Chapter XI: Part 11

=Wright, William J.=, the late school principal (St. Mary’s, Ont.), gave his life for his country while serving in the great war as Lieutenant of the 19th Canadian Batt., C.E.F., in France. He enlisted with the 110th Perth Batt., in January, 1916, and was transferred to the 19th Canadian Battalion October, 1916. He was killed in action on August 18, 1917, while fighting against the Prussians in the battle of Hill 70 outside Lens, and is buried in the military cemetery at Fosse 10, a short distance from Bully-Grenay, France. He was born in Oxford County, Ont., the son of George and Emma Wright, of St. Mary’s, Ont., was educated at St. Mary’s Public School and the Collegiate Institute. Then he attended Toronto University, graduating in 1896 with the degree of B.A., and in 1897 was granted the degree of M.A.; was the winner of the Edward Blake Matriculation Scholarship and also won the Governor-General’s Gold Medal of the Toronto University in 1895. He was Principal of Niagara High School from 1904 to 1909 and from there went to Forest, Ont., becoming Principal of the High School of that town until 1913, when he became Principal of the Collegiate Institute of St. Mary’s, Ont., and at the time of his death was Principal-on-leave. Lieut. Wright was a frequent contributor to the local papers and the author of articles on Canadian literature, and the study of poetry in an American encyclopædia. He was married to Mary Edith, the daughter of Mr. David Robertson, of Fenelon Falls, and left three of a family. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and an Independent in politics, with a strong leaning towards Liberalism; a member of the Niagara Historical Society and fraternally a Mason.

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=Ward, Lt.-Col. Henry Alfred=, Judge of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham, is the son of George Charles Ward and Harriet Amelia (Brent). His father was fifty-four years Registrar of the County of Durham, and of East Durham, when the County was divided into two ridings. He was born at Port Hope, Ont., on August 20, 1849, and educated in the local schools of his native town; called to the Bar in 1871, and created a K.C. in 1908, he successfully practised his profession in Port Hope for many years and was Mayor for a considerable period. Judge Ward is a grandson of Thomas Ward, who came from England as Secretary to Attorney-General White, in 1792, settled in Toronto, and then went to Port Hope, where he afterwards became judge of the district of Newcastle. The subject of this sketch was for a long period in the Volunteer Military Service of Canada, joining the Port Hope Rifle Company as a private in 1866; became Lieutenant in the 46th Regiment on its formation in 1867, and from 1902 to 1909 was Lieut.-Colonel of the same, and is now on the reserve of officers. Entered the House of Commons as member for East Durham in August, 1885, as successor to the late Lieut.-Colonel Arthur T. H. Williams, and represented that constituency until 1891; he was again elected in 1900. In 1904 he defeated the Hon. A. B. Aylesworth for the County of Durham, and retired from political life in 1908. In 1916 he was elevated to the Bench, a post for which his experience well qualified him. In referring to Lieut.-Colonel Ward the “Montreal Standard” said of him: “A genial gentleman, but with perhaps too fine a spirit to make a great success of the rough and tumble game of politics.” He is a member of the Masonic Order. In religion an Anglican, and a member of St. Mark’s Church of Port Hope. He has always taken an interest in amateur sports and was President of the Port Hope Baseball Club. Married July, 1895, Annie B., of Savannah, Ga., daughter of Major John C. Booth of the Confederate Army, and is the father of two children, Marjorie Lesley and Madeline Aylwin.

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=Garland, John L.=, is one of the most prominent business men of Ottawa and President of the firm of John M. Garland, Son & Co., Ltd., wholesale dry goods merchants, Queen and O’Connor Streets in that city. He was born at Ottawa on January 9, 1867, the son of John M. and Isabella (McKinnon) Garland. He was educated at Ottawa Collegiate Institute and by private tuition in England. In 1884 he began his business career as a clerk in the firm founded by his father and of which he is now the head. He became Senior Partner, December, 1906. Mr. Garland as a young man took a deep interest in military affairs and organized “F” Company of the Governor-General’s Foot Guards of Ottawa, in which he held the commission of Captain from 1896 to 1903. He is a member of the following clubs: Rideau, Ottawa Hunt and Royal Ottawa Golf. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Conservative. On January 18, 1888, he married Joanna, daughter of John Hancock, Ottawa, and has three sons and four daughters. He resides at 450 MacLaren Street, in the Canadian capital.

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=Pringle, Robert Abercrombie, K.C.=, one of the leaders of the Ottawa Bar, was born at Cornwall, Ont., December 15, 1855, the son of J. F. and Isabella (Fraser) Pringle. He was educated at the public and high schools of Cornwall, at Queen’s University, Kingston, and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1881 and practised in his native town from 1883 until 1911. In 1906 he was created King’s Counsel. In 1911 he removed to the capital and established his present practice, and is head of the firm of Pringle, Thompson, Burgess and Coté, Barristers and Solicitors, Quebec Bank Building, 122 Wellington Street, Ottawa. He has been entrusted by the Federal Government with several important commissions, notably that to inquire into news print prices and the paper industry generally in 1918. Mr. Pringle has also been a prominent figure in the politics of Eastern Ontario and is a lifelong Conservative. As candidate for that party he was elected to the House of Commons for the riding of Stormont in 1900 and proved one of the most useful members of the then Opposition. He was re-elected in 1904, but defeated at the general elections of 1908. In 1911 he was again tendered the party nomination by his own supporters, but having decided to enter into practice in Ottawa, declined. As a member of the House his courteous bearing and solid attainments made him generally liked by colleagues of all shades of opinion. He is an Anglican in religion. His chief recreation is motor boating. He belongs to the Masonic Order and is a member of the following clubs: Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf and Albany (Toronto). In 1884 he married Ada, daughter of I. H. Vanarsdale, and has two sons. He resides at 232 Daly Avenue, Ottawa.

