxford, joined the Canadian Army in the great war, and was killed in action at the battle of the Somme; Violet Mary; Gertrude, wife of Colonel R. O. Alexander, D.S.O.; Sydney Waldron, gentleman cadet at R.M.C., Kingston.

Margeson, Joseph Willis, Lieut.-Col. (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) son of Otis A. Margeson (English) and Jennie Cahill (Irish). Was born on April 2nd, 1880, at Harborville, King’s County, Nova Scotia. Educated at Berwick High School; the Provincial Normal School, Truro; Acadia University, Wolfville; and Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, from which latter institution he graduated in 1908 with the degree of LL.B. Was principal of Berwick High School 1903-4. Also taught at South Berwick, Waterville and Lakeville. Married Sept. 16, 1908, to Mary Gertrude, daughter of Duncan McIntosh of Truro, Nova Scotia, and has two daughters, Doris Gwendolyn and Olive Gertrude, born Sept. 26th, 1910, and Nov. 10th, 1911, respectively. He is a barrister-at-law, and High Counsellor of the Independent Order of Foresters. He is also a member of the Masonic Order, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Ancient Order of Foresters. In religion he is a Baptist. He contested the riding of Lunenburg in November, 1909, against the Hon. A. K. MacLean, Attorney-General, at a by-election for the Provincial Legislature, but was defeated. First elected to the Provincial Legislature at the general election June 14th, 1911, and re-elected in 1916 with a largely increased majority. He resigned his seat in November, 1917, to contest his constituency as a Unionist candidate for the Federal House, but was defeated after one of the most bitter contests in the Province of Nova Scotia. Col. Margeson polled the largest vote he ever received. His opponent was a strong anti-conscriptionist. He has been prominently identified with the Canadian Militia, being Lieutenant of the 75th Regiment, 1910, Captain in the 25th Nova Scotia Overseas Battalion, December 1914, with which unit he went to France. Promoted to the rank of Major, June, 1916, and appointed Inspector of Pay Accounts and Records, C.E.F. In April, 1917, Lieut.-Col. Margeson was appointed President of “The Pay and Allowance Board,” with headquarters at Ottawa. In December, 1918, he was promoted Lieut.-Col., and in January, 1919, his name was brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the war. He is a Director of The News Company, publishers of “The Daily News” and “The Weekly News,” Lunenberg, Nova Scotia. He is also Vice-President of the G.W.V.A., Ottawa.

Thornton, Hon. Robert Stirton, M.P., M.B., C.M., LL.D., Minister of Education for the Province of Manitoba, is one of the educational leaders of Western Canada, though not a native of this country. He was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, on May 8, 1863, the son of David and Mary (Gavin) Thornton. His parents decided that he should adopt the career of a physician, and after a good general education in his native city at Heriot’s Hospital school, he entered Edinburgh University, and graduated in 1884 with the degree of M.B., C.M. In the same year he came to Canada, and commenced the practice of his profession at Deloraine, Manitoba. He became well-known throughout the province, and, in 1896, was elected President of the Manitoba Medical Council; and, later, President of the Medical Council of Canada. Among other matters in which he interested himself was that of horticulture, a neglected pursuit in the western country, and became recognized as a pioneer horticulturist of the prairies, and an inspiration to others to adopt such a hobby. He became identified with the Liberal party, and, in 1907, was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for Deloraine. Though defeated in 1910, he was again elected in 1914, and also in the general elections of 1915, which resulted in the overthrow of the Roblin administration. He had taken a very strong stand against the indifference of the authorities to school problems; and when Hon. Mr. Norris was called upon to form a government, he entrusted to Dr. Thornton the portfolio of Education, which, under the peculiar circumstances of the case, was perhaps the most important within the Premier’s gift. In no section of the world is the problem of education more difficult, owing to the great number of nationalities represented in the numbers of unlettered immigrants that poured into Manitoba in the years preceding the great war. With the problem of making the children of these newcomers good Canadians, conversant with the language and institutions of the land of their adoption, Dr. Thornton grappled, in 1915, and three and a half years later it was the testimony of the Winnipeg “Tribune,” that the change of government had been worth while, if only for what had been accomplished in making the schools of Manitoba Canadian. Before he became Minister of Education, large numbers of the public schools were nondescript, and breeding centres of foreign speech and ideals. In a determined and unflinching way, Dr. Thornton put into action, through the machinery of the schools, the ideals of true Canadianism, and for the first time enforced the law with regard to an English education for every child of school age in Manitoba. As a result of his policies, other western provinces have followed his example, and many educationists of the western United States look to Manitoba’s system of dealing with the foreign problem in education as a model. Latterly, Dr. Thornton has taken a strong stand against immigration of the old indiscriminate sort, and proclaims the doctrine that anyone who comes to Canada must be prepared to shoulder all the responsibilities, with the privileges, duties, and rights of Canadian citizenship. By the many advocates of these new views he is looked up to as a leader. In recognition of his services, Queen’s University (Kingston) some time ago conferred on him the honorary degree of LL.D. Dr. Thornton is a Presbyterian in religion, and a member of the Masonic Order. On April 30, 1889, he married Mary, daughter of Robert Johnston, Princeton, Ont., and has no children. He resides at Winnipeg and at Deloraine, Manitoba.

Bailey, Charles Frederick, Agricultural Commissioner for the Province of Ontario, is, singularly enough, a native of the Maritime Provinces. He was born at Kentville, Nova Scotia, in 1880, and his mother, who still survives, is now Mrs. P. Innes of that town. He was educated in King’s County High School, Kentville, and had a practical insight into agriculture as a lad on a Nova Scotia farm. In 1902 he resolved to qualify himself on the scientific side of agriculture and entered himself at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, Ont., which holds a standard position throughout North America. From 1904 to 1907 he was engaged largely in commercial work related to this basic interest of the country’s prosperity and returned to the O.A.C. in the latter year. In 1909 he received from its affiliated Institution the University of Toronto, the degree of Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture. At that time the Ontario Department of Agriculture was looking about for expert young men to carry on the work of agricultural instruction and development and on receiving the above degree Mr. Bailey was in June, 1909, appointed Live Stock Specialist for Ontario. He brought a great deal of enthusiasm and knowledge to bear on his task and in 1912 was promoted to the post of Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture by the late Hon. James Duff. A few years later the office of Commissioner of Agriculture was created in order to place a permanent official of expert knowledge in charge of policies for the betterment of agriculture in this province. Mr. Bailey’s grasp of all the problems of his subject is exceptional and he holds a high reputation as an expert in other states and provinces. As a young man he was a Captain in the King’s County (N.S.) Regiment, but has always eschewed politics. In religion he is a member of the Church of England, and some years ago married Louise D., daughter of David Hogg, Perth, Ont. He has had three children, of whom one, a boy born in 1915, survives. His address is 164 Walmer Road, Toronto.

Dalley, Frederick Fenner, President of the F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited, Hamilton, Ont., and subsidiaries, was born in Hamilton, April 11, 1883, the son of Fenner Frederick Dalley (former President of the F. F. Dalley Co., Limited), who died in 1913, and his wife, Mabel (Forster) Dalley. He received his education at the Hamilton public schools and Collegiate Institute. He married Ethel Hazel Gibson, daughter of the late Samuel Gibson, of Caledonia, February 21, 1914, and has two sons, Fenner Frederick Dalley, born June 1, 1915, and Samuel Gibson Dalley, born September 17, 1916. Mr. Dalley is President of the F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited, Hamilton (the parent organization); President Dalley Products, Limited, Hamilton; President of F. F. Dalley Co. of Canada, Limited, Hamilton; President of F. F. Dalley Co. of New York, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.; President S. M. Bixby & Co., Inc., New York (plants Brooklyn, N.Y. and Indianapolis, Ind.); Director and Treasurer The Thermokept Products Corporation, New York; Chairman and Treasurer Perfect Vacuum Canning Co., New York; and Chairman and Treasurer Thermokept, Limited, Hamilton, Ont. As parent Company, the F. F. Dalley Corporations, Limited, control in the Dalley Co., founded in 1846, manufacturers of the well known “2 in 1” shoe polishes and other specialities, and the Bixby Company of New York, founded in 1864, the two largest individual manufacturers of shoe polish in America, in addition to which they control many other specialities and staple lines. The Corporation conducts five factories and eighteen branch offices, extending from coast to coast in Canada and the United States. The Corporation’s spacious offices are centrally situated at No. 50 James Street South. Mr. Dalley’s clubs are: Hamilton, Thistle, Tamahaac, Royal Hamilton Yacht, Caledon Mountain Trout, Hamilton Golf and Country, Seaview Golf, Absecon, N.J., Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., Canadian, New York City. He is a member of the Hamilton Board of Trade and of the Canadian Manufacturers Association; of St. George’s Society, and the A.F. and A.M.; and is an Anglican. Mr. Dalley has a pleasing personality and great efficiency, necessary in the direction of a business with such extensive ramifications as that of which he is the head. He held a commission as Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Royal Regiment in 1906. Golf is his chief recreation. His residence is at “Wynnstay,” Ancaster, Ont., on the mountain a short distance out of Hamilton.

Stapells, Richard A., is one of the best known figures in the business and social life of Toronto, where he was born on February 12, 1879, the son of Richard George and Susan (Carruthers) Stapells. He was educated in the Toronto Public Schools and commenced his business career with the firm of Caldecott, Burton & Spence, from which so many successful Canadian business men have graduated. About 1900 he left the employ of that firm to pay a visit to England and engaged in the commission business in London for some two years. On his return to Toronto in 1902 he purchased and incorporated the business now known as the McElroy Manufacturing Company, Limited, makers of “Royal Garments,” with offices at 47 Simcoe Street, Toronto, of which he is President and Managing Director. Despite the fact that he is a most successful business man who had won success at an age when many men are but on the lower rungs of the ladder, Mr. Stapells’ general interests are remarkably wide and his artistic tastes exceptional. His chief hobby is music, for which he has a great natural talent. As a boy he was an accomplished violinist and a member of the Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the late Dr. F. H. Torrington. At the age of fifteen he was a member of the violin section of the great orchestra formed for the Festival in connection with the opening of Massey Hall in 1894. Later he obtained vocal instruction with the best masters in London, England, and New York, and for several years has been baritone soloist of the Church of the Messiah (Anglican), of which he is a member, and a lay delegate to the Anglican Synod, representing Church of Messiah. He was for some years also a very enthusiastic member of the executive of the National Chorus, a celebrated Toronto choral organization. In social and patriotic work he is equally active. He has long been a prominent member of the Empire Club of Canada, Toronto; was one of its vice-presidents in 1913-14 and President 1918-19. In the latter capacity he has induced many eminent men to come to Toronto and address the public on questions of the day, and made the Club one of the most vital organs of opinion in the Dominion. He is a life member of York Pioneer and Historical Society; life member of St. George’s Society; life member of the Canadian Red Cross Society, member of the Executive Committee, Canadian Defence League; member of the Executive, Overseas Club, and member of the Navy League of Canada, in connection with all of which he was active in promoting patriotic movements during the war and the succeeding repatriation period. Is a Trustee of Queen’s University. He is also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, member of the Canadian Manufacturers Association (an Executive officer thereof in 1914), member of the Royal Colonial Institute and the Canadian Institute; a past president of the Dufferin School Old Boys’ Association; and belongs to the following clubs: Strollers’, National, Royal Canadian Yacht, and charter member of the Eastbourne Golf Club. With all his manifold activities Mr. Stapells is one of the most affable and well-poised men in the city of Toronto. In politics he is a Conservative-Unionist. In July, 1902, he married Pauline Edwina, daughter of William C. Harvey, and has two sons and four daughters. He resides at 99 Roxborough St. East, Toronto, and has a summer home, “Deancroft,” at Jackson’s Point, Lake Simcoe, Ont.

Weld, Edmund (London, Ont.), Barrister, is the member of a well-known English county family, his grandfather having been the Rev. Joseph Weld, Rector, Tenterden, Kent. His father, the late Wm. Weld, was the founder and owner of the “Farmer’s Advocate,” London, Ont. The subject of this sketch was born at Delaware, Ont., in 1859, and educated at London, Ont., where he became a Barrister, in 1884, and successfully practised his profession, as also at Toronto. He has been an Alderman and a member of the Public Library Board of his native town, also President of the Western Ontario Bowling Association. In 1907 Mr. Weld was appointed to his present position as Deputy Clerk of the Crown, Registrar of the Surrogate Court and of the County Court, Middlesex County, Ont. He married Gertrude Isobel, daughter of Richard Gibson, Delaware, Ont., in 1890. He has a family of five, viz.: Helen G., Constance G., Rowena G., Hume G., and Stanley G. He is a member of the London Club, a Conservative in Politics, and a member of the Church of England.

Brodeur, Hon. Louis Philippe, is one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, to which position he was appointed August 11, 1911. Mr. Brodeur was born at Beloeil, Quebec, August 21, 1862. He is the son of Toussaint Brodeur, a patriot of 1837, and of Justine Lambert. He was educated in the College of St. Hyacinthe, was graduated LL.B. at Laval University, and, in 1904, received the degree of LL.D. from that university. Called to the bar in 1884, he was in 1899 created a K.C. He has written largely for the press, and, in 1896, was editor of “Le Soir.” In 1891, Mr. Brodeur was elected to the House of Commons for Rouville, Quebec. He was re-elected in 1896, and became Deputy-Speaker of the House, and on his re-election in 1900 was appointed Speaker. He was re-elected at the next two general elections, viz., in the elections of 1904 and 1908. Mr. Brodeur gained much prominence owing to his keen knowledge of parliamentary procedure, and while Speaker was noted for the able and dignified manner in which he gave his decisions on all questions that came before him for solution. Before entering Parliament, Mr. Brodeur had gained an enviable reputation in the legal profession, and, as a member of the House of Commons—he being a fluent and eloquent speaker in both English and French, and one who had studiously labored to acquire a masterly knowledge of parliamentary procedure—he soon rose in the estimation and confidence of his fellow members; and his affability in politics, as in social life, made him a great favorite. In 1904, Mr. Brodeur was called to the Laurier Cabinet, and was sworn in as Minister of Inland Revenue. In 1906, on the death of Hon. Raymond Prefontaine, Mr. Brodeur was transferred to the Department of Marine and Fisheries, and when the Department of Naval Service was organized he was appointed head of it. It was Mr. Brodeur who was the author of the first Naval Bill introduced in the Canadian Parliament in 1910, calling for the organization of the Navy. It was Mr. Brodeur who introduced in Parliament a Bill against the American Tobacco Trust, which proved successful in checking the methods the Tobacco Company wanted to employ in Canada. The success resulting from the passing of this legislation attracted the attention of the people of Canada, and even the United States press commented favorably upon it. Taking a keen interest in navigation in all Canadian waters, Mr. Brodeur was instrumental in having established along the St. Lawrence River innumerable aids to navigation which have made that river, night or day, or in fog, navigable. In 1907 and 1911, Mr. Brodeur was a member of the Imperial Conference at London, and, by Imperial Order-in-Council of August 8, 1907, Mr. Brodeur was appointed by the King one of the joint-plenipotentiaries to negotiate the first treaty which has been exclusively negotiated by Canadians or representatives of any other sister nations of the Empire, viz., the Franco-Canadian Treaty. In 1909, Mr. Brodeur represented Canada at the Imperial Defence Conference, and was Canada’s representative to the Washington Conference held in pursuance of the decision of the Hague Tribunal on the North Atlantic fisheries. Mr. Brodeur was created an officier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1908. He is one of the Governors of the Notre Dame Hospital. In 1887, Mr. Brodeur married Emma Brillon, daughter of J. R. Brillon, notary, of Beloeil. He has four sons and one daughter. One of his sons was during the war a Lieutenant in the Imperial Navy. Mr. Brodeur is a member of the following clubs: Hunt, Rideau, Rivermead, of Ottawa, Montreal (Montreal), Winchester (Montreal), and Country Club of Montreal. He resides at 229 Chapel St., Ottawa.

Côté, Narcisse Omer, I.S.O., Controller of the Lands Patents Branch and Registrar of Dominion Lands Patents, Department of Interior, is a descendant of Jean Côté, a native of France (being the eighth generation of this ancestor residing in Canada), one of the first settlers of Quebec, having been married there in 1635, to Anne, daughter of Abraham Martin, the owner of a piece of ground in Quebec known as the plains of Abraham. Entering the Department of the Interior in the Canadian Civil Service in 1879, which Department was then presided over by the late Rt. Hon. Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Mr. Côté soon made himself an attentive, valuable and trusted employee. He rapidly rose from one station to another until 1904 when he became chief clerk, in 1906 registrar of Dominion Land Patents and chief of the Lands Patents Branch, and in 1913 controller. Mr. Côté was a member and secretary of the Royal Commission on the claims of half-breeds in the North-West Territories, now comprising the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, during 1885, 1886, 1887, and chairman in 1900 of the Royal Commission on claims of the half-breeds of the Provisional District of Saskatchewan, and of persons who had served as scouts, or otherwise, during the Rebellion of 1885. Mr. Côté is the author of many valuable publications, some, if not all, of which will remain for all time to come as useful reference for historical, parliamentary, and other purposes, and which, as the years pass, will increase in value and become indispensable. The following are to be found among his literary works already published: “Political Appointments, Parliaments, and the Judicial Bench in the Dominion of Canada 1867 to 1895,” published in 1896; Supplement thereto up to 1903, published in 1903; Volume II. to the original work, for period 1896 to 1917, published in 1917; “Appendix 1865 to 1867 and Index,” published in 1918, to his father’s work published in 1866, entitled “Political Appointments and Elections in the Province of Canada from 1841 to 1865.” The whole series providing an indispensable record for present and future reference of public men and public events in Canada during the last seventy-six years, 1841 to 1917. Mr. Narcisse Omer Côté, I.S.O., was born in Quebec, September 14, 1859. He is the son of the late Joseph Olivier Côté, a notary public for the Province of Quebec, and clerk of H.M.’s Privy Council for Canada, and Marie Julie Léocadie Leprobon. He was educated at de la Salle Commercial Academy, Ottawa, and the University of Ottawa. On the occasion of the coronation of His Majesty King George the Fifth, in 1911, Mr. Côté was created a Companion of the Imperial Service Order. In 1907, Mr. Côté married Mabel Edna, daughter of the late Hon. Désiré Girouard, D.C.L., Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. For several years, Mr. Côté was connected with the Canadian militia; and was formerly captain in the Governor-General’s Foot Guards. Mr. Côté is a member of the Rideau Club and the Royal Ottawa Golf Club. He is a Roman Catholic in religion and resides at 54 Russell Avenue, Ottawa, Ont.

Bole, David W., President National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Limited, with head office in Montreal, was born in the county of Lambton, Ont., February 15, 1856, the son of James Bole, a farmer, and Ann Murdock Bole, his wife. He was educated at the Watford Public School and Woodstock College, and graduated from the Ontario College of Pharmacy in 1880, and on March 3 of that year married Isabella Lennox, daughter of Thomas Lennox, merchant, of Thedford, Ont. He has three children, the sons being Frederick H. Bole and David L. Bole, President and Managing Director respectively of the Mutual Elevator Co., Fort William, Ontario, and a daughter, Florence, wife of W. D. Muirhead, of Fort William. Mr. Bole moved to Regina, Sask., in 1882, and established the first drug store in the north-west between Brandon, Man., and Kamloops, B.C. He was a member of the Provisional School Board in Regina before schools were established by law, and also President of the Board of Trade. In 1889, he moved to Winnipeg where he established a wholesale drug house, and built up an extensive business. He was elected in 1906 President National Drug and Chemical Co., with head office in Montreal, and branches in all of the leading cities of Canada. This company is one of the largest drug concerns in the British Empire, employing about $5,000,000 active capital. He was elected by acclamation to the Winnipeg School Board for eight years, during three of which he was chairman. For thirteen years he was a member of the Council of the Winnipeg Board of Trade, and one year its President. Mr. Bole was elected member of the House of Commons for Winnipeg at the general election in 1904, but declined to be a candidate in 1908. Since taking up his residence in Montreal, he has accepted no public office, except as a member of the Council of the Board of Trade. He is a member of the Montreal Club. Presbyterian; Liberal. His address is 34 St. Gabriel St., Montreal, Quebec.

Wetherell, James Elgin, B.A. (Toronto, Ont.), born at Port Dalhousie, Ont., September 20, 1851. Son of James S. Wetherell and Jane (Hilts) Wetherell, both of U.E. Loyalist descent, his mother being a sister of the Rev. Joseph H. Hilts, the well-known pioneer preacher. Mr. Wetherell was educated at the Newmarket Public and High Schools and at the University of Toronto (B.A. 1877 with medal in classics). After graduation he was Professor of Latin for two years at Woodstock College. In September, 1879, he became the first Principal of the newly created Collegiate Institute at St. Marys. In 1884 he moved to Strathroy, where in 1885 he became the first Principal of the newly created Collegiate Institute of that town. For five years he was Principal of the Strathroy Training Institute for High School teachers. He was President of the Ontario Classical Association in 1896, and President of the College and High School section of the Ontario Teachers’ Association in 1902. In 1905 he was elected a Senator of the University of Toronto to represent the High School teachers of the Province. This position he resigned in 1906 when appointed Inspector of High Schools and Collegiate Institutes for Ontario to succeed Dr. John Seath. During the ten years of his inspectorship he travelled extensively, not only in Ontario, but also in the United States and Europe. In January, 1917, he was appointed General Editor of Text-Books for the Ontario Department of Education. He has edited many High School text-books in Latin and English, as follows: Virgil, Book I.; Virgil, Book V.; Cicero, Cato Major; Cicero against Catiline; Scott, Lay of the Last Minstrel; Selections from Longfellow; Selections from Wordsworth. After visiting Tennyson’s homes and haunts he edited in 1890 the first annotated edition of selections from Tennyson in Canada—a work which called forth a letter of appreciation and thanks from the poet. He has edited also four anthologies: Later Canadian Poems (1893); Later American Poems (1896); Poems of the Love of Country (1905); and the Great War in Verse and Prose (1919). He is also the author of two books, “Over the Sea,” and “Fields of Fame in England and Scotland” (1914). He has contributed numerous articles and occasional verse to magazines and journals, and was at one time a regular contributor of unsigned articles to a Toronto newspaper. He has often lectured on educational and literary topics. Mr. Wetherell married (1) Rebecca Randle, daughter of William Nason, Weston (died May, 1912); and (2) Margaret, daughter of Henry Smith, Thorold. He has three children, two sons and a daughter. He is a member of the Canadian Club and a charter member of the Champlain Society. He attends St. Paul’s Anglican Church.

Hamilton, Frank Kent, LL.B., General Manager of the McKittrick Properties, Limited, Hamilton, Ontario, was born in Stratford, Ont., March 19, 1887, and received his education in the local public and high schools and University of Manitoba, from which he graduated with the degree of LL.B. in 1910, and in the following year he graduated as a barrister. He married October 6, 1915, Fannie Irene Moodie, daughter of Honorary Lieut.-Col. J. R. Moodie, an extensive manufacturer, of Hamilton, Ont., and has a daughter, Fannie Margaret, born February 14, 1917, and a son, Kenneth Moodie, born June 29, 1918. He is a member of the Hamilton Golf Club, the Hamilton Club, the Glendale Golf Club, and his principal recreations are golf and tennis. He is a Presbyterian, and a Unionist-Liberal. With the exception of one year, his boyhood days were spent in Stratford, Ontario. This year was spent in Syracuse, New York, where his father went in November, 1897, to go into the wholesale shoe business. He died there in June, 1898, and his widow and four daughters and son returned to live in Stratford. His widow died in November, 1913. After matriculating in 1904, Mr. Hamilton spent two years in the men’s clothing business at Stratford, and left in May of 1906 for Western Canada, where he felt the prospects were better for working his way through for law. He articled to Norman P. Buckingham, then practising at Boissevain, Manitoba. In July, 1908, he went to Winnipeg, where he studied for a short time under Lieut.-Col. A. W. Morley, and from 1909 till 1911 he studied under the firm of Aikins, Robson, Fullerton & Coyne, the senior member of the firm being Sir James Aikins, the present Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba. Mr. Robson later became Judge of the King’s Bench of Manitoba, and is now general counsel for the Union Bank of Canada. Mr. Fullerton is now Judge of the Court of Appeal, while J. B. Coyne is one of Manitoba’s most prominent counsel. Graduating in 1911, the partnership of Coyne & Hamilton was formed in January, 1912, which firm later became Coyne, Hamilton & Martin. Successful law practice was carried on under this name until May, 1918, when Mr. Hamilton came East to accept the General Managership of the McKittrick Properties, Limited, owners of some 700 acres of land within the limits of the city of Hamilton, which is now in the course of development as a residential area. In the winter of 1904 and 1905 he was one of the members of the Stratford Junior Hockey team, which won the Junior Championship of the Province of Ontario. In 1910 he was a member of the Varsity Hockey team of Winnipeg, holders of the Championship of Manitoba. The team challenged for the Allen Cup, emblematic of the Amateur Championship of the World, then held by St. Michaels’ of Toronto, but spring came before dates could be arranged for a play-off. He also belonged to the Law Hockey team, winners of the Inter-Collegiate Championship of the University of Manitoba, and though he has given up active athletics, still bears the stamp of an athlete. He is tall, fair, active, affable and enterprising in a marked degree. The family reside at 407 Queen Street South, Hamilton, Ontario.

Barnard, Sir Frank Stillman, K.C.M.G., Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia since 1914, is a native of the city of Toronto, but a British Columbian since early childhood. He was born on May 16, 1856, the son of the late Francis J. Barnard, who settled in that province during the Fraser River gold rush of 1859, and brought his family to permanently reside there in 1860. The elder Barnard subsequently became one of the strongest advocates of Confederation with the Dominion of Canada, and later, from 1879 to 1887, sat in the House of Commons as Conservative member for the old constituency of Yale-Kootenay. The maiden name of the mother of the subject of this sketch was Miss Ellen Stillman. He was educated at Hellmuth College, London, Ont. On returning to B.C., he, in 1879, became associated with the British Columbia Express Company of Victoria, B.C., and was promoted to the post of general manager in 1881, and president in 1882. For a considerable period he was prominent in connection with transportation interests. He was President of the Consolidated Railway Company of Vancouver, 1894-96, and Managing Director of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited, of London, Eng., 1898-1906. In 1906 he retired from active business. Despite his large commercial interests, he found time to devote to politics, and in 1886 and 1887 served as member of the Victoria City Council. In 1888, he was elected to the House of Commons for the Cariboo district as a Conservative, and continued to sit until 1896. His brother, Hon. George Henry Barnard, was also at one time a member of the House of Commons, and is now a Senator. In 1914, Sir Frank was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, a post he still holds at the time of writing, and was later created a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. During his term of office Sir Frank has been a leader in the patriotic activities in connection with the war, and Lady Barnard has proven a most valuable aid to him in the important social duties of his office. They were married on November 7, 1883, and prior thereto Lady Barnard was Miss Martha Loewen, daughter of the late Joseph Loewen, brewer, of Victoria. Sir Frank is a member of the following clubs: Union, Victoria; Vancouver, Vancouver; Royal Vancouver Yacht; Victoria Golf; Victoria Tennis; Royal Automobile, London, Eng.; and the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto. He has no children, and his address is Government House, Victoria, B.C.