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=Scott, William Duncan=, Superintendent of Immigration for the Government of Canada, is one of the best known citizens of this country both at home and in other lands. He was born at Dundas, Ont., on October 7, 1861, the son of James and Margaret (McEwen) Scott. He was educated at Dundas High School and subsequently entered a law office with a view to qualifying himself for the legal profession. He did not, however, complete his studies, for the virgin country of Manitoba, which was just then being opened up to the world, called him, as in the case of many another young man, from Eastern Canada. He went West in 1881 at the age of twenty and entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway, then in course of construction, and later was employed by the Manitoba Government. In 1887 he was appointed Immigration Agent for that government with offices at Winnipeg. In 1895 he removed to the city of Toronto and continued to act as Immigration Agent for Manitoba in that city, incidentally helping to populate the prairie province with many desirable settlers. His general knowledge of the resources of Canada and his qualities of good-fellowship led to his appointment as Canadian Commissioner at the Paris Exposition of 1899; and from thence until 1903 he acted in a similar capacity at other International exhibitions, at which the Government of Canada was represented by displays and bureaus of information. In the latter year he was appointed Superintendent of the Immigration Branch of the Department of the Interior and removed to Ottawa where he has ever since resided. The period of Mr. Scott’s appointment was that in which immigration to the Canadian North-West not only from Europe but from the United States was at its zenith and he was very active in assisting to build up population in the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. In 1911 the post of Chief Controller of Chinese Immigration under treaties newly effected with the Government of China was added to his duties, and he is now the most important factor in all branches of immigration in this country, with a large staff under his control. In addition to his official labors he pursues the calling of a practical farmer. He is a Presbyterian in religion and his recreation is indicated by the fact that he is a member of the Royal Ottawa Golf and Laurentian Clubs. He is also a member of the A.F. & A.M.

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=Askwith, John E.=, is Ottawa’s Police Magistrate, to which position he was appointed by the Ontario Government, April 23, 1918. Mr. Askwith was born in Ottawa and, practically, Ottawa has remained his home to this day. For forty years Mr. Askwith was in business as a contractor, both on structural and railway work and the Government Bureau, the Halifax Armory, and many other public buildings bear testimony to his zeal. He has been of considerable benefit and has rendered good services to the city of Ottawa in more ways than one. For eleven years he sat in the City Council as representative for Rideau Ward. He served as Chairman of the Parks Commission and had much to do in the acquisition of Rockliffe Park. In 1901 the Conservatives of Russell County selected him as their candidate for the House of Commons and, while he met with defeat, he gave his opponent a sharp contest. For three years he was President of the Association for the Blind and was and is a hard worker in the interest of the Protestant Old Men’s Home. His contributions to the various Ottawa Public Institutions are numerous and his attentions to them so constant and earnest that he is rightfully called an unmistakeable philanthropist. Following in his father’s footsteps as an enthusiast for Volunteer Military Service, Mr. Askwith served for seven years in the Ottawa Field Battery, and on two occasions marched to the front in defence of home and country. Even now he walks with the military stride. Mr. Askwith was appointed Deputy Magistrate in 1907, and since 1916 up to the time when he received his promotion in March, 1918, had to administer the law alone as during the intervening time Magistrate O’Keefe was too ill to attend Court, and no Deputy was appointed. In addition, as Deputy Magistrate, Mr. Askwith presided over the Juvenile Court, and is doing so even now, and it is owing to his sound judgment and fatherly consideration for erring youngsters that a vast improvement has taken place in the conduct of the Juveniles in the city. In the Police Court as well as in the Juvenile Court he has been stern and wise in his decisions. He metes out law and justice with common sense and discretion and never allows technicalities or quibbles to interfere with his disposal of cases, and he holds the explicit confidence of the public. Magistrate John E. Askwith was born of English parents, in 1841, and was educated in the Little Red School House in Ottawa. On September 26, 1865, he married Annie, daughter of the late John Fotheringham, and has two sons, William R. and John F., who is a Lieutenant in service in France; he is 36 years old and in 1915 enlisted with a company from McGill University to reinforce the Princess Pats, but was transferred to a Western Battalion. He went through several important engagements in which the Canadian Forces took part, including Vimy Ridge; and two daughters Margaret F., and Bessie, who is married to O. E. Culbert, Barrister, Calgary. In religion Mr. Askwith is a Protestant, and in politics a Conservative. He resides at 24 Alexander Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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=Nickle, William Folger, K.C., B.A.= (Kingston, Ont.), was born at Kingston, Dec. 31, 1869, son of William Nickle (Scotch), and Ellen Mary Folger (American). Educated at private schools, Kingston Collegiate Institute, Queen’s University and Osgoode Hall; graduated from Queen’s with degree of B.A. in 1892; called to the Bar, Osgoode Hall, 1895; member of legal firm of Nickle, Farrell & Day, Kingston. He was twice married: first, September 11, 1895, to Agnes Mary, daughter of Joseph McAdam, St. Thomas; second, June 6, 1911, to Katharine Louise, daughter of Rev. D. D. Gordon, Principal of Queen’s University. Five children, William McAdam 1897, Douglas Joseph 1899, Evelyn Marion 1902, Alexander Gordon 1916, and Catherine Maclennan Nickle 1918. He is a member of the following clubs: Kingston, Country, Yacht, Frontenac, The Rideau, Ottawa and the Toronto Club; is also a Mason, Oddfellow and a member of the Sons of Scotland. Mr. Nickle takes an active interest in all amateur sports. He is trustee of Queen’s University, Governor of Kingston Hospital; elected to the Kingston School Board in 1895, City Council in 1896, and again in 1897, for three years. He was member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Kingston from 1908 to 1911, when he resigned seat to contest same constituency at the general election for the House of Commons, and was elected as the Liberal-Conservative candidate, and re-elected at the general elections in December, 1917. He is a Presbyterian in religion. The member for Kingston has played a very active part in the city of his birth and has been prominently identified with the municipal, educational and social life, and has carved a secure place in the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. He has greatly distinguished himself in public life, for which he has displayed much talent, and his sterling integrity is recognized by his fellow-members in the House of Commons. Mr. Nickle is a forceful speaker, with a convincing style and a pleasing and magnetic personality. His career in the House of Commons has been marked by a spirit of independence and adherence to conviction. In 1913 he took issue with the Government on the granting of certain additional aid to the Canadian Northern Railway; and maintained that if the people had to build the railroads they should own and operate them. His position at that time has since been justified overwhelmingly by public sentiment and the general course of events. In April of 1918 Mr. Nickle once more achieved great prominence as the effective voice of the Canadian people in connection with the titles controversy. He introduced a motion in the House of Commons requesting that representations be made to the Imperial Government that hereafter no hereditary titles should be granted in Canada. In a speech replete with convincing historical detail on the obsolete nature of hereditary honors he also stated his conviction that it would be better if no further titular distinctions of any kind were granted, except those of an officiary character. He felt, however, that public sentiment on the question was not sufficiently ripe to permit him to jeopardize his resolution on the subject of hereditary honors, by making it as wide as his personal views would indicate. Subsequently Mr. R. L. Richardson, M.P. for Richmond, Manitoba, moved a resolution demanding that no titular honors of any kind be granted thereafter. This was defeated on the Prime Minister declaring it to be a want-of-confidence motion. On this motion Mr. Nickle was placed in the peculiar position of having to abandon the Government or his personal convictions, but decided to stick by conviction. Another broad principle that was discussed as a result of Mr. Nickle’s original motion was whether the Government of Canada should not be consulted before titular distinctions were conferred by the Crown on Canadians resident in this country. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Borden, announced that he had accepted this principle, except in connection with military honors, so that Mr. Nickle may be regarded as having materially aided in checking an abuse which was becoming a cause of public unrest, by precipitating discussion of the matter.