Hodgetts, Col. Charles Alfred, C.M.G., M.D., sanitary specialist, is the third son of the late George Hodgetts, of Toronto, and a grandson of the late Lt.-Col. Thomas Hodgetts, of His Majesty’s 24th Regiment, and was born in Toronto, August 23, 1859. In 1896, Dr. Hodgetts married Elizabeth B. Salter, daughter of W. T. Salter, of St. John’s, Newfoundland. She died in March, 1909. He has two sons and three daughters. He was educated at the Provincial Model School, Toronto, and was awarded the Dufferin Medal at the Ontario College of Pharmacy, graduating with honours in 1875, at the Victoria University, graduating in 1886 as an M.D., C.M., and subsequently received the membership of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Dr. Hodgetts was house surgeon at the Toronto General Hospital 1886-7, and resident assistant surgeon at the Stafford Infirmary, England, 1888, and received his L.R.C.P., London, 1889. He received the first D.P.H. of Queen’s University in 1912. From 1891 to 1904 he was Medical Inspector of the Provincial Board of Health and Secretary and Deputy Registrar General of the Province of Ontario from 1904 to 1910. In 1910, he was offered the M.O.H. of the city of Toronto, but declined the appointment; subsequently he was appointed Medical Adviser of the Public Health Committee of the Commission of Conservation, with headquarters at Ottawa. Dr. Hodgetts has held the Honorary Treasurership of the St. John Ambulance Association, and is at present Honorary Secretary; also the Honorary Secretaryship of the Canadian Branch of the Red Cross Society from the time of its organization, and was most active during the war in South Africa, 1899-1900, in carrying out the work in Canada. He resigned from the office in 1910, and was elected the first Honorary Life Member. Sup. Presdt. Sons of England Ben. Soc., Canada, 1900-1; a Fellow Royal Sanitary Institute, 1905; an examiner, Royal Sanitary Institute, 1906; Fellow Royal Institute of Public Health; Fellow of the Society of Medical Officers of Health of Great Britain; Hon. Vice-President Association Public Vaccinators, Great Britain; Member, International Commission on Bovine Tuberculosis, 1909; Member, Ottawa Commission to investigate the best source of water supply for Ottawa, and to suggest a plan of sewage disposal for that city, 1911; Life Member of the British Red Cross Society. He has served as 3rd, 2nd, and 1st Vice-President, American Public Health Association; Hon. Asst., 1903, Esquire, 1910, and Knight of Grace, 1912, Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Past President, Conference Executive; Officer, State and Prof. Boards of Health, Washington; President, Canadian Public Health Association of Canada, 1911-12; gazetted Lieut. A.M.C., present rank, Lt.-Col.; a founder and charter member of the Canadian Red Cross Society, St. John Ambulance Association, and the Canadian Public Health Association; author of numerous contributions to the press and of several pamphlets on public health. Represented Canada at International Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington, 1909; International Congress on Maternity and Child Welfare, Berlin, 1911; Conference on Pollution of International Waterways, Cleveland, 1912; and British and Overseas Dominion Conference on Child Welfare, London, England, 1913. The only medical member of the Trustees holding the charter of the Toronto School of Medicine for the Ontario Government. He is credited with being one of the foremost public health authorities in Canada and, as the “Montreal Gazette” has wisely pronounced, is “regarded everywhere as an authority on all subjects dealing with public health.” He was prominent with the Conservation Commission in urging the creation of a Dominion Department of Health, and carried out a campaign for the better housing of the people and for town planning. Dr. Hodgetts is thoroughly British, and believes that the maintenance of British connection is essential for the continuance of Canada’s progress. On mobilization, at Valcartier in August, 1914, O.C. in charge of Inoculation Column. Nearly 30,000 troops were inoculated, being the largest number ever inoculated on mobilization. In October, 1914, Dr. Hodgetts was appointed Hon. Canadian Red Cross Commissioner overseas, with the rank of Colonel, and left for the front. From London he organized and directed the activities of the Society overseas in England, France and the countries of the Entente. He was elected a member of the Joint War Committee of the British Society and Order of St. John of Jerusalem for the full period of his residence overseas. In September, 1917, among the birthday honours conferred by King George at Buckingham Palace, the C.M.G. was given to Dr. Hodgetts in appreciation of his work, he having been mentioned in despatches for distinguished service. In April, 1918, he resigned the Commissionership of the C.R.C.S., and the Imperial authorities appointed him to the post of deputy Commissioner of Medical Service under the Imperial Ministry of National Services—one of the highest positions in the medical services of the Empire, and he subsequently served in Ireland as Assistant Commissioner. Dr. Hodgetts returned to Canada the following December, and was enthusiastically received by the members of the Great War Veterans’ Association, to whom he had rendered such attentive and efficient service overseas, that it had received the personal praise of the Commanders-in-Chief of the British and French armies. He received a personal letter of thanks from Queen Marie of Rumania, and the badge of membership of the Serbian Red Cross for his services to those allies. Dr. Hodgetts is a Protestant in religion, and his residence is 238 Argyle Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Member of the Rideau and University Clubs.

Macdonald, Sir Donald Alexander, the oldest Major-General in the Canadian Army, upon whom fell the work of equipping the Canadian Forces during the continuance of the war of 1914, is now on the retired list. His responsibilities covered a wide field, embracing the clothing and equipment of all branches of the service, and in addition the housing, feeding, transport, of the mounted and postal services. Having served his country faithfully and with marked ability for fifty-four years, Major-General Sir Donald Alexander Macdonald, I.S.O., C.M.G., K.B., in January, 1918, retired from active service loaded with honours, decorations and distinctions, and carrying with him the high estimation of the Canadian people and of the Empire at large. The record of his devotion to duty and his ability to do those duties that fell to his lot will ever hold a prominent place in Canada’s military history. In 1863, Major-General Sir Donald Alexander Macdonald first became a member of the Canadian Militia when he joined the Rifle Company of Cornwall as Ensign. In 1865 he became Lieutenant of the 59th Regiment, and in 1866 Captain, in which capacity he served during the Fenian raids of 1866. In 1869 he became Adjutant, and in 1870 served in the Red River Expedition, and was awarded a medal and two clasps. In 1871 he became Major, and in 1877 was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Then came in 1885 the North-West Rebellion, in which he distinguished himself, and was awarded a medal. In 1900 he was promoted to Colonelcy, and, having for some time been Chief Superintendent of Military Stores, in 1903 was appointed Director-General of Ordnance for Canada, and received the honour of I.S.O. In 1904 he was appointed Quartermaster-General of the Canadian Militia. In 1908 he was promoted to Brigadier-General, and in that year received his C.M.G., for his services in equipping the South African Contingent. In 1912 he was made a Major-General, and in January, 1918, was knighted by His Majesty King George V. In addition to the other distinctions that were accorded him, Sir D. A. Macdonald holds the Long Service Decoration and the honour of being the third military member of the Militia Council. Major-General Sir Donald Alexander Macdonald is the son of the late Alexander Eugene Macdonald, Deputy Clerk of the Crown and Registrar of the Surrogate Court of Cornwall, Ontario, and was born October 31, 1845, in Cornwall, and educated at the County High School. In 1876 he married Mary, the second daughter of Hon. Justice Hugh Richardson, formerly of the Superior and Supreme Court of the Canadian North-West Territories. He has one daughter, the wife of Lt.-Colonel C. L. Panet, Secretary of the Department of Militia and Defence. He resides at the Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Davidson, William McCartney, M.P.P. (of Calgary), is one of the leading editors and public men of Alberta. He was born at Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, on November 12, 1872, the son of James C. Davidson, a farmer, and Sarah McCartney Davidson, and was educated at the public school of his district, Picton High School, St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, and the University of Toronto. From the latter institution he graduated in June, 1893, with the degree of B.A., and decided to enter newspaper work. His first experience was as a reporter on the staff of the Toronto “World” under W. F. Maclean, M.P. A year later he was invited to join the staff of the Toronto “Star,” then in the early stages of its career, and shortly afterward became its representative in the press gallery of the Ontario Legislature. Mr. Davidson showed a grasp of public issues beyond the ordinary, and during the seven years he remained with the “Star” made its legislative reports a definite feature of the newspaper. In 1901 the Canadian West was just on the verge of the tremendous development which has marked the first two decades of this century, and Mr. Davidson resolved to try his fortunes there. In 1902 he established himself at Calgary, then a town of about 3,000 inhabitants, and founded the “Morning Albertan.” From comparatively humble beginnings it has developed into one of the most widely known newspapers in Canada. Throughout its career Mr. Davidson has retained the position of editor-in-chief and proprietor. He soon became prominently identified with the Liberal party in the province, and at the Alberta general elections of 1917 was elected to the Legislature for the riding of North Calgary. Few members of that body have as deep a knowledge of public questions and of parliamentary procedure. Mr. Davidson has travelled extensively, and one of his favorite pastimes is mountain-climbing. He is a member of St. Andrews Golf Club, of the A.F. & A.M., and the I.O.F. He is a Senator of the University of Alberta, and a Presbyterian in religion. He has been twice married: first, on June 6, 1899, to Christiana Constance Robertson, daughter of Rev. James Robertson, D.D., of Toronto, Superintendent of Missions for the Presbyterian Church of Canada. She died in March, 1904, and on September 10, 1913, Mr. Davidson married Ethel M. Heydon, daughter of George Heydon, of Yarmouth Centre, Ontario. He has three children, James R., William M., and Marian C. R. Davidson.

Parent, Hon. Simon Napoleon, K.C., who was Chairman of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission from 1905 to 1911, is the son of Simon Polycarpe and Luce (Belanger) Parent, of Beauport, Quebec, and was born there September 12, 1855. His education was had at the Quebec Normal School and Laval University, and between 1881 and 1902 he was awarded the following degrees and honours: Laval University, LL.L., with Lorne Gold Medal and Tessier Prize, 1881; LL.D., 1902; D.C.L. (Hon.), Bishop’s College University, Lennoxville, 1902. In 1881 Mr. Parent was called to the Bar, and was created K.C. in 1899. In October, 1877, he married Marie Louise Clara, daughter of the late Ambroise Gendron. Four sons and four daughters have blessed the union. At present Mr. Parent is President of the Quebec Streams Commission for the Province of Quebec. When admitted to the Bar, Mr. Parent successfully practised his profession in the city of Quebec, and from the start was looked upon as a practical man and a good and reliable lawyer. He served as an alderman in the Quebec City Council from 1890 to 1904, and was Mayor of the city from 1894 to 1905, during which time he built the new City Hall. Largely through his perseverance and energetic work, the splendid Quebec Bridge was built, and it was he who originated the park at St. Roch, between St. Roch and St. Sauveur. Quebec city streets were improved and the finances of the city placed on a better footing. Mr. Parent sat in the local legislature for St. Sauveur in the Liberal interest from 1890 to 1905, and served in the Marchand administration as Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mines and Forests from 1897 to 1900. On Mr. Marchand’s death in the latter year, Mr. Parent was called upon to succeed him as Prime Minister of the Province, and held that position up to 1905, when he resigned at the request of the Right Hon. Sir Wilfrid Laurier to accept the position of Chairman of the National Transcontinental Railway Commission, with headquarters at Ottawa, which Commission had charge and control of the construction of the Eastern Division of the Transcontinental Railway, extending from the city of Moncton, N.B., in the east to the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the west, and the operation thereof until completed and leased to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company. Mr. Parent was President of the Quebec Bridge Company from 1897 to 1908, was formerly a director of the Quebec Railway, Light and Power Company and the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway. During his whole public career, Mr. Parent has held the reputation for being an honest and able man; as one of the most industrious administrators of modern times; as a man of decision, business and legal ability, and rare enterprise in public matters; unassuming, courteous, and practical. A Roman Catholic in religion, Mr. Parent has ever been a staunch Liberal, and one of the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s best and most influential supporters. He is a member of the Rideau, Laurentian, and Ottawa Hunt Clubs in Ottawa, and of the Garrison Club, Quebec. His Ottawa residence is at 485 King Edward Avenue.

Rutherford, John Gunion, C.M.G., V.S., Ottawa, Honorary Associate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Commissioner, Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada (Ottawa, Ont.) born at Mountain Cross, Peeblesshire, Scotland, on December 25, 1857, son of Rev. Robert Rutherford, M.A., and his wife Agnes Gunion. In 1887, he married Edith, daughter of Washington Boultbee, of Ancaster, Ont., by whom he has three daughters. He was educated at the High School of Glasgow, and later spent several years in the practical study of agriculture in the counties of East Lothian and Selkirk. Coming to Canada at the age of seventeen, he attended the Ontario Agricultural College in 1875 and 1876, being one of the earliest students at that institution, and later gained valuable practical experience in agriculture on the famous Bow Park Farm at Brantford, Ontario. In 1879 he graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College with honors, winning the gold medal for the best general examination, and numerous other prizes. He practised veterinary medicine for several years in Ontario, the United States and Mexico, and returning to Canada in 1884, settled at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where he engaged in general practice and horse breeding operations. He served as Veterinary Officer with the North-West Field Force under General Middleton during the Riel rebellion in 1885, and holds medal and clasp for that campaign. During his residence in Portage la Prairie he was for several years President of the Horse Breeders’ Association of Manitoba and the North-West Territories; President of the Manitoba Veterinary Association; President of the Manitoba and Lakeside Agricultural Society; the Island Park Racing Association, and the St. Andrew’s Society of Portage la Prairie. In 1884 he was appointed Veterinary Inspector for the Manitoba Government, an appointment which he held until 1892, when he was elected to represent the constituency of Lakeside (Portage Plains) in the Manitoba Legislature, in which body he was Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture. He was re-elected by acclamation in 1896, but after one session resigned to enter Dominion politics as representative for the constituency of Macdonald, which then comprised over one-sixth of the province of Manitoba. He sat as member for this constituency in the Dominion House until 1900, and in 1901 went to Great Britain as special Quarantine Officer for the Canadian Department of Agriculture. In 1902, he was appointed Chief Veterinary Inspector, and in 1904, after organizing the Health of Animals Branch, he became Veterinary Director-General. In 1906, he also took over the office of Live Stock Commissioner, and in the same and the succeeding year organized the present Meat and Canned Foods Inspection Service. During his tenure of office many original and radical departures were made in connection with the control and eradication of contagious diseases among the live stock of the Dominion, the results achieved being eminently satisfactory. Under his direction, the work of the Live Stock Branch was very considerably extended, and brought into close correlation with that of the Health of Animals Branch, joint supervision over the work of both branches being in a number of cases exercised by the same officers, especially in those provinces farthest from Ottawa. In 1908, he went twice to Rome as delegate for Canada to the International Institute of Agriculture, and in the same year was appointed to represent the Dominion at the International Congress on Tuberculosis at Washington, D.C. He was President of the American Veterinary Medical Association in 1908-09, and Chairman since its inception of the International Commission on the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis. He was for several years President of the St. Andrews Society of Ottawa, and from 1909 to 1911 President of the Civil Service Association of Canada. He was created a C.M.G. in 1910. In May, 1911, he resigned from the Dominion service, but at the request of the Government retained office until March, 1912. Immediately thereafter, he was engaged by Lord Shaughnessy, then President of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, to undertake a campaign for the general development of the live stock industry and the encouragement of mixed farming in the three prairie provinces. In the organization of the campaign he found it advisable to co-ordinate this special work with that of the Company’s Department of Natural Resources at Calgary, Alberta, and in the following spring (1913) he was appointed Superintendent of Agriculture and Animal Industry, a position involving full responsibility for all the agricultural operations of the Company, including the educational and experimental activities in connection with its irrigation projects in Alberta. From 1913 to 1919, he was President of the Western Canada Live Stock Union, an organization in the creation of which he was largely instrumental, and which comprises in its membership all live stock associations and other bodies interested in the production of live stock in the four Western Provinces. In December, 1918, his portrait in oils was added by the live stock men of Canada to the collection of similar pictures of live stock celebrities in the Saddle and Sirloin Club of Chicago. He was a member of the Dominion Economic and Development Commission, as also a member of the Saskatchewan Royal Live Stock Commission, and has since its inception been Chairman of the Joint Committee on Commerce and Agriculture. While resident in Alberta he was Vice-Chairman of the Provincial Board of Agricultural Education, as also President of the Alberta Thoroughbred Horse Breeders’ Association, besides holding office in numerous other live stock and kindred organizations. He has had exceptional opportunities of acquiring a practical knowledge of Canadian agriculture, having actually farmed, more or less extensively, in every province of the Dominion except Prince Edward Island, his own farm being situated in the Chilliwack Valley in British Columbia. He was appointed to the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada in November, 1918, and assumed office in February, 1919. Dr. Rutherford is a member of the following clubs: Ranchmen’s (Calgary), Rideau (Ottawa), University Club (Ottawa), Royal Ottawa Golf Club (Ottawa), and his home address is 218 MacLaren Street, Ottawa, Ont.

Breithaupt, John C., of Kitchener, Ont., is one of the most widely known business men of Canada, and has been particularly identified with the leather industry. He was born at Buffalo, N.Y., on February 27, 1859, the son of the late Louis and Catherine (Hailer) Breithaupt; but his parents removed to Kitchener, then known as Berlin, Ont., when he was very young. He was educated in the public and high schools of that thriving manufacturing city and later at the North-Western College, Naperville, Ill., of which despite his Canadian citizenship, he has in later life been a Trustee for upwards of twenty years. In Berlin, Ont., he became associated in the tanning business of his father, which of late years has grown to great dimensions. He is Secretary of the Breithaupt Leather Company, Ltd., with tanneries at Kitchener, Penetanguishene and Woodstock, Ont., and President of the Hastings Tannery Company, Ltd., with head office at Kitchener and tannery at Hastings, Ont. In addition to his widespread commercial interests Mr. Breithaupt has shown unselfish activity in public affairs. While his city was still known as Berlin he was a member of the Municipal Council for six years, first as Councillor, then as Reeve, and later, in 1896-7, as Mayor. He has been a member of the Board of Water Commissioners of the city since 1899 continuously, and Chairman for every year of that period but one. He held the office of President of the Local Board of Trade for a term, and is also a member of the Toronto Board of Trade, with which he has been connected since 1891. In all municipal movements for the betterment of civic government he has been a leader, and his voice has frequently been heard in the cause of progress in the province at large. He was President of the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital for several years and takes a deep interest in religious matters. He is a member of the Evangelical Association, and has been a member of various Boards and Commissions of the Church, having been delegate to the General Conference in 1911 and again elected in 1919 in a similar capacity. He is a member of the following clubs: Lancaster, Grand River County and Golf, and Ontario Club (Toronto). In 1892 he married Caroline C., eldest daughter of the late J. S. Anthes, furniture manufacturer of Kitchener, and has six children: John Edward, chemical engineer of the various Breithaupt tanneries; Louise Catherine, Carl Louis, who early in 1919 returned from overseas after two years’ service with the Canadian Engineers in France; Freida Caroline, Walter Hailer, and Helena Esther Breithaupt.

Cronyn, Hume, M.P., who represents the city of London, Ont., in the House of Commons, was born in London on August 28th, 1864, the son of Verschoyle Cronyn, LL.B., K.C., and Sophy Cronyn. The latter was a daughter of the late Hon. William Hume Blake, and a sister of the late Hon. Edward Blake, formerly leader of the Liberal party in the Canadian House of Commons, and later one of the ornaments of the British House of Commons as member for Longford, Ireland. The subject of this sketch was educated at Dr. Tassie’s famous grammar school, Galt, Ont., and at Toronto University, from which he graduated with the degree of B.A. He qualified for the law, and in 1889 received the degree of LL.B. from the same institution, and in that year was called to the Bar. He at once commenced the practice of law at London, and continued therein for the next eighteen years. In 1907 he gave up practice to take up the post of General Manager of The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corporation, a position he still holds in combination with the office of Vice-President. He is also General Manager of the Canada Trust Company, London, and a Director of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. Though long identified with the Liberal party, both from conviction and family association, Mr. Cronyn always declined public honors until the political crisis attendant on the adoption of the policy of conscription by Sir Robert Borden arose in 1917. Mr. Cronyn was one of many Ontario Liberals who decided to support the Prime Minister in forming a Union Government to carry out that policy, and when the general elections were announced on this issue, accepted the nomination as a Unionist candidate for the riding of London. The Laurier Liberals decided to make London one of the chief arenas of their battle against conscription, by nominating Mr. George S. Gibbons who had also been prominent in the politics of that city. After one of the most hotly contested campaigns of that momentous election, Mr. Cronyn was elected by a majority of over 4,000. In his younger days, he had been prominent in military circles; while a student at Toronto University he had enlisted in the Queen’s Own Rifles and served with that famous regiment in the North-West Rebellion of 1885, taking part in the engagement of Cut Knife Creek, for which he holds the medal and clasp. On returning to London, he joined the 7th Fusiliers, and served as Major in that battalion from 1899 to 1907, when he retired. During the late war he was active in promoting all patriotic causes. He is a member of the following clubs: London; London Hunt and Country; Toronto; Rideau (Ottawa); Royal Societies and the Zeta Psi fraternity. In religion he is an Anglican, and on September 6, 1892, married Frances A., second daughter of John Labatt, of London. He has three sons and two daughters, and his residence is at 580 Dundas Street, London, Ont.

Davis, Albert Mayno, President of the McAuliffe-Davis Lumber Company, Limited, lumber manufacturers and dealers, with head office on Duke Street, Ottawa, and a capital of $300,000, has been in the lumber business in Ottawa for over twenty years, first with the Export Lumber Company, later as manager of the Chaudiere Lumber Company, and for seven years as manager of the McAuliffe-Davis Lumber Company, Limited, of which he is now President. Mr. Davis is not only recognized as one of the leading retail lumbermen of eastern Ontario, and one with entire knowledge of trade conditions in Ottawa and throughout the valley, but is known to be one of the leaders among the younger business element in the city. In the Company, Mr. Davis has associated with him Mr. W. Allen Taft, Jr., of Boston, Vice-President, who is also President of the Export Lumber Company; Mr. W. J. Armstrong, Secretary-Treasurer; and the following constitute the Board of Directors: Messrs. Albert Mayno Davis, W. H. McAuliffe, George I. Dewar, W. A. Taft, and W. Allen Taft. Mr. Albert Mayno Davis is the son of C. W. Davis, Burlington, Vermont, and Jennie Taft, of the same place, and was born at Burlington, October 3, 1878. He was educated at the Burlington High School and the University of Vermont. June 23, 1903, he married Adele Sylvain, daughter of L. P. Sylvain, of Ottawa, Chief Clerk in the Library of Parliament, with which he has been connected since 1878. Two daughters and one son—Margaret, Philip, and Adele—add joy and lustre to the home. Mr. Davis is a member of the Laurentian, Royal Ottawa, Rivermead and Rideau Tennis Clubs. His recreations may be classified as outdoor sports. His residence is at 24 Clemow Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Bâby, Wolstan Alexander Dixie, Collector of Inland Revenue for the Division of Hamilton (Ontario), is one of the most widely known and respected of Federal Government officials. Moreover, he comes of one of the oldest of all Canadian families and his ancestry dates back almost to the beginnings of white settlement on the continent of North America. He is the son of the late William Duperon Bâby, attorney-at-law and sheriff of the County of Essex, Ont., and Christina Jane Wilson, daughter of Captain John Wilson, of H.M. Canadian Militia, Amherstburg, Ont., and was born at Sandwich, Ont., on April 13, 1858. As a matter of record it is important to say something of the ancestry and family history of Mr. Bâby. His forefathers came from France in the earlier years of French settlement, and settled at Fort Detroit in what is now the State of Michigan, but then part of the French domain of Canada. Later they moved across the Detroit River, and took up land in what is now the town of Sandwich, Ont. The founders of the family on this continent were Jacques Bâby de Rainville and his wife, Isabeau Robin, of Monteton, in the Bishopric of Agen, France. Jacques was an officer in the famous Carignan Regiment and with it came to America in the seventeenth century. Subsequently, in 1670, he was married a second time to Jehanne Dandonneau de Sables, of which union were born nine children. The eldest grandson of this couple was Hon. Jacques Duperon Bâby, who was born in 1731, and lived until 1796. While he was still a young man, the British conquest of Canada occurred, and Detroit falling into British hands in 1760, Jacques Duperon Bâby and his wife, Suzanne de la Croix Rheaume (who lived until 1812), became British subjects. In all they had twenty-two children. The name of Hon. Jacques Duperon Bâby is intimately interwoven with the history of the Essex peninsula. He played a prominent part in the defence of the Detroit district during the conspiracy of the Indian chieftain, Pontiac, in 1760. He was a man of great worth and integrity, who enjoyed the confidence alike of the French, English, and Indian population, and consequently was able to be of great assistance to the British government in the establishment of the new regime. Hon. Jacques Duperon Bâby was the eldest of his many children. He was born in 1762 and died in 1833, and held positions of honour and influence in the young colony of Upper Canada. Jean Baptiste Bâby, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a younger brother, and served as Treasurer of the newly-organized County of Essex. Two other brothers entered the British army, one, Daniel, rising to the rank of Major-General; while four of his sisters married British officers, one of whom was Lord Bellingham. The eldest son of Jean Baptiste Bâby was William Duperon Bâby, afterward sheriff of Essex, born at Sandwich in 1819; and the subject of this sketch was William’s sixth child. Since most of the various generations had large families, the Bâby family connection in Western Ontario, and indeed throughout America is literally enormous, and all have preserved the high tradition of “noblesse oblige.” Mr. Dixie Bâby was educated at the Separate Schools and at Assumption College, Sandwich, Ont., and at the Christian Brothers’ School, Toronto, in 1876. At the age of eighteen he was appointed to the Inland Revenue service, and detailed to Rae’s distillery as assistant officer to the late Pierre Ramon. He qualified himself so well as a vigilant watcher of the government interests in connection with the important revenue derived from excise that he has since served in many parts of Canada, including Paris, Woodstock, St. Catharines, Belleville, Brantford, Portage la Prairie, and Berthierville, Que. He was first stationed at Hamilton in 1886 as second officer to the late William Donaghy, and in 1890 transferred to Berthierville. In 1892 he went back to the Hamilton distillery, and was appointed officer in charge in October, 1898. On November 21, 1914, he was appointed Collector of Inland Revenue in charge of the entire Hamilton division. His duties have always been of a character which required expert knowledge as well as rigid probity, and during his forty-three years’ service he has won the unfailing confidence of the Department, no matter which party was in power. In December, 1880, he married Mary McDougall, of Belleville, Ont., who was born April 7, 1861. He has had seven children: Christina Caroline, deceased; Julia Fortier and Mary Louisa (twins, also deceased); Frances Jeanette, wife of Henri Bâby, notary public, Lachine, Que.; John Dixie; George Raymond; and Madeline Cecilia. Capt. George Raymond Bâby, M.D., C.M., who was born at Berthierville on April 1, 1892, went to France with the McGill University 1915 unit, Canadian Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery and devotion to duty during the great British advance which began August 8, 1918, and only ended when the armistice was signed. The other son, John Dixie Bâby, is a civil engineer by profession, who assisted in building the Canton Hankow Railway, China.

Bell, Hon. George Alexander, Chairman of the Local Government Board for the Province of Saskatchewan, is one of the pubic administrators of the Canadian West, and in an unusual degree the architect of his own fortunes. He was born on a farm in Brant County, Ontario, on August 3, 1856, the son of David and Agnes (Melrose) Bell. He was educated in the public schools of Huron County, and continued on the farm until he was twenty years old, after which he learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed for the next twelve years, four in Ontario and eight in Manitoba. He moved to the latter province in 1880 on the opening up of that province by the Canadian Pacific Railway. In 1888 he engaged in the agricultural implement business as agent for the Massey-Harris Company, and continued therein for the next thirteen years. In 1903, because of his exceptional knowledge of the country he was appointed by the Dominion Government Homestead Inspector for the Land District of Estevan, Saskatchewan, a position he resigned in 1908 to become a candidate for the Saskatchewan Legislature, and was elected as a supporter of the Liberal administration of Hon. Walter Scott. He was re-elected for Estevan in 1912, and called to the Cabinet and sworn in as Provincial Treasurer on August 19 of that year. The Government had established a system of Government-owned telephones, and this portfolio was shortly combined with his duties as Treasurer. In his second capacity of Minister of Telephones he was sworn in February, 1913, and continued to administer both offices until May, 1918, when he resigned from the Cabinet and Legislature to accept the post of Chairman of the Local Government Board, an important office, for which his administrative capacity and thorough knowledge of Western conditions eminently fit him. Mr. Bell is a Liberal in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. He is a member of the Wascana Country Club, Regina (his favorite recreation being golf), and of the following societies: A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and C.O.F. On December 6, 1883, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Johnston and Rachel (Cosgrove) Smith, of Elmwood, Bruce County, Ont., and has seven children, George Melrose, Ella Mabel, Gordon, Ethel, Grace Agnes, Lorne David, and Harold Alexander Bell. Mr. and Mrs. Bell reside at Regina, Sask.