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=Tory, John A.= (Toronto), one of the leading life insurance men of Canada, was born at Guysboro’, N.S., November 17, 1869, the son of Robert K. and Anora (Ferguson) Tory. He was educated at the public school of his native town, at the Guysboro’ Academy and Halifax Business College. He commenced his business career at the age of eighteen as a clerk in the establishment of D. G. Kerm, Antigonish, N.S., where he remained from 1887 to 1890. In the latter year he joined the staff of A. N. Whiten & Sons, Canso, N.S., becoming Manager of the business in 1892. His entry into the insurance field was made in 1895 when he became Inspector of the Sun Life Insurance Company of Canada for West Indies and part of South America. In 1897 he was transferred to Detroit and became manager of the company for the State of Michigan where he remained until 1908, when he was transferred to the management of the Toronto office of the Company. He has been instrumental in widely extending the power and influence of the Sun Life in Canada. Mr. Tory is keenly interested in all movements for social betterment, and particularly in building up a clean and healthy manhood in this country. He is a Director of the Y.M.C.A. and also a member of the Social Service Commission. He is a member of the following clubs in his adopted city: National, Royal Canadian Yacht, Queen City, Canadian, and Empire. His recreations are tennis and motoring, and in politics he is a Liberal. He is a Methodist and on December 28, 1898, married Abbie G., daughter of Dr. Buckley, Guysboro’, N.S., by whom he has two sons. Mr. and Mrs. Tory reside at 17 Elm Ave., Rosedale, Toronto, and have a summer home at Guysboro’, N.S.

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=Chisholm, William Craig, K.C.= (Westmount, Quebec), Barrister-at-law, was born at Port Hope on August 20, 1864, his parents being His Honor Judge Chisholm, of Kitchener, and Mary Craig Chisholm. Educated at Port Hope High School and Toronto University, from which latter institution he graduated in 1885 with the degree of B.A., and first-class honors in Classics. Was created a K.C. in 1908. Mr. Chisholm was Assistant City Solicitor of the city of Toronto from 1891 to 1895, when he became City Solicitor, and was in private practice in Toronto from 1909 to 1913, in which latter year he was appointed General Solicitor for the Grand Trunk Railway System. He was a member of the Executive of the Ontario Municipal Association from 1907 to 1909. On June 30, 1894, he married Gertrude Foster, daughter of the late James Foster, of Guelph, and is the father of the following children: Capt. J. F. Chisholm, Royal Air Force, D.S.C., D.F.C. (killed in action near Arras Sept. 7, 1918); Duncan Gavin, Mary, Helen and Harry. In religion Mr. Chisholm is a Presbyterian, and a Conservative in politics. He is a member of the following clubs: University, Thistle Curling Club, Kanawaki Golf Club, Montreal; University Granite, Toronto; and Rideau, Ottawa. His recreations are golf, curling and lawn bowling.

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=Tetreault, Joseph Sylvini= (Sherbrooke, Que.), Notary Public, was born at Ste. Madeleine, County of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Feb. 9, 1877, the son of Napoleon and Ombeline (Durocher) Tetreault. He was educated at St. Hyacinthe Seminary and Laval University and took up practice as a notary in Sherbrooke, in 1900. Ever since he has been a prominent figure in the social and municipal life of that city. He has represented the West Ward in the City Council since 1914 and is very prominent in many French-Canadian organizations, taking a strong interest in sports and in all measures to promote mutual goodwill among the French and English people. He is Grand President of L’Union St. Joseph du Canada, with head office at Ottawa, a mutual and benevolent society which has built up a membership of 28,000 since 1908 and of which he was a director before his promotion to the presidency. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, of l’Alliance Nationale, and L’Union St. Joseph de Sherbrooke, and Secretary of the Chambre de Commerce Canadienne Française du District de St. François. He is Major of the 54th Carabineers of Sherbrooke, a Roman Catholic and an Independent in politics. On Sept. 4, 1906, he married Lena, daughter of S. J. and Marie (Simard) Caron, by whom he has had three children, Rejane, Marielle and Adrienne.