Martin, Hon. William Melville, K.C., Prime Minister of Saskatchewan, is a native of the village of Norwich, Oxford County, Ont. He was born on August 23, 1877, the son of Rev. William M. and Christina (Jamieson) Martin, both his parents being natives of Scotland. While he was very young his parents removed to Exeter in Huron County, where his father served as Minister of the Presbyterian Church for twenty-six years. The subject of this sketch was educated at Exeter Public School, Clinton Collegiate Institute, and the University of Toronto, from which institution he graduated with the degree of B.A. and honors in classics. He also attended the Ontario School of Pedagogy to qualify as a High School teacher, and subsequently acted as Classical Master at Harriston High School for two years, 1899-1901. This however he regarded but as a stepping-stone to the practice of law for which he qualified at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the bar he went to Regina, Saskatchewan, and commenced practice in July, 1903. He developed great talent not only as a lawyer but as a public speaker, and soon became prominent in the Liberal party. In 1906 he was offered the Liberal nomination for the House of Commons, for the old riding of Western Assiniboia, in succession to Hon. Walter Scott (who had resigned his Ottawa seat to become the first Prime Minister of the newly organized province of Saskatchewan), but declined. At the general elections of 1908, however, he yielded to the requests of his friends and accepted nomination, being elected by a majority of 708. At the general elections of 1911, despite the fact that the Liberal party as a whole met defeat, he was elected by the increased majority of 1,730. In all he sat in the House of Commons at Ottawa for eight years and although one of its youngest members was regarded as one of the most brilliant. In 1916 Hon. Walter Scott was obliged to resign the Premiership of Saskatchewan owing to ill health and Mr. Martin’s party friends in the West urged that he resign from Federal politics and accept the Premiership. He assented and at a by-election on November 13, 1916, was returned for Mr. Scott’s seat, Regina City, by acclamation. He reorganized the cabinet and framed a programme of progressive legislation which proved so acceptable to the electorate that at the general election of 1917 his administration was sustained by a very handsome majority. In addition to the offices of Prime Minister and President of the Council he administers the portfolios of Minister of Education and Minister of Railways. His educational reforms, covering as they do many problems of extreme moment, have been very important, and have attracted wide attention throughout Canada, and in the United States as well. Generally speaking Saskatchewan legislation under his regime has won fame for progress and effectiveness. So widespread is his reputation that on the death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, early in 1919, many, both in the East and West, suggested him as the best available successor to the Federal Liberal leadership. Many of his friends still predict a Federal career for him, although Mr. Martin himself prefers to see his own programme of legislation for Saskatchewan carried out before aspiring to a wider arena. He is a Presbyterian in religion and a member of the Wascana Country Club and the Assiniboia Club. On Sept. 26, 1906, he married Violet Florence, daughter of the late Walter Thomson of Mitchell, Ont., and has two sons, Walter M. and Douglas Martin. His home is at 2042 Cornwall St., Regina, Sask.

Henry, David Edouard, founder of Henry’s Shorthand School, 209 Sparks Street, Ottawa, on January 2, 1913, was born at Clarence Creek, Russell County, Ontario, April 24, 1874, his parents being Jacques Henry, a farmer, and Aurelie Laviolette. He was educated in Ottawa at the Grey Nuns’ Convent and the Christian Brothers’ School. Building it on a sure foundation—according to the laws of economics, well equipped, and capably managed by experts—Mr. Henry made his school an enviable success. At the opening in 1913, the school was located at the corner of Bank and Gloucester Streets, and within three months, having outgrown its original premises it was removed to its present premises on the corner of Sparks and Bank Streets—the Capital’s busy corner—which from time to time have been enlarged as the requirements of increased attendance demanded until to-day they are some five times the original size, and are likely to be enlarged still further at an early date, although his school is to-day the largest in Eastern Ontario. When the school was transferred from the corner of Bank and Gloucester Streets to the corner of Bank and Sparks, Mr. Henry had but 40 day pupils. In 1918, the number had increased to 562, which students are to-day holding good positions in the Dominion Government offices, manufacturing and wholesale establishments, banking houses, etc., all of which bears tribute to the high standard of efficiency of the school. For eleven years before Mr. Henry went into business for himself, he was in charge of the shorthand department of the Willis Business College in Ottawa, when S. T. Willis was proprietor. In his school, his staff consists of experts in shorthand, typewriting, business penmanship, practical English, spelling, punctuation, transcription, correspondence, etc., etc., and those who receive instruction in any one of these receive the best that can be had. At the age of 16 years, Mr. Henry was awarded a Fourth Form Certificate and honours for composition, spelling and penmanship. He acquired a systematic course of self-instruction, studied shorthand (French system) and afterwards English, and made himself proficient in the Isaac Pitman, Ben Pitman, Graham, Munson, Scott-Browne, Beale, Calligraphy (a Canadian production), and the Gregg systems. He studied French, English, German, Greek and Latin, and received special study in penmanship at the Zanerian College, Columbus, Ohio. To acquire a practical business education, he had experience as stenographer and bookkeeper with big business firms such as Perkins & Fraser, barristers; Alexander Mutchmor, auditor, etc. From 1894 to 1896, Mr. Henry made a special study of scientific methods for imparting shorthand and typewriting, and during 1895-6 taught shorthand at the Capital City Business College, at Ottawa, and had charge of the Y.M.C.A. classes for several months. In 1896, he attended the Rochester, New York, Business Institute, to acquire a greater qualification for teaching, and, in 1899, established a shorthand school, which later he closed to join the staff of the Metropolitan Business College at Ottawa. For two years, he attended Rev. Dr. McMeekin’s “Ottawa College of Oratory,” and gave several successful recitals in the Albert Hall. In 1899, Mr. Henry corrected a text book on Pitman’s shorthand for Messrs. Powers and Lyons, of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Henry is a graduate of the New York College of Phonography; the Phonographic Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio; and is the only personal graduate in Canada of the well known Gregg School of Chicago. He holds the Scott-Browne’s Certificate. In his examination for the Phonographic Institute Teacher’s Certificate, he made the highest record, viz., 97.2 per cent., thereby defeating more than 700 candidates. Mr. Henry is a member of the Gregg Shorthand Association of America, and is the author of two standard works in shorthand. Mr. Henry is a Roman Catholic in religion, a Liberal in politics, and, for recreation, spends his time motoring. He resides at 205 O’Connor Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

Gibbon, Arthur Playford, Principal of the Central Business College, Hamilton, Ont., is one of Canada’s leading commercial educationists. He was born on April 7, 1871, in a log house in the township of Nichol, Wellington County, Ont., the son of William and Susan (Reynolds) Gibbon. His early education was received in the rural school of his section, and later he walked four miles night and morning to attend the High School and Model School at Elora. From January, 1892, to July, 1894, he taught in rural ungraded schools, after which he returned to the farm for five years to care for his father and mother. Deciding to equip himself as a commercial teacher he took a course at Stratford Business College, and after graduation taught in that institution for six months. In 1901, he went to Woodstock, Ont., to take the post of junior commercial teacher, and after one year became senior in these subjects. In 1904, he became Principal, and under his guidance built up the institution into one of the most important of its kind in Western Ontario. In Woodstock he also took an active part in public and business affairs. He acted as auditor for several large commercial houses, and sat in the municipal council as alderman. In the latter capacity his business acumen and sound judgment made him one of the most useful of public servants. His faculty for acquiring knowledge of every detail of civic business made him very valuable in the consideration of measures for the city’s welfare, so that when in August, 1909, he decided to leave Woodstock, expressions of regret were universal. In Woodstock, also, he became very active in the temperance cause, and served as Secretary-Treasurer of the North Oxford Prohibition Association. As Treasurer of the local branch of the Y.M.C.A., he rendered very important service in connection with the erection of new buildings, and he was very prominent in church work as a member of the Methodist body. In 1909, he sold his interest in Woodstock Business College, and bought Clark’s Business College at Hamilton, Ont. When he took charge on January 1, 1910, the attendance at the institution was but 34 day and 28 night students. He changed the name to the Central Business College, and within a few years his powers of organization had built up the attendance to five times the original figure. Mr. Gibbon’s chief hobby is Sunday School work, and he has served as a religious teacher of the young for over thirty years, in the various places where he has lived. His spirit of enterprise and attractive personality make him an ideal influence on youth. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club, Hamilton, and of the following fraternal societies, I.O.O.F., A.F. & A.M., Royal Templars of Temperance, and the Orange Order. On November 6, 1901, he married Margaret H. Lacey, and has two children, Playford Sutherland Gibbon and Ada Margaret Gibbon.

Webber, John A., Assistant Postmaster, Hamilton, Ont., was born in the township of Binbrook, Wentworth County, December 10th, 1861, the son of Esau Webber, contractor, Hamilton, Ont., and his wife Isabella (Ledmon) Webber. He was educated at the Hamilton Public Schools and Hamilton Collegiate Institute, was appointed to the Civil Service as a clerk in the Hamilton Post Office, October 24, 1881, advancing steadily till, in June, 1918, he was appointed to his present position by the Civil Service Commission, an appointment received with general satisfaction by the press and business men of Hamilton, and one of the earliest important promotions made by the Civil Service Commission. He married on June 1, 1886, Helena S. Murray, daughter of John J. Murray (M.D. Trinity College, Dublin), of Waterdown, and has two daughters, Ada A., wife of R. H. Moore, Cleveland, Ohio, and Charlotte I. Mr. Webber is a member of the Canadian Club, President Hamilton Horticultural Society, Vice-President Hamilton Garden Club, Director of Ontario Horticultural Society, representing Niagara District, member of the Executive Council Hamilton Scientific Association, member of the Canadian Order of Foresters, life member of Canadian Red Cross, and a sustaining member of the Hamilton Health Association (Mountain Sanitary). He is an Anglican, and a member of the Executive Board of St. Thomas Church. Outside of his agreeable manner, intense activity is Mr. Webber’s outstanding characteristic, and his principal recreation seems to be in always doing things, and doing them well and cheerfully. Alluding to his appointment, “The Civilian” (organ of the Civil Service), says: “In the appointment of Mr. John A. Webber as assistant postmaster at Hamilton, we have another instance of the application of the merit system as inaugurated by the Civil Service Commission. He was appointed to the staff on October 24, 1881, and has risen from junior clerk to almost head by efficient work, his standing in all Departmental examinations being very high. For ten years before his present appointment, he acted as Superintendent of the office, filling the assistant postmaster’s place during Mr. Matthews’ absence, and while in these positions his courteous and prompt attention to the needs of the public made him a host of friends in the business world with whom the appointment is very popular. As to the staff, the appointment is equally popular, every man knowing that under Mr. Webber any grievance is sure of a fair hearing and a just decision in the matter.” Mr. Webber’s father was a prominent contractor in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, during which period he erected many public buildings and business blocks, among which were St. Mary’s Cathedral, Centenary Church, Masonic Hall, Lester Block and hundreds of stores, hotels and private dwellings. While carrying on the contracting business during the period of food shortage, following the Crimean War, he bought and operated a 200-acre farm in the county on which the subject of this sketch was born but only remained during infancy. During the Great War Mr. Webber took an active part in patriotic, Red Cross and Relief Work, and in his long connection as director, and for several years in succession President of the Hamilton Horticultural Society. Has contributed not a little to the beautifying of home surroundings throughout the city. In his connection with the Gordon Club and in the eight counties under his jurisdiction as director of the Ontario Horticultural Society he did much to stimulate the production of vegetables and other foods throughout the district during the war. His efforts in the direction received commendation from the President of the National War Garden Commissioner, Washington, D.C., for adding to the world’s supply of food during the war. Mr. Webber lives at 130 Stinson Street, where he delights in Horticulture.

Irwin, William Nassau (Toronto, Ont.), only son of Francis Irwin (Irish), for many years Treasurer of the town of Orangeville, county town of Dufferin, and Jane (Taylor) Irwin (Canadian). Born at Orangeville, Ontario, on November 14, 1863. Educated in the Public and High Schools of Orangeville, and Trinity College, Toronto. Studied law in office of McCarthy and Walsh, Orangeville, and afterwards with Mowat, Maclennan, Downey and Langton, and Maclaren, Macdonald, Merritt and Shepley, Toronto, graduating from Osgoode Hall, and called to the Bar in September, 1886. A member of the legal firm of Henderson, Irwin and Ungaro, Toronto. Married in September, 1893. His only son, James Carter Irwin, member of the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, wounded in action in Flanders, died at King George Hospital, London, England, July 31, 1916, from effects of his wounds, in his 18th year. Mr. Irwin was interested in bicycling, when that sport was at the height of its popularity, being President of the Athenaeum Cycling Club, and member of the Canadian Wheelmen’s Executive for several years. Member of the Church of England and the Orange Order. Interested in journalism. A Liberal-Conservative.

Sinclair, Robert Victor, K.C., Barrister and Solicitor, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Morrison (Colville) Sinclair, was born in Forestville, New York, May 24, 1861, and at an early age came to Canada with his parents and settled in Ottawa, where he received his education in the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. He read law with Stewart, Chrysler & Gormully from 1880 to 1885, and was called to the bar in the latter year, when he went into partnership with Mr. Gormully under the title of Gormully & Sinclair, and remained there until 1894, when he retired to practise alone. In 1900, he formed a partnership with the late Sir Adolphe Caron, the firm being known as Caron & Sinclair, and remained there until 1907, when he again retired to practise alone. In 1908 he was created a K.C. Mr. Sinclair is recognized in the Ottawa legal fraternity as one of the Capital’s most successful barristers. In 1907, Mr. Sinclair was elected a member of the Ottawa Stock Exchange. August, 1887, he married Daisy King, daughter of James W. King, ex-M.P., Director of Penitentiaries. He has one son and three daughters. He is a member of the Rideau Hunt Club, and was a member of the executive committee in 1907. In religion he is an Anglican, in politics a Conservative, and he resides at 237 Wilbrod St., Ottawa, Ontario.

Campbell, William Brough. The late W. B. Campbell, of Toronto, insurance publisher and editor, was of Scottish extraction and was born in Shannonville, Ontario (then Canada West), on July 17, 1854. He was the eldest of four children who reached maturity. While he was still a child, his parents removed with their family to Toronto, where he continued to reside until his death. He was educated in the public schools, and went to work while still only a lad, serving under his father, who held an administrative position in the Toronto office of the old Lancashire Fire Insurance Company. About 1880 he joined his father in the publication of a monthly insurance journal called “The Budget.” From its first issue the new paper was independent in policy and aggressive in tone, and its strictures upon some of the loose practices of insurance companies, and especially its denunciations of wild-cat concerns carrying on a business of plunder in the name of insurance, made it a power in its field. A fairly extensive printing business was developed as a side line of the business, but ultimately this proved too complex a load for the periodical to carry. The result was that other people acquired the rights in “The Budget.” But the Campbells, father and son, at once came out with a new venture, “The Bulletin,” virtually a continuation of the old. In 1905, feeling the need of greater freedom in editorial and business policy than his surroundings permitted, Mr. Campbell dissociated himself from his father, and began the publication of “Office and Field,” a weekly—in its time the only weekly journal in the world wholly devoted to life insurance. The world-wide upheaval in life insurance business arising from the investigation by a committee of the legislature of the State of New York in 1905 threatened the new venture with early extinction, but by daring and skilful guidance Mr. Campbell brought his craft to success. He demanded and insisted upon service of the public as the one justification for life insurance. It was largely through his influence that the life insurance agents were organized as the Life Underwriters’ Association of Canada, an institution which, carrying out the policy which he and other leaders laid down, has achieved a splendid success. His work, both as editor and propagandist was a distinct factor in making life insurance in Canada the great financial and social force it has become. Mr. Campbell was married in September, 1887, to Jessie G., eldest daughter of the late George Maclean Rose. Of this union there were born two daughters and a son. The son, Wilfrid Maclean Campbell answered the call to the colours, and served as a private in France and Flanders from February, 1916, to the end. He was one of the glorious Canadians at Vimy Ridge, was wounded at Hill 70, but returned to the ranks, and was among those who marched as victors into Germany. Too great devotion to business broke down Mr. Campbell’s health, and after a short illness he died in June, 1914, in his sixtieth year.

Henderson, Alexander, B.A., K.C., is one of the most prominent members of the British Columbia Bar, and practises at Vancouver. He was born at Oshawa, Ont., in 1861, the son of Alexander Henderson, a native of Caithness, Scotland, and Grace (KilPatrick) Henderson, a native of Paisley, Scotland. His father, after coming to this country, became mechanical superintendent of one of Oshawa’s leading industries, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public and high schools of his native town and at the University of Toronto. He graduated from the latter institution in 1884 with the degree of B.A., and subsequently qualified for the law. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1889, and two years later decided to take up his residence in New Westminster, B.C. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1892, and has ever since pursued an active legal career. In 1896, he was appointed agent for the Minister of Justice of Canada on the mainland of British Columbia. In 1898, he was elected to the Provincial Legislature as member for the city of New Westminster, and sat for two years. In 1899, he became Attorney-General for British Columbia, and in 1901 was appointed judge of the County Court of Vancouver, an office he held until 1907, when he was appointed Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. For four years he lived at Dawson City, and won distinction by his wise and able administration. In 1911, he resigned, and resumed the practise of law at Vancouver, where he has a large and lucrative practice. He has taken an active interest in military affairs, and was formerly major of the 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught’s Rifles, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers in 1907. His recreation is rifle shooting, and he accompanied the Canadian Bisley Team to England in 1901, acting as adjutant. He is a Presbyterian in religion, a Liberal in politics, and a member of the Vancouver Club. On September 14, 1895, he married Susan Crawford, daughter of William McCraney, of Oakville, Ont., and Vancouver, B.C. The latter was a very prominent lumberman, and formerly represented Halton (Ontario) in the House of Commons. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have one daughter, Grace Kilpatrick Henderson, and reside at 1424 Burnaby Ave., Vancouver.

Russell, Adam Lothian, of Vancouver, B.C., is one of the leading commercial figures of the Coast province. Like so many others who have made their mark in Canada he is a native of Scotland, and was born at Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, on March 27, 1864, the son of James and Annie (Knox) Russell. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University, and his business training began in 1882 with the firm of Rutherford Bros., in the Scottish commercial metropolis. With this firm he remained three years and in 1885 became Manager of the firm of Taylor Bros., in Glasgow, in which capacity he remained until 1891. His Glasgow training had rendered him familiar with international shipping, and in 1891 he decided to come to Canada and establish himself at Vancouver as a Ship Broker and Commission Agent. In this capacity he continued until 1901, after which he acquired his present interests. He is now Vice-President and Managing Director of Evans, Coleman & Evans, Ltd., Vancouver; and Vice-President of Clayburn, Ltd., in the same city. His business offices are 301-304 Credit Foncier Building, Vancouver. He is a member of the following clubs: Vancouver, Union (Victoria), Jericho Country (Vancouver), British Columbia Golf, Vancouver Athletic, Shaughnessy Golf Club, and Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. His favorite recreation is golf; he is a member of the Masonic Order and a Presbyterian in religion. In 1898 he married Rosamund Bickford of Newcastle, England, and has one daughter, Sheila. Mr. and Mrs. Russell reside at 1306 Burnaby St., Vancouver.

Shillington, Lieut.-Col. Adam Tozeland, M.D.C.M., M.C.P. & S., F.A.C.S., Surgeon, of Ottawa, was born in Prospect, Lanark County, Ontario, August 12, 1870. He is the son of Samuel Kerfort and Ann Eliza (Poole) Shillington, whose ancestors came to Canada from Ireland in 1812 and settled in Goulbourn, Carleton County, Ontario. Col. Shillington was educated in the public and high schools of Kemptville, Ontario, McGill University, Montreal, where he attained the degrees M.D., C.M., M.C.P.& S., F.A.C.S., Post Graduate Course, London, England, 1902. Col. Shillington has practised in Ottawa since 1894, and was appointed to the Medical Board of St. Luke’s General Hospital in 1901, and gynaecologist in that hospital in 1913; consulting physician in the Ottawa Maternity Hospital, a member of the Canadian Medical Association, and was chairman of legislation at the time the Association was incorporated, a member of the Ontario Medical Association, and was First Vice-President in 1913-1914; Association of Officers of the Medical Service of Canada, of which he was President in 1913; Ottawa Medical Society, of which he was President in 1903; Ottawa Medico-Chirurgical Society, of which he was President in 1918; National Geographical Society; Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons; Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England; Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1914, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton. Col. Shillington served as Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1901, as Captain in 1902, Major in 1904, and as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1911. From 1904 to 1910 he was Officer Commanding No. 2 Field Ambulance; Administrative Medical Officer, M.D. No. 4, in March and April, 1911; represented Army Medical Corps of Canada at the Convention of the Military Surgeons of the United States at Milwaukee in 1911; was A.D.M.S. at Barriefield Camp in 1913. September 22, 1914, Colonel Shillington went overseas with the First Canadian Expeditionary Forces in command of No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, and the following November (8th) established the First Canadian Military Hospital to be opened in the war zone. This hospital unit was the first Canadian unit to reach France. On November 27, 1915, Colonel Shillington was appointed A.D.M.S., of the Canadians at Bramshott, England, and in May, 1916, was appointed A.D.M.S., A.M.D.I. to the D.M.S. office. On October 25, 1916, he was appointed A.D.M.S., C.T.D., at Shorncliffe, England, and March, 1917, Officer Commanding at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England. February 9, 1918, Colonel Shillington, having served overseas for three years and five months, during which time he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the “Mons Star,” returned to Canada, and was transferred to the C.E.F. Reserve of Officers. Colonel Shillington was married to Ethel Florence Jones, daughter of John Henry Jones, of Montreal, July 31, 1899, and has two sons and one daughter: John T., James G. K., and Ethel Maud. Clubs: Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf, Wawa Keshi Fish and Game, Army and Navy of London; Societies: A.F. & A.M. and I.O.O.F. In religion a Methodist, in politics a Conservative, he resides at the Bedford House, 281 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ont.

White, James, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.C., M. Eng. Inst. Can., E., is the Assistant to Chairman and the Deputy Head of the Canadian Commission of Conservation, with headquarters in the Temple Building, Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. He is the eldest son of David White and Christina, daughter of George Hendry, and was born February 3, 1863. In 1888, he married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Waddell, and has two daughters. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. In January, 1884, he was appointed topographer on the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada, and made surveys in the Rocky Mountains during 1884-5. In 1886, he made surveys in the Madoc, Ontario, gold district; in 1887-90, in the Ottawa County, Quebec, phosphate district; and in 1891-93, in the Kingston and Pembroke, Ontario, district, and in the latter year was employed on the Alaska Boundary Commission. In 1894, he was appointed Geographer and Chief Draughtsman to the Geological Survey. In 1899, he was appointed Chief Geographer of the Department of the Interior, in which branch he organized the map work. In 1907 he made investigations respecting fast Atlantic passenger steamships (the All-Red Line), and in 1909 was appointed Secretary to the Commission of Conservation and Assistant Chairman and Deputy Minister in 1913. The following valuable publications are to his credit: 1901 and 1915, Altitudes in Canada, 1st and 2nd editions; 1903 and 1916, Dictionary of Altitudes, 1st and 2nd editions; Maps and Mapmaking in Canada; Derivation of Place-Names in Northern Canada, of Quebec, of Thousand Islands, of Rocky Mountains, and of Georgian Bay; Treaties and Boundaries affecting Canada; Fuels of Western Canada; various other articles, etc.; 1906, Atlas of Canada. For recreation, Mr. White takes pleasure in travelling, and he belongs to the Authors and the Rideau Clubs. He resides at 450 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Dunlop, Edward Arunah, M.P.P. (Pembroke, Ont.), born at Pembroke, Ont., October 26th, 1876, son of Mary Deacon and Arunah Dunlop, ex-M.P.P. Began his business career as clerk for Dunlop & Chapman, hardware merchants, Pembroke, in 1892, and in 1897 took charge of the business, changing the name to Dunlop & Company. In politics he is a Conservative. Declined nomination to the Ontario Legislature for North Renfrew in 1899. Was elected at the by-election December 26, 1903, by a majority of 598, after a contest of nineteen months, during which time the constituency was unrepresented in the Ontario Legislature. This is said to be the longest vacancy in the parliamentary records of Canada. Was re-elected 1905. Declined nomination in 1908. Re-elected by acclamation in 1911, and re-elected in 1914. Was a member of the Town Council of Pembroke from 1908 to 1913 inclusive. Is connected with many commercial concerns, being President of the Pembroke Lumber Company, Steel Equipment Co., Ltd., Pembroke Electric Light Co., Ltd., and MacFarlane Neil Mfg. Co. of Fredericton, N.B.; also a director of the Pembroke Woollen Mills, Ltd., Massey Lumber Co., Ltd., Pembroke Southern Railway, Pembroke Iron Works, Ltd., Superior Electrics, Ltd., Victoria Foundry Co., Ltd., Ottawa, and other companies. Is First Vice-President of the Canadian Electrical Association for 1919. He is a member of the Rideau and Country Clubs of Ottawa and the National and Albany Clubs of Toronto. Is a member of the Methodist Church. On June 17, 1908, he married Mabel Ferguson, daughter of Donald Ferguson, of Beamsville, Ont., and has three daughters.

Reid, William Brown, President and Managing Director of United Cigar Stores, Ltd., of Canada, with head office at 284 King Street West, Toronto, Ont., was born in Rothes, Scotland, April 7, 1866, the son of Alexander and Helen (Simpson) Reid. His father was an extensive and prosperous farmer, and this afforded the subject of this sketch the opportunity of exercising in his boyhood his innate love of horses which he still retains. While afforded, like other members of his family, all the facilities for pursuing the highest educational course, he was satisfied with that of the common schools which have produced so many successful Scotchmen. He served with the Rothes (Elginshire) Volunteers from 1882 till 1888, when he came to Canada, and shortly afterwards joined the 48th Highlanders, serving for five years. After leaving school he pursued his own inclinations, and before coming to Canada had gained practical experience in a general way, besides having considerable knowledge along useful technical lines as a reserve to fall back on. In 1888, he became connected with the Empire Tobacco Co., with which he remained as Toronto representative till 1897, when he established in Toronto the wholesale tobacco and Cigar firm of W. B. Reid & Co., which was the foundation of the present extensive corporation of which he was the originator, and has always been the head and controlling genius. The firm was incorporated as the United Cigar Stores, Limited, in 1902, with a capital of $20,000, and opened several cigar stores in Toronto. In May, 1914, the company’s capital stock was increased to $250,000, and the number of stores largely increased and extended to outside cities. A year later, United Cigar Stores, Limited, of Canada was incorporated with a capital of $3,800,000, with Mr. Reid still in full control. The Company now has 164 stores, extending from Quebec City to Port Arthur, including 39 in Toronto, 13 in Ottawa, 11 in Hamilton, and one or more in almost every important town in the province. Remarkable as this achievement is in so short a time, it falls far short of the goal set by Mr. Reid, who intends to have stores in every city and town of consequence in the Dominion, and no doubt would have already made this goal an established fact before now if the war had not put a temporary stop to further expansion. Besides operating this great chain of stores, the company has two large cigar factories, and as a holding company, also controls a chain of Drug Stores with about a dozen branches, and a constantly and rapidly increasing business. The annual turnover of the cigar stores and cigar factories is between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, all directed by Mr. Reid personally from the head office. This immense volume of business enables the company to buy goods in such large quantities that it obtains better terms than are available by small purchasers, and at the same time minimizes the percentage of overhead expenses. Mr. Reid married Edith E. Rogers, daughter of A. C. Rogers, Newmarket, Ont., November 8, 1896. He is a member of the Toronto and Montreal Boards of Trade, of the Scarborough Golf Club, Lakeview Golf, Mississauga Golf and Ontario Clubs; member of the A.F. & A.M., a Presbyterian, and independent in politics. His chief recreations are bowling and golf. He resides at 42 Lakeview Ave., Toronto. Mr. Reid is genial in manner, a systematic organizer, with sufficient of the imaginative faculty to prompt enterprise and enough determination and reserve force to ensure the carrying out of anything to which he lays his hand. He was the first man in the province of Ontario to place on the market the product of Canadian grown tobacco, and the expansion of this business has proven his foresight beyond question. The great war made heavy drafts on the staff of the Company, but Mr. Reid is too good a Britisher to complain of that; in fact, in addition to contributing thousands of dollars to patriotic purposes, so strong along this line is he that he never has allowed any foreign element to obtain a footing in his company, which he says will be strictly Canadian, without outside influence, so long as he is at its head—and that means as long as he desires to remain in active business.