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=Cody, Hon. Henry John, B.A., M.A., D.D., LL.D.=, Rector of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Toronto, and Minister of Education of the Province of Ontario, was born at Embro, Ontario, on December 6, 1868, his parents being E. J. Cody and Margaret L. (Torrance). Educated at Galt Collegiate Institute and Toronto University, where he had a most distinguished career, winning the gold medal in classics, first-class honors in Mental and Moral Philosophy and Civil Polity, and Wyld Prizeman in English Essay. After graduation, was Classical Master of Ridley College, at St. Catharines, then Professor of Church History and Systematic Theology, and also lecturer in Latin and examiner in classics, Toronto University. Is Rector of St. Paul’s Church, Toronto, and Archdeacon of York, and Canon of St. Alban’s Cathedral. Was elected Bishop of Nova Scotia, but declined the preferment in 1904. Was a member of the Royal Commission on the reorganization of The University of Toronto, 1905-6, and a member of The Ontario Commission on Unemployment, 1914-15. One of the founders of Havergal Ladies’ College, Toronto. In May, 1918, on the resignation of the Hon. Dr. R. A. Pyne as Minister of Education of Ontario, Dr. Cody was invited by Premier Hearst to assume the duties of that most important portfolio and, on May 23, he was sworn in as Minister of Education of the Province and at once took up his duties, and was subsequently nominated for the riding of North East Toronto. His election was opposed by Sergt. William Varley, a popular soldier, who had distinguished himself overseas on active service. Dr. Cody was returned by a very large majority. The Minister of Education has special gifts for the office he has been called upon to fill. His wide learning and eminence as a scholar, his tireless energy and organizing ability, caused his selection to be acceptable by all classes and few Canadians occupy a more secure place in the confidence, respect and esteem of their fellows. Splendidly informed in all great National questions and a brilliant orator, his services have been in constant demand. Shortly after assuming the duties of his present position, the Minister, at the request of the Premier, made a trip overseas and visited the soldiers in the firing line for the express purpose of familiarizing himself with the conditions existing at the front, with a view to make his Department more efficient in the reconstruction period after the war. The Minister also conferred with leading educationalists in England and acquired a vast amount of useful and necessary information. Hon. Dr. Cody holds the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Canadian Militia, is Senior Chaplain of the Queen’s Own Rifles, and is recognized as one of the outstanding figures in the Canadian public life. In 1894 he married Florence L., daughter of the late H. E. Clarke, M.P.P., and has one son, Henry Maurice Cody, Captain in C.A.M.C.

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=Roadhouse, William Albert=, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Ontario, was born at Malton, Peel County, Ontario, July 25, 1880, the son of Neriah and Elizabeth Roadhouse. He was educated at the Malton and Brampton public schools and on leaving school became—what so many men afterwards famous in many fields of activity have been—“A printer’s devil” in the office of the Brampton “Conservator,” where he spent six years under Samuel Charters, now member of the House of Commons for Peel. While working in the printing department he also wrote local items and on leaving the “Conservator,” took up newspaper work, joining the staff of the “Evening Telegram” in 1902. While with that paper he represented it in the Legislative Press Gallery. Subsequently he spent a year in London, England, as correspondent of the Canadian Associated Press, “covering” the general election in Britain in 1905-6 for the Canadian papers. On his return to Canada he rejoined the “Evening Telegram” staff and continued as a member of it till June 1, 1909, when he was appointed Secretary to the Minister and Department of Agriculture. During the same year he served as Secretary to the Ontario Government Milk Commission. On the retirement of the late C. C. James, LL.D., from the position of Deputy Minister, March 1, 1912, Mr. Roadhouse was promoted to his present position—being probably the youngest man ever appointed a Deputy Minister in the Province of Ontario. He has made many addresses and contributed numerous articles to the press on the subjects with which he is specially familiar. He married, July 3, 1912, Lillian Maud Wyndow, daughter of Wm. Wyndow, Toronto. He is a Protestant and a member of the A.F. & A.M. In his dealings with the public, Mr. Roadhouse is extremely courteous while in the conduct of his department, his guiding idea seems to be clear cut thinking and practical action. His address is Parliament Bldgs., Toronto.

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=Poulin, Stanislas, K.C.=, Advocate of St. John’s, Quebec, is a son of N. Poulin, farmer, and Marie Surpremant, his wife. He was born at Stottsville, Que., on August 2, 1881, and was educated at Montreal College, L’Assomption College and Laval University. From the latter institution he graduated in 1905 with the degrees of B.A. and LL.L. He entered the practice of law in St. John’s shortly after his admission to the Bar, and has been solicitor for that city since 1913. In 1916 he was appointed King’s Counsel on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Quebec, Sir Lomer Gouin. He has distinguished gifts as a public speaker and is a liberal in politics. As a member of that party he was induced to run for the Legislature in 1913, but was defeated by a fellow Liberal. In religion he is a Roman Catholic, and was married on April 23, 1907, to Corinne, daughter of Hon. Justice A. N. Charland, Judge of the Superior Court, St. John’s, Quebec. He has two children, Claire, born June 24, 1909, and Simone, Oct. 26, 1912.