Johnson, Hon. Thomas Herman, B.A., LL.D., Attorney-General of Manitoba, is a type of those Icelandic Canadians who, going into the West in the early days, have done so much for its development. He was born in Iceland on February 12, 1870, the son of John and Margaret Johnson. When he was a boy of eight years old his father resolved to try his fortunes in the virgin country of Western Canada, and settled in Manitoba as a farmer, bringing his family with him. The subject of this sketch was from early boyhood bent on a professional career. He attended the public schools of Winnipeg, and later took a course at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1895 with the degree of B.A. As a youth he taught school during the summer in the Glenboro district to secure funds to continue his studies during the winter. After obtaining his degree he entered the legal offices of Richards (afterwards Mr. Justice Richards) and Bradshaw, with a view to qualifying himself for the law. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1900, and immediately commenced practice at Winnipeg. His abilities and knowledge of the different races of Manitoba were such that in 1901 the Laurier administration appointed him census commissioner for Manitoba to take the decennial census of that year. In 1904 he was elected as member of the Winnipeg School Board, and continued to act until 1907, when he resigned to stand as Liberal candidate for the Legislature in the riding of West Winnipeg. He was successful, and was also re-elected in 1910. At the general elections of 1914 he was Liberal candidate in Centre Winnipeg, and was again successful. As a prominent member of the opposition, he took an active part in the campaign which resulted in driving the Roblin administration from office. In 1915, when the Liberals, under Hon. Mr. Norris, came into power, he was again elected for Centre Winnipeg, and on the formation of the Norris government was offered, and accepted, the post of Minister of Public Works. Subsequently, he was transferred to the more important portfolio of Attorney-General. Mr. Johnson is a fine public speaker, and his shrewdness and judgment on all public questions are highly esteemed by his fellow citizens and colleagues in the Legislature. He is a Lutheran in religion, and his chief recreation is golf. On June 21, 1898, he married Aurora, daughter of F. Frederickson, merchant, Glenboro, Manitoba, and has three children, M. Ethel, Elswood B., and Cecil F. Johnson.

Farrow, Robinson Russell, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, was born at Bluevale, Huron County, Ontario, March 7, 1864, and was educated at the public schools in Huron. He is the son of Thomas Farrow, (who came to Canada from England in 1849, and for years was Superintendent of Schools for Wawanosh, Morris and Turnberry, and who, establishing himself in business, made progress and prospered as the country advanced in population, industry and wealth), and Mary Macdonald, of London, Ontario. His father also became popular in the County of Huron, and at the general election in 1872 was chosen to represent North Huron in the House of Commons. He was re-elected at the general election in 1876, and again at the general election in 1882 was the successful candidate for East Huron. June 1, 1881, Mr. Farrow first entered the Civil Service of Canada in the Customs Department, and May 8, 1907, was appointed Assistant Commissioner. In lawn bowling and curling, Mr. Farrow holds a prominent station for competency, and is ever sought when championship contests are listed. He usually carries his team to victory. He is honorary President of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association; member of the Executive of the Dominion Lawn Bowling Association; Past President of the Ottawa Lawn Bowling Club; and a member of the Finance Committee of the Ottawa Curling Club. In his official capacity as Assistant Commissioner, he is one of the busiest men in the Civil Service, and one of the most competent, coupled with which there is an ever evident promptness in action and courtesy in manner. January 5, 1887, Mr. Farrow married Miss R. J. Bradley, daughter of Samuel T. Bradley, a mill owner, and Margaret Alexander, of Huntley, Ontario. Mr. Farrow has one daughter—Ethel, B.A. (now Mrs. C. H. Bland), whose son, Corpl. C. H. Bland, B.A., served during the world war in the 20th Battery, Overseas Forces, and was with the army of occupation in Germany; and Bombdr. Russell Farrow, who, with the 20th Battery, C.E.S., served in France, Belgium, and with the army of occupation in Germany. Mr. Farrow belongs to the Laurentian Club, and is a member of the following societies: Scottish Rite Masons; A.F. & A.M.; Oddfellows; A.O.U.W.; Canadian Order of Foresters; Sons of England. He resides at 7 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ont., and he attends the Methodist Church.

Veale, Philip Henry, Assessment Commissioner for the City of Ottawa, was appointed to that position February 5, 1917. He is well known among Canadian municipal officials and civic legislators as a reliable authority on assessments, both as to the application of the Ontario Assessment and Local Improvement Acts, and as to land values, of which he has been a close student. Prior to his appointment as Assessment Commissioner, there were, besides the Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner; and when Mr. Veale was appointed the latter position was abolished, the civic government considering that in the new appointment they had secured a man who was competent to perform the duties alone, although the responsibilities and duties of the office had increased considerably, and were daily increasing. That they were not mistaken is amply proved by the fact that the affairs of the Assessment Commissioner’s office were never working in such regular clock-like form as they are to-day. When Mr. Veale first became an employee in the Assessment Commissioner’s Office in 1892, the taxable assessment of the city of Ottawa was but $18,236,160, and the population only 43,942. In 1919—twenty-seven years later—the taxable assessment had increased to $114,392,261, and the population to 104,007; and, strange to say, of all the aldermen who were in the city council at that time, but one man, Alderman (now Controller) Napoleon Champagne, is still in civic life, and most of the others have crossed the line and joined the great majority. Mr. Veale has contributed largely to newspapers and magazines on assessment and other like important subjects, and few, if any, are better able to handle such subjects in newspaper discussion than he. It was in the re-organization of the civic assessment department in 1892 that Mr. Veale was appointed to a clerkship. It was not long before he was appointed chief clerk, and then Assistant Commissioner; and when Mr. William Stewart retired in 1917, Mr. Veale was called upon to assume the duties and responsibilities of both offices. Besides being an authority on real estate values, Mr. Veale is well known in Eastern Ontario as a breeder of White Wyandotte chickens, as a consistent exhibitor and prize-winner. At his summer home. River Park, every year he raises hundreds of thoroughbred fowl. Mr. Veale is the son of Philip Veale, who for many years was manager of the Dominion Fisheries at Ottawa, and Jane (Smith) Veale. He was born at Merrickville, Ontario, January 7, 1865, and was educated in the public school, New Edinburgh, now a portion of Ottawa. On April 27, 1887, Mr. Veale married Emma M. Payne, daughter of Abraham Payne, civil servant, Ottawa, resulting in a fine family of nine children—seven girls and two boys—Ethel Alberta, Mabel Mildred, Kathleen Gwendeline, Philip McDougal, Beatrice Jean, Albert Newell, Annie Edna, Lois Evelene, Constance Winifred. Mr. Veale is a member of the following clubs and societies: St. George’s, Sons of England, Knight of the Maccabees, and St. Matthew’s Church Men’s. In religion he is an Anglican, in politics a Conservative, and his recreations are fishing, and amateur gardening. His residence is at Woodroffe, Ont.

Finlayson, George Daniel, B.A., A.I.A., is the son of Edward Finlayson, a farmer who was born at Merigomish, N.S., and Catherine (Smith) Finlayson, and a brother of Professor J. N. Finlayson of Dalhousie University, Halifax. Mr. Finlayson was born in Merigomish, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, December 31, 1882, and received his education in the country school, Merigomish, Pictou Academy, and Dalhousie University, graduating in 1907 with B.A. and great distinction. On May 6, 1907, Mr. Finlayson entered upon his duties in connection with the Dominion Insurance Department, and at once became a valuable acquisition to the staff of that branch of the Civil Service. It was not long before his great ability as an authority on, and his general knowledge of, all phases of insurance brought him prominently to the notice of the Ottawa authorities and the heads of insurance companies throughout Canada, and his promotion, as a consequence, was rapid. Seven years later, from the time he entered the service on September 1, 1914, and at the early age of 32 years, he was appointed to the highest position in the Insurance Department, viz., that of Superintendent, which position he holds to-day. In the execution of his duties, he is noted for his courtesy to all who seek information from him. In 1914, Mr. Finlayson married Isabel M. Grant, daughter of A. M. Grant, of Moncton, New Brunswick, and has one daughter, Catherine Smith Finlayson, and one son. Mr. Finlayson is a member of the Canadian, University, and Riverside Golf clubs. For recreation he indulges in tennis, golf and walking. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and his residence is 200 Carling Avenue, Ottawa.

McLean, Angus Alexander, LL.B., K.C., Ex-M.P., Controller of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, since 1917, was born December 17, 1854, at Belfast, Prince Edward Island, and received his education at the Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Harvard Law School. He is the son of William and Flora McLean, both of Prince Edward Island. Having read law in the office of the late Chief Justice, Hon. Sir William Sullivan, Mr. McLean was called to the bar in 1876, and became a partner in the law firm of Sullivan, McLean & Morsen. Afterwards he was senior member of McLean & McKinnon, barristers and solicitors, Victoria Row, Charlottetown, P.E.I. In June, 1894, he was appointed Q.C., and revising officer for East Queen’s, and was elected President of the P.E.I. Law Society. For eight years, Mr. McLean was law clerk for the P.E.I. Legislature, and was Official Assignee under the old Dominion Insolvent Act for five years. During 1888, 1889 and 1900, Mr. McLean represented the constituency of Belfast in the P.E.I. Legislature. He was a candidate at the by-elections of 1902 and 1904 for the House of Commons, and was elected at the General Election of 1904. In the General Election of 1908 he was defeated, but in 1911 was elected by a large majority. October 15, 1917, he was appointed controller of the Royal North-West Mounted Police. In June 14, 1882, Mr. McLean married Leah Yeo, daughter of the late John Yeo, of Charlottetown. She died in 1897. In 1898, he married Frances H. Longworth, daughter of the late Henry Longworth, of Charlottetown. He has two sons, both of whom served with distinction in the Overseas forces during the great world war. In religion Mr. McLean is a Presbyterian, in politics a Liberal-Conservative, and he is a member of the A.F. & A.M.; the I.O.O.F.; and the S.O.S. Societies. He resides at 312 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

Robertson, Hon. Gideon Decker, P.C., Federal Minister of Labor, was the first actual representative of organized labor to be called to either the Dominion Cabinet or the Senate of Canada, He was born at Welland, Ont., on August 26, 1874, the son of Gavin E. Robertson and Laretto Goring, both native Canadians. His paternal grandfather was a native of Scotland, who became a member of the bar and later went to Jamaica, where he took an active part in the agitation for the abolition of slavery, which became a fully accomplished fact in 1838. In this movement Robertson was in correspondence with Clarkson, Macaulay (father of Lord Macaulay), Wilberforce and others active in freeing the British Empire from this reproach. Later, he came to Canada, where Gavin Robertson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born, and where he became a farmer and school teacher on the Niagara peninsula. Gideon Decker Robertson was educated at the public and high schools of Welland and as a youth took up telegraphy in connection with railroad work. A strong believer in trades unionism, he soon became active in the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, an international body, of which he was some years ago elected Vice-President, an office he still holds. His duties brought him in contact with the chiefs of organized labor on this continent, and he won a high reputation for clear thinking and executive ability. In 1917, when Sir Robert Borden decided to abolish party lines and form a Union Government, he offered Mr. Robertson a position in the Senate and a seat in his Cabinet. The offer was accepted, and in the autumn of that year he was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council and a Minister without Portfolio. In May, 1918, he was appointed Chairman of the sub-Committee of the Council on Labor Problems, and also Chairman of the National Registration Board in connection with the war. On November 7, 1918, he was sworn in as Minister of Labor in succession to Hon. T. W. Crothers, who had announced his intention of retiring some months previously. The appointment was made just at the psychological moment, for the armistice, which had been signed just one week previously, created a host of labor problems more serious than Canada had ever previously been called upon to face; and only a statesman enjoying practical knowledge and the confidence of organized labor could have dealt with the situation. In the spring and summer of 1919 he was called upon to combat a conspiracy affecting all Canada to introduce a modified form of Russian Bolshevism, fathered by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the “One Big Union.” The aim was to unite all existing labor organizations in one body, and by sympathetic strikes and a policy of terrorism destroy capitalism, and reduce all other classes to subjection. This movement came to a head with a general strike called in Winnipeg early in May, on the pretext of a dispute between the metal workers and their employers. Winnipeg was chosen as a strategic point, because of its peculiar geographical position as the chief divisional point of three transcontinental railways. The aim was to cut Canada in two in the matter of communications, and then by broadening the strike Eastward and Westward secure complete control of Canadian transportation and industry, after which the movement was to be carried into every section of the United States. Senator Robertson himself went to the scene of operations, and by his fearless, though moderate handling of the situation, and his influence with the saner labor elements, rendered the conspiracy abortive so far as the rest of Canada was concerned, and fruitless in Winnipeg. He thus secured a triumph for legitimate trade unionism, of which he is the chief sponsor in Canada. He is a Freemason, a Presbyterian, and in politics a member of the Independent Labor Party. On June 10, 1896, he married Mary Berry Hay, daughter of Alexander Hay, Watford, Ont., and has six children—Edwin J., John McElroy, Gain Elliot, Alexander Lorne, Mabel Letitia, and Alma Lauretta. He formerly resided at Welland but his home is now at Ottawa.