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=Kent, Controller Joseph=, is the Accountant, etc., in the Ottawa River Works Office, a branch of the Department of Public Works of Canada. He has held that position for many years and is considered by those in authority a reliable and painstaking official. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton, and is Chairman of the Grounds and Buildings Committee of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. During the years 1911-1912 he represented, as Alderman, Central Ward, in the Ottawa City Council, and was elected for the years 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919, as one of the four Controllers in charge of Civic Affairs. For years previous to his aspiring to civic honors he was a conspicuous figure in all kinds of sports and was active and skilled in the games of lacrosse, football, etc. As an Alderman he was one of the men that never faltered in his duty and his value to the city may well be judged by the number of years he has been elected as Controller. Controller Kent is the son of the late William and Martha (Wallace) Kent. He was born in Quebec City on January 28, 1864, and was educated in the Public and High Schools. Mr. Kent, in 1885, married Nellie Edna Whitney, daughter of Phillip P. Whitney, of Ottawa, Ontario. He is a member of the Rideau Curling Club and the Canadian Club, and of the C.O.F., A.O.U.W., societies, and Past Master of Civil Service Lodge, number 148, A.F. & A.M. His residence is 184 Second Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Baillie, Sir Frank, K.B.E.= (Toronto), one of the most eminent of the younger generation of Canadian business men, and who rendered very important service in the matter of munition production during the great war, was born at Toronto on August 19, 1875. He is the son of John and Marian (Wilton) Baillie, and was educated in his native city. He commenced his business career as a clerk in the offices of the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, Toronto, and later became private secretary to the eminent capitalist, the late Senator George A. Cox, in which capacity he obtained a very close insight into modern methods of business organization. In 1896 he was appointed accountant of the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, and was successively promoted to Secretary (1898) and Assistant Manager (1901) of the same corporation. In 1902 he became General Manager of the newly incorporated Metropolitan Bank, being probably the youngest man ever placed in full managerial control of a chartered bank in the history of this country. In 1903 he founded the firm of Baillie, Wood & Croft, stock brokers, and members of the Toronto Stock Exchange. His position as an industrial leader began in 1910 with the organization of the Burlington Steel Company of Hamilton, Ont., of which he is still President. In 1912 he organized the Bankers Bond Company, Limited, Toronto, and in the same year the Dominion Steel Foundry Company of Hamilton, Ont. Shortly after the commencement of the European War in 1914 he organized the Canadian Cartridge Co., Ltd., of Hamilton, of which he is President, to undertake the much needed work of manufacturing cartridge cases for the British Government. He personally equipped himself with knowledge of the technical work of munition making and so successful did he prove as an industrial organizer that he was able within two years to return to the British Government over $750,000 profits earned from war contracts, as a patriotic gift. Subsequently the Canadian Cartridge Company engaged in the manufacture of anti-aircraft cases for the United States Government on a large scale. In December, 1916, Sir Frank was appointed Director of Aviation for Canada, and in the same month acting for the British Government, organized and became President of Canadian Aeroplanes, Limited, which corporation manufactured aeroplanes for the Royal Air Force in Canada and flying boats for the American Government. On January 9, 1918, shortly after the institution by His Majesty of the Order of the British Empire, to honor those who had rendered distinguished service in the prosecution of the war, the subject of this sketch was created a Knight Commander of that Order. Sir Frank is essentially an outdoor man and his recreations include golf, motoring, curling and yachting. He is a member of the following clubs: National, Toronto, Albany, Lambton Golf and Country, Mississauga Golf and Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto; Victoria Club, Hamilton, and Hamilton Golf, Hamilton. In politics he is independent and in religion an Anglican. On June 8, 1900, he married Edith Julia, daughter of the late Aubrey White, C.M.G., for many years Deputy Minister of Lands and Mines for Ontario. He has three sons, Aubrey Wilton, born July 6, 1908, Frank Wilton, born November 4, 1913, and James Wilton, born December 1, 1918; and two daughters, Marion Wilton, born April 23, 1901, and Edith Wilton, born October 1, 1904. He resides at 146 Crescent Road, Toronto.

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=McCuaig, Clarence James= (Montreal, P.Q.), Stockbroker. Born in Quebec City September 1, 1855, educated at Ontario College, Picton. Married Emma Margaret, daughter of the late J. C. Rykert, Q.C., St. Catharines, Ont., and has three sons: Lieut.-Col. D. Rykert McCuaig, D.S.O., Brig.-General G. Eric McCuaig, C.M.G., D.S.O., and Major Clarence N. McCuaig. Mr. McCuaig is Honorary Colonel of the 53rd Regiment. In 1896 he bought a seat in the Montreal Stock Exchange, the firm later becoming McCuaig Bros. & Co., in which the three sons are partners. He organized the Sherbrooke Railway & Power Company and the Southern Canada Power Company, of both of which he was President, but retired from these positions to devote himself to the business of the firm during the absence of his three sons overseas. He is a director of the Ottawa Light, Heat & Power Co., and is a member of St. James, Canada, Montreal, Hunt, Forest & Stream, Royal St. Lawrence, and Royal Montreal Golf Clubs in Montreal, and of the Rideau Club, Ottawa. He is a Protestant in religion and a Conservative in politics.

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=Tessier, Auguste Maurice=, Barrister, Rimouski. Born 20th of July, 1879, at Rimouski, Que. Son of the Honorable Judge Auguste Tessier of the Superior Court, and his wife, Corrine Gauvreau, both French-Canadians. His grandfather was the Honorable U. J. Tessier, Judge of the Court of King’s Bench, Quebec. Mr. Tessier was educated at Quebec Seminary and Laval University, receiving degrees, B.A. (1898), LL.M. with very great distinction (1901). Married, February 7, 1907, to Yvonne, daughter of Sir Alexandre Lacoste, former Chief Justice Court of King’s Bench, Montreal. He is a director of Rimouski Land Co., and the Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway Co., Rimouski, and Cie Fonderie de Mont Joli. Admitted to the bar July, 1907, having studied in the office of Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Quebec; practised his profession first at Richmond, with Hon. P. S. G. Mackenzie, and at Rimouski since 1905; senior member of the law firm of Tessier & Cote. Was Crown Prosecutor for the District of Rimouski, 1909-1913. Created K.C. in 1912. Is Mayor of the parish of Rimouski, Warden of the County of Rimouski, and President of the Agricultural Society of the County of Rimouski and has been Warden of the County. First elected to the legislature at the general elections, 1912, as a Liberal for the riding of Rimouski and still continues to represent the County, being re-elected in May, 1916. A Roman Catholic in religion, he is the father of two children, Yves and Maurice. He is a member of the following clubs: Montreal Reform, Quebec Garrison, Snellier Fish and Game Club, Kidgewick Game Club.

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=Cane, James Gilbert=, 97 Delaware Ave., Toronto, and one of the best known business men of that city, was born at Weston, Ont., the son of Martin and Nancy (Morrison) Cane. He was educated at Weston Grammar School, and as a youth had a thorough business training. Subsequently he engaged in the wholesale lumber business on his own account and built up one of the most extensive connections in Toronto. As a young man he took an active interest in military matters and enlisted in the Royal Grenadiers. As a member of that famous regiment he served in the North-West Rebellion of 1885. He was present at the actions of Fish Creek and Batoche, and was awarded the medal for that campaign. Subsequently on the formation of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto he became an active member of that battalion. Mr. Cane is a Liberal in politics, though he has never been a violent partizan. At the legislative by-election for North-West Toronto in 1916 when Hon. W. D. McPherson sought re-election, on his elevation to the post of Provincial Secretary, Mr. Cane, on account of his universal popularity was induced to become a sacrifice candidate in order that the party organization might be kept alive. The contest that ensued was one of the cleanest and most courteous ever conducted in Canada, the two candidates being on terms of personal friendship; and Mr. Cane polled a vote that surprised many purely on his personal qualities. Mr. Cane is a Protestant in religion and a member of the Masonic Order. He married Margaret B., daughter of the late Andrew Henderson of Toronto, and has ten children, James M., Donald A., William, Charles, Gordon G., Nellie, Margaret, Annie, Nora and Lillian. Three of his sons, James, William and Charles, saw service with the Canadian army overseas in the great war and won honorable records.

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=Wilkes, Alfred John, LL.B. K.C.=, (Brantford, Ont.) is a distinguished member of the Ontario bar, and prominent in the commercial and social activities of his native City, where he was born on December 15, 1847. He is the son of the late Lieut.-Colonel James Wilkes, formerly City Treasurer of Brantford. His father was a native of Birmingham, England, who came to Canada in 1821, and carried on a mercantile business in the City of Toronto until 1823, (muddy Little York then had a population of 800 and only three brick houses), when he removed to the site of the present City of Brantford, continued his business as a general merchant, and was for twenty-six years City Treasurer. His mother, Eliza (Elliot) Wilkes, was a Canadian by birth. Educated at the Public and High Schools of Brantford until the age of sixteen, the subject of this sketch matriculated at Osgoode Hall, at the age of sixteen, and commenced the study of law, being articled to Hon. S. H. Blake, of the then legal firm of Blake, Kerr, and Wells, Toronto, and was called to the bar in 1869, heading the list, at the early age of twenty-one. Subsequently the degree of LL.B. was conferred on him by Toronto University on passing the usual examinations. Returning to Brantford on being admitted to the bar, he entered into practice with the late Daniel Brooke, for three years. Then, after practising one year alone, he formed a partnership with Hon. Arthur Sturgis Hardy, late Premier of Ontario, which continued from 1873 to 1898. In 1890 Mr. Wilkes was created a Queen’s Counsel by the Ontario Government, a distinction richly merited. In 1894 he became Acting County Crown Attorney, and five years afterwards was appointed to that office, and on the 3rd of January, 1885, was gazetted Deputy Judge of Brant County, acting for the late Judge Jones, once for three months and again for six months. Mr. Wilkes enjoys an enviable distinction in the legal profession and has long had a large and successful practice; was City Solicitor, in partnership with Hon. A. S. Hardy, and later also with Lt.-Col. Jones and the present Judge Alex. D. Hardy of Brant County from 1873, and only recently resigned on account of advancing years; was also solicitor for Waterous Engine Works Company and for late Bank of B.N.A., and was and now is solicitor for the Bank of Montreal, with which that bank is amalgamated, and many other corporations doing business in the City of Brantford. Always taking a deep interest in educational matters, Mr. Wilkes was for many years a member of the School Board of the City of Brantford, and for four years Chairman. He has had an extended military career, was an ensign in the Reserve Militia in his early years, and was also for many years a Captain in the 38th Dufferin Rifles. He assisted in forming the 25th Brant Dragoons, of which he was gazetted Lieut.-Col., retiring retaining the rank of Lieut.-Col. Mr. Wilkes is a Director of the Royal Loan and Savings Company, and Vice-President of the Manufacturers Life Assurance Company, and interested in many other large financial institutions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Institute, a Mason, being Past Master of Doric Lodge, and has long been prominently identified with the Canadian Order of Foresters, having been High Court Solicitor. From 1897 to 1901 he was Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. A member of the Church of England, and for several years a Churchwarden. Before his acceptance of the office of County Crown Attorney he was a Liberal in politics. He is a member of the Brantford Club, University Club, Military Institute, and the Empire Club, Toronto. Married, June 22, 1887, to Esther Frances, daughter of Francis H. Haycock, late Collector of Customs at Paris, Ontario, and his family comprise Marjorie H. (wife of Lieut.-Col. F. Logie Armstrong, O.B.E.), Captain A. Burton Wilkes, overseas with the Canadian Army Medical Corps, Captain F. Hilton Wilkes, with Royal Canadian Dragoons in France, Captain J. F. Ransom Wilkes, late of Military Headquarters Staff, Toronto, now of Can. Siberian Expeditionary Force, Vladivostok, Russia, and Miss E. Gwendolyn Wilkes.