Hutchison, Col. William (Ottawa, Ont.), the subject of this sketch, was born in New Edinburgh in 1843, a suburb of the city of Ottawa. He was educated in the Public and Grammar Schools. When about seventeen years of age Col. Hutchison commenced to learn the Milling business with his uncle, the late Thos. McKay, who was then owner of the McKay Mills at the Chaudiere and also a partner in the New Edinburgh Mills. At the age of twenty Col. Hutchison left for the United States where he followed the milling business for several years. On his return he took charge of his uncle’s business and shortly afterwards was made a partner. In 1885 he was elected to City Council, and served for seven years. It was during Col. Hutchison’s service in the City Council that the question of the proper drainage of the city attained its greatest importance, and it is owing to his keen foresight and wise counsel and persistence that Ottawa to-day has the excellent drainage system of which it now boasts, and that is but one of the many happenings for the benefit, progress and beautification of Ottawa that were brought into existence through his instrumentality during his term of office in the City’s Civic affairs. From 1888 to, and including the year 1905, a period of eighteen years, Col. Hutchison was a member of the Board of Directors of the Central Canada Exhibition Association, and from 1895 to 1905, 10 years, he was President. On retiring in 1906 he was elected Honorary President of the Association and has been re-elected to that position every year since. Col. Hutchison, with the assistance of Messrs. Ahearn and Topper, was instrumental in converting the old horse car line to electric, giving Ottawa one of the best street car services on the continent. He ran for the Dominion House in 1896, with the result that both he and his French colleague, Napoleon A. Belcourt, were elected by a sweeping majority. At the time the Conservatives felt that they had a serious grievance, but ere long the good-hearted, good-natured and genial new Member became the friend and companion of both Liberals and Conservatives in the House of Commons. In 1901, when Sir Wilfrid Laurier needed a competent man to travel to all parts of the world to exhibit Canada’s mineral, cereal and industrial resources, Col. Hutchison was asked to accept the position of Canadian Exhibition Commissioner. He accepted and since his appointment he has had charge of Canada’s exhibits at the following times and places:—1901, Buffalo, U.S.A.; 1902, Osaka, Japan; 1903-04 St. Louis, U.S.A.; 1905, Liege, Belgium; 1906, Milan, Italy; 1907, Dublin, Ireland; 1908, Shepherds Bush, London, England; 1909, Seattle, U.S.A.; 1910, Brussels, Belgium; 1911-12, Crystal Palace, London, England; 1913, Ghent, Belgium; 1914-15, San Francisco, U.S.A.; 1916-17, San Diego, U.S.A. The great world war has caused a cessation of the valuable exhibits, but the whole display is located in commodious quarters on Wellington St. in Ottawa, under Col. Hutchison’s special care, waiting and ready to be shipped at a moment’s notice. In 1902 Col. Hutchison was decorated by the Emperor of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun (with rank of Colonel in the Army). In 1905 he was decorated by the late King Leopold II. of Belgium, with the Order of Leopold, and in 1906 by the King of Italy with the Order of the Crown of Italy, in 1910 he was made Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium by King Albert I. Col. William Hutchison is the son of the late Robert Hutchison of Ayrshire, Scotland, who came to Canada in 1830 and in New Edinburgh married Mary McKay, niece of the late Hon. Thos. McKay, who was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. In September, 1874, he married Electa Blanche, daughter of S. T. Willett of Chambly, Quebec. Two sons have blessed the union. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a high tariff Liberal. He is also a member of the Rideau Club, Ottawa, and his residence is 443 Albert St., Ottawa.

Gibson, Brigadier-General Sir John Morison, K.C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., K.C., born January 1, 1842, township of Toronto, in the County of Peel, and is therefore a “Peel Old Boy.” His father, William Gibson, a farmer, came from Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland, in 1827. His mother, Mary Sinclair, was born in Scotland. Her people had settled in the township of Nelson, in the County of Halton. The family removed from Toronto township when the subject of this sketch was only eight or nine years of age to the County of Haldimand, where he had some experience in the Log School House education of the primitive settlements of that County in the early 50’s. He afterwards went to the Central School in Hamilton, the late Dr. Sangster then being Superintendent and Head Master. In due course, and working against great disadvantages, he became head boy of the public schools of Hamilton, a position which he maintained until he passed the matriculation examination of the University of Toronto in 1859. As head boy of the school, he with the second boy, was selected to open the waterworks system of the city of Hamilton in 1858. His course at the University was a very successful one, taking scholarships all the way through the various years, and graduating in 1863 as the highest honor graduate with the Prince of Wales Prize, then given for general proficiency, including honors at graduation, the Silver Medals in Classics and Modern Languages, and the prize in Oriental languages, including Hebrew, Chaldee and Syriac. After taking his B.A. degree, he commenced the study of law in the office of the late Sir George Burton in Hamilton, at the same time taking the law course of the University, and receiving the degree of LL.B. in 1869 with the gold medal. One thing of note in connection with General Gibson’s life is that he has always endeavored to repay the educational institutions from which he received his education. For many years he was a member of the Board of Education in Hamilton, and was its Chairman for two years. During that time the Collegiate Institute was brought into prominence as one of the leading secondary educational institutions of the country. He served as a Senator of the University of Toronto, being elected at the first election of graduates in 1873 and re-elected in 1878 and 1883. He subsequently founded a general proficiency scholarship for matriculation candidates. When a student of the University during the Trent affair, he joined the University Rifles, being one of the first to sign the roll of that company in 1860. He has been in the Militia ever since, for now nearly 59 years, and at the present time is the senior officer in the Canadian Force among all who are not following military life as their regular occupation. In 1863, he transferred to the 13th, and has served from private up through all the ranks to the position of commanding officer, which position he held for 9 years, and at the present time is the Honorary Colonel of that corps. He was present at Ridgeway as a lieutenant. He subsequently commanded the 15th Brigade, having headquarters at Hamilton, and later on at the beginning of the great war received the rank of Brigadier-General. As a marksman he always has had a very high reputation, having been a member Canadian Wimbledon teams in 1874, ’75, and ’79, being a frequent prize winner, and taking the much coveted Prince of Wales prize in the last-named year. He took part in several of the early international long range rifle contests with British, Australian, and American rifle teams. In 1881 he commanded the team which defeated the British team in the competition for the Kolapore Cup. He was president for three years of the Ontario Rifle Association, was also President of the Canadian Military Rifle League, and from 1893 for thirteen or fourteen years was President of the Dominion Rifle Association. In 1907 he again commanded the Canadian rifle team at Bisley. He has also been President of the Canadian Military Institute, and was President of the Canadian Red Cross Society from its original organization throughout the South African War, and subsequently for a period of about 14 years, and has been throughout the recent great war one of the most active members of the Executive Board. He was for two years President of the Hamilton St. Andrew’s Society. From an early age he has been a very prominent Freemason—was Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada during the years 1892 and 1893, being now the representative of the Grand Lodge of England, and for nine years was Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite Masons in Canada. He has always taken a prominent part in politics. As a young man he was Secretary of the Hamilton Reform Association, which position he held for many years. He was first returned to the Legislature in 1879, representing Hamilton for a period of 19 years, and afterwards East Wellington for 7 years. He entered the Government as Provincial Secretary in 1889, became Commissioner of Crown Lands in 1896, and Attorney-General in 1899. He was an honorary A.D.C. to their Excellencies, Lord Aberdeen and Lord Minto, when Governors-General, and in 1897 was selected by the Militia Department to proceed to England in connection with the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee; was present by invitation, at the coronations in Westminster Abbey of the late King Edward VII, and of the present King George V. He has always taken a leading part at the Bar, and was made a Queen’s Counsel in 1890, is a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada, and as a young man was an examiner in the Faculty of Law at Toronto University. In 1903 he received the honorary degree of LL.D. from that institution, and subsequently also from McMaster University. In 1908 he became Lieut.-Governor of the Province of Ontario, being the last to occupy the old Government House on King Street West, Toronto, continuing for over six years. During his term, on the recommendation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, then Governor-General of Canada, he was created a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. As a public man he shrank from prominence in the public eye; he was most industrious and faithful in the performance of any duties he undertook to discharge. He had an excellent training for many years under the greatest of law makers this country has ever produced, Sir Oliver Mowat. While a private member of the Legislative Assembly he was selected as Chairman of the Private Bills Committee, which for fifteen years he presided over with eminent ability, fairness and impartiality. During the short period when the license branch was under his control some of the most advanced measures of temperance legislation were introduced by him, including the local option law, the validity of which was stoutly contested, but in the end affirmed by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Though not himself a practical sportsman, almost immediately after entering the legislature he led a movement for better protection of game birds and fur-bearing animals, first securing the abolition of spring shooting and other improvements in the law, and afterwards the appointment of a Royal Commission followed by a thorough revision of the game laws and the establishment of a departmental branch, with a chief game warden and other provincial wardens entrusted with the enforcement of the laws relating to game protection. While Provincial Secretary he was always an industrious legislator. The laws relating to Joint Stock Companies were thoroughly revised, modernized, and simplified by him. The old laws relating to building societies and loan companies were completely overhauled, and became the present Loan Corporations Act. It was at this time also that he undertook to stem the tide or flood of benefit societies, many of them of the fake order, which threatened to inundate this Province—a subject of legislation requiring at the time very cautious and skilful handling, but which, with the able assistance of Mr. J. H. Hunter, M.A., was ultimately put on a very satisfactory footing. One of the most important laws of comparatively recent years owes to him its existence, and has generally been referred to as the “Gibson Act”—the Act relating to neglected and dependent children—and the establishment of the Children’s Branch, with Mr. Kelso as its chief officer. This law has been most beneficial in its operation, and has been followed more or less closely in most of the other Provinces. During his comparatively short incumbency as Commissioner of Crown Lands he introduced and carried through the House the important legislation prohibiting the exportation of saw logs—a measure affecting very large interests but meeting the entire approval of the public. He also dealt with important changes in the mining laws during a period of great mining excitement in the Province. It is probably not generally known that while Commissioner of Crown Lands he introduced a short but very important measure preventing any absolute alienation by the Crown of Provincial water powers, and providing for leasing same for short renewable terms of years subject to conditions in the public interest. It is somewhat singular that a public man who has often been unfairly criticized as a champion of monopolies should never have been credited with this act directly aimed against and prohibitive of monopoly. In the matter of forest preservation or reforesting, Mr. Gibson aimed at carrying out a programme which probably time would justify as the most effective and productive policy possible. He aimed at the selection and setting apart every year a portion of the Crown domain unfit for agricultural purposes as a timber growing reserve. Many such sections in Northern Ontario, which have been cut over or burnt over, and now more or less covered over by new growth, could be set apart and treated as territory to be guarded as timber growing areas. In the Eastern part of the Province certain old limits were repurchased from the license holders and so set apart, and again another area in Western Ontario. The plan of year after year reserving areas in this way would in a generation or so result in well defined sections of the Province producing a new crop of timber which would not fail to become an extremely valuable asset to posterity. It was in Sir John Gibson’s time that the first steps were taken for the establishment of the Temagami Reserve very effectively carried out by Mr. Davis, his successor. As Attorney-General he had, of course, the responsibility of legislation generally. The assessment laws had been the subject of investigation and report at the hands of two Royal Commissioners, and amid the distressing conflict of opinion on the various questions which arise whenever this subject is touched, the difficulty of framing a generally acceptable measure seemed insuperable. Whatever may be thought of the present act, Sir John Gibson’s tact as a legislator was mainly instrumental in having it passed through the House, and probably as time has passed and the public have become more and more familiar with its provisions it may be considered to give general satisfaction. The collection and revision of Imperial Statutes in force in this Province in the shape of a brief third volume of the Revised Statutes carried out with the aid of a committee of the judges has been a boon to law students, and a great convenience to the legal profession. (The foregoing facts and observations regarding Sir John’s career have been contributed by Mr. James Innes Macintosh, who was for several years his private secretary when a Minister of the Crown.) He was one of the pioneers, along with the late John Patterson and the late John Moodie, in introducing Hydro-Electric power and long distance transmission of same in this country utilizing surplus water from the Welland Canal, and transmitting the power to Hamilton, where very soon many of the industrial and electric railways adopted the same, to the great advantage of the companies. For many years he was President of the Cataract Power Company. He is a Director of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, the Canada Life Assurance Company, the Toronto General Trusts Corporation, the Toronto Conservatory of Music, the Homewood Retreat at Guelph, the Dominion Power and Transmission Company, the Canadian Westinghouse Company, and several other industrial companies in Hamilton. He was married first in 1869 to Emily Annie, daughter of the late Rolph Birrell, of London, who died in 1874; second, in 1876 to Caroline, daughter of the late Senator Adam Hope, who died in 1877; and third, on May 18, 1881, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late Judge Malloch, of Brockville. He had six children, viz., John Gordon Gibson, who died shortly after taking his B.A. degree at the University of Toronto; Eugenia Elizabeth Emily; Margaret Mary Stewart, wife of Robert S. Waldie, of Toronto; Archibald Hope Gibson, Barrister; Captain Colin W. G. Gibson, of the Royal Fusiliers, who was twice severely wounded; and Francis Malloch Gibson, who went to the front as an officer of the 48th Highlanders at the commencement of the war and was killed in action near Armentieres. Sir John’s manner is dignified but affable, his style of speech clear and precise; in his movements he is deliberate, but with the elasticity of well-preserved middle age, while his expression is kindly but alert, with evidence of unlimited determination and unmistakable inclination and power to lead. When an active officer of the Militia he was recognized by his fellow-officers as a master of field manœuvres. The beautiful family residence, “Ravenscliffe,” is delightfully situated on the lower slope of the mountain, looking down Ravenscliffe Avenue, through a vista of stately elm trees.