=Workman, Mark= (Montreal, Que.), was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on August 4, 1864, the son of Isaac and Sarah (Rosenthal) Workman. He received his education in the public schools, and came to Montreal with his father in 1876, joining with him in the clothing business. The lad became the head of the business in 1880, at the remarkably youthful age of sixteen years. With unusual business instinct and untiring industry, the young Workman piloted his enterprise along the course of steady growth until, in 1906, the company of which he remained head was incorporated, and expanded until its travellers covered the whole of Canada, from Atlantic to Pacific. For nearly twenty years now (1917) the Mark Workman Company has been contractors for the British and Canadian Governments for military clothing, and has been responsible for many enormous contracts during the present war. Beyond the confines of his own business, Mr. Workman also found scope for his enterprise and ability. He interested himself extensively in Canadian industry, notably the Dominion Steel Corporation, of which he is one of the largest shareholders and was elected President in 1916. Endowed with foresight and courage, attributes which helped to raise him to his enviable position in the business world, he believed that the formation of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, with its adjunct, the Dominion Coal Company, would not only open the way for a gigantic steel enterprise in Canada which would take care of the big domestic business in the Dominion, but also extend to other parts of the Empire and to foreign countries. He believed in the future of the undertaking, invested money in it, fought it successfully through the dark days of its early experience, and won out. In 1911 he became a director of the Corporation, and his active interest in the management resulted in his being made chairman of the finance and selling committees of the directorate. Mr. Workman is also the Vice-President of the Federal Parquetry Company, of Lexington, Ky.; vice-president of the Jacobs Asbestos Company, Ltd., of Thetford Mines, Que., and is interested in the B. Gardner Company, of Montreal. While the success that came to Mr. Workman brought him great wealth and influence, his business activities did not prevent a generous and personal interest in many charitable works, his yearly benefactions to worthy causes and individuals being estimated at fifty to sixty thousand dollars. He is a life Governor of the Montreal General Hospital and other hospitals and charitable institutions, to the funds of which he is a liberal contributor. He has given most generously to the Patriotic Fund and to the various regimental funds, and was a subscriber to the extent of $200,000 to the Canadian War Loan. Mr. Workman is also prominent in philanthropic work among the Jewish population of Canada and is president and actual upbuilder of the Mount Sinai Sanatorium for fighting the white plague. A sample of his deep interest in the race was his remarkable response to the appeal of Mr. Leopold Rothschild since the outbreak of the war on behalf of Jewish sufferers in Russia. Mr. Workman forwarded an immediate cash contribution of $5,000, with an appended offer to supplement that gift by the subscription of $1,000 per month. Mr. Workman married, when twenty years of age, Miss Rachel Lewis, of Syracuse, N.Y., on February 18, 1886. He has one son, Edward, a Lieut. in the Canadian overseas army, and four daughters, Mrs. Nathan Gordon, of Montreal; Mrs. Harry Rosenthal, of Ottawa, and the Misses Nina and Daisy Workman. He is a member of the Masonic and the Royal Guardians.

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=Wrong, Professor George McKinnon, M.A.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in Gravesend, County of Elgin, Ontario, June 25, 1860, is a son of Gilbert Wrong, of Aylmer, Ont., and Christina McKinnon. Educated at the University of Toronto, from which he graduated with the degree of B.A., 1883; M.A., 1896; also Wycliffe College, Oxford University; took Orders in the Church of England, 1883, but has since been engaged continually in Academic work; succeeded in 1894 the late Sir Daniel Wilson, as Professor of History in the University of Toronto. Was a lecturer on History and Apologetics and Dean of Wycliffe, 1883 to 1892. Received the degree of F.R.C.S., 1908. Appointed a member of the Canadian Historical Manuscript Committee, 1887. Is a Senator of Toronto University, and is the author of several historical works, among which may be mentioned “The British Nation, a History” (1903), “The Earl of Elgin” (1905), “The Review of Historical Publications,” “The Crusade of 1883.” Appointed by the Canadian Institute a member of the Fleming Electoral Reform Committee. Has been a Director of Havergal Ladies’ College, Ridley College and the Working Boys’ Home. Is a member of the Royal Historical Society, Secretary Champlain Society. In 1886 married Sophia Hume Blake, daughter of the Hon. Edward Blake, K.C., M.P., and is the father of the following children: Margaret Christian, born 1887, Edward Murray (1889), Harold Verschoyle (1891), Humphrey Hume (1894), Agnes Honoria (1903). Professor Wrong is a member of the York Club, Toronto; The Golf Club and Savile Club, London, England, and is recognized as being one of the foremost scholars of the present day.

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=Arnold, Wm. McCullough=, General Manager of the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company, was born at Ottawa, October 26, 1879, and is the son of William and Georgiana (Eaton) Arnold. He was educated at Model and Public Schools, Ottawa. At the age of sixteen (in 1895) he commenced his business life by joining the firm of H. N. Bate & Sons, wholesale grocers, as clerk, where he remained for five years. In 1900 he was appointed accountant in the firm of T. Lindsay & Co., at that time extensive retail dry goods merchants, Wellington Street, Ottawa, and remained with the firm for two years. In 1902 he was appointed by the then Minister of Customs, Hon. William Patterson, appraiser in the Customs Dept., where he remained until 1911. In 1912 he became Purchasing Agent for the Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company, and a year later was promoted to the position of Assistant General Manager. In the early part of January, 1918, Mr. Arnold became General Manager of the Company. Aside from the immense business carried on by the Ottawa Car Mfg. Co. in the manufacture of cars of all descriptions—wagons, street and railway cars, etc.—under Mr. Arnold’s management the company have erected, facing on Albert Street, and running back to Slater Street, the largest and best equipped and, architecturally, the handsomest garage to be found in the Dominion of Canada. It covers a floor space of 60,000 square feet and holds 300 automobiles. On December 5, 1900, Mr. Arnold married Pearl Gladys Ritchie, daughter of William D. Ritchie, Rockcliffe, Ont. He has two sons, William Russell and Lewis Arthur, and one daughter, Dorothy. He is a prominent member in the A.F. & A.M. and the I.O.O.F. Societies, a member of the Canadian Car Manufacturers Association, and of the Connaught Park Jockey, the Laurentian and the Canadian Clubs. Mr. Arnold is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Liberal in politics. His recreations are hockey, lacrosse, bowling and automobiling. He resides at 149 First Ave.

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=Wilson, James Lockie= (Toronto, Ont.), is of Scottish ancestry, the third son of Robert Wilson and Agnes Logie, was born at Alexandria, Ont., November 12, 1856, and educated at the Public and High Schools of Glengarry. Is at present Superintendent of Agricultural and Horticultural Societies of Ontario, and Managing Director of the Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Association. Secretary of Fairs and Exhibitions Association; Secretary and Managing Director Ontario Ploughmen’s Association, and Secretary Ontario Horticultural Association; was President of the Glengarry St. Andrew’s Society; President of the Agricultural Society; President of the Farmers’ Institute; President Patrons of Industry of Canada; President Farmers’ Association of Canada; President Sons of Scotland Athletic Association, Toronto; President Burns Literary Society; Grand Master Ancient Order United Workmen; Grand Chieftain Sons of Scotland; Director Toronto Playgrounds Association; Director Vacant Lots Garden Association; Vice-President American Civic Association, Washington; was first President of Ontario Civil Service Association; Farmers’ Candidate for Glengarry, House of Commons, 1896, his opponent being Colonel R. R. McLennan. The most successful breeder of pure-bred cattle (Ayrshires, Shropshires and Berkshires) in Eastern Ontario, and a large prize winner at all the leading exhibitions in Canada; the author of various official reports. The great success of the Fairs and Exhibitions throughout the Province held under the auspices of the various Agricultural Societies are in a large measure due to the untiring efforts of Superintendent Wilson. The subject of this sketch was married to Mary, daughter of late Andrew Hodge, of Cornwall, Ont., and is the father of six: Winnifred May (deceased), Jennie, Margaret, Georgina, John Ruthven, winner of Military Cross 1918, and Marion. He is a member of the following Clubs and Societies: Empire Club, Toronto, and the Canada Lawn Bowling Club, Burns Literary Society, and Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Sons of Scotland. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and a supporter of the Conservative Party.

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=Camaraire, Alfred Frederick= (St. John’s, Que.), is a son of Joseph Camaraire, Superintendent of M.L.H. & P. Co., of Montreal. He was born May 12, 1881, and educated at St. John’s Academy and St. John’s High School, later taking a commercial course at Montreal Business College, to qualify himself for a banking career. He now holds the position of Manager of the St. John’s (Que.) branch of the Royal Bank of Canada. He still retains affiliations with Montreal and is a Lieutenant in the 87th Battalion, as well as a member of the Canadian Club, the Y.M.C.A., the Amateur Athletic Association and the Engineering Club, of that city. He is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arcanum. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and in politics a Conservative. He was married in October, 1904, to a daughter of C. D. Hust (retired), of St. John’s. His eldest son, Roland, born 1906, was killed by a motor accident on Oct. 11, 1918, and he has a second son, Conrad, born 1910.

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=Studholme, Allan= (Hamilton) is of English origin having been born at Drake’s Cross, Worcestershire, near Birmingham, England, December 8, 1846. Son of John and Hannah Studholme. Came to Canada in 1870; went to Australia in 1887, returning to the Dominion in 1892. Has always been a strong advocate of everything which would advance the cause of Labor, and was first elected to the Ontario Legislature for the Riding of East Hamilton as a straight Labor candidate, in December, 1906, and re-elected 1908, 1911 and 1914. Has refused to identify himself with either Party and has preferred to maintain his independence. Bill protecting telephone girls from working more than five hours a day was framed in 1907 to meet a strike. Strike being settled, bill was withdrawn. Favors an eight-hour day for male adults. Is a member of the General Executive, Ontario Single Tax League. Has been Vice-President of the Social and Moral Reform Council for Canada. Is a Stovemounter and member of the Executive of the Stovemounter and Steel Range Makers’ International Union. Is popular with the members of both sides of the House and is recognized as one of the most fearless and independent members of the Legislature. Married, April 27, 1874, to Priscilla Stearne and is the father of the following children: Foster, married Helen Holder; Gordon, married to Josephine Holder; Edward, married to Lois Young, and May, married to Earle R. Morrow March 24, 1915. Religion, Methodist.

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=Tourigny, Alfred F. X.=, Advocate (Magog, Que.), was born at Batiscan, Champlain County, Que., the son of a farmer, L. E. Tourigny and Eugenie Trudel, who is a sister of the Honorable F. X. A. Trudel. Deciding to get a thorough education, he studied at Three Rivers, Que., and graduated with the degree of B.A. He studied law at Laval University, and graduated with the degree of LL.B. On August 10, 1898, he married Clara Marchand, the daughter of Louis Marchand, manufacturer, of Ste. Genevieve de Batiscan, Que., and has eight children—Olivier, Charles Edouard, Alfred, Anselme, Henri, Louis, Claire and Ives. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and a Conservative in politics, and at the present time he is Secretary-Treasurer of the town of Magog.

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