Chapter XV: Part 15

=Galbraith, Walter Stuart, M.D., C.M.= (Lethbridge), one of the most prominent physicians of Alberta, was born at Guelph, Ont., August 1, 1866, the son of the late Francis William and Jane Elizabeth Galbraith. The father was a well known merchant of that city, and Dr. Galbraith was educated at the Public and High Schools of Guelph, and went to Alberta in 1891. Subsequently he entered McGill University, Montreal, from which he graduated with the above degrees in 1899. He at once commenced practise in Lethbridge as a member of the firm of Mewburn & Galbraith, but since 1907 has practised alone and includes among his many professional activities those of surgeon of the Galt mines. His high standing among his fellow practitioners was signalized by his election as President of the Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta in 1917; and he has been a Senator of the University of Alberta since the incorporation of that institution. Dr. Galbraith has also played a prominent part in municipal affairs, was Mayor of Lethbridge in 1907, and has been a member of the Public School Board for nine years, holding the post of Chairman in 1912. He is President of the Bow River Collieries, Ltd., and a Director of the British Canadian Trust Co., Ltd. In religion he is a Methodist, and is a supporter of Union government; is a member of the A.F. & A.M. and the Canadian Order of Foresters. He also belongs to the Chinook Club, Lethbridge, and his recreation is motoring. On August 6, 1901, he married Matilda S., daughter of Oliver Gallinger, a farmer of Mediva, Ont., and has four children, Ruth Eleanor, Francis Oliver, Jean Alexandra and Aileen Stuart (deceased).

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=Laidlaw, Lorne Nelson=, Barrister, Medicine Hat, Alberta, was born at Kitchener (then Berlin), Ont., on February 6, 1882, and his parents subsequently moving to Manitoba, he was educated at Brandon Collegiate Institute and Brandon College. He was called to the Manitoba Bar 1908, and practised at Brandon, 1908-10. In 1911 he went to Medicine Hat and formed the legal firm of Laidlaw & Branchard. Both as a lawyer and a business man he quickly achieved a prominent place in the community and in 1914 was elected President of the Medicine Hat Board of Trade. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Liberal; is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Cypress Club, Medicine Hat. His recreations are motoring and shooting. On December 7, 1910, he married May, the daughter of the late Robert Hall, of Brandon, and has two children.

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=Wilson, Henry George Wilberforce, K.C.= (Indian Head, Sask.), Barrister and Solicitor, was born at Arnprior, Ont., on March 31, 1873, the son of George and Mary Cecilia Wilson. His father was a merchant, and he was educated at Almonte High School, and later qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, where he graduated in 1897. He first practised at Renfrew, Ont., as a member of the firm of Craig and Wilson, but went to Indian Head, Saskatchewan, in 1900, where he not only engaged in his own profession but took up farming on an extensive scale. He is in fact one of the great agricultural leaders of his province, for he owns and personally farms 2,060 acres in the Indian Head district. These interests have not prevented him from building up a large legal practice. He was appointed King’s Counsel on December 31, 1913, is solicitor for the Town of Indian Head, and also for the rural municipality of the same name; solicitor for the Bank of Montreal and the Union Trust Co., Ltd., and also a member of the High School Board of his town. He belongs to the Masonic Order, to the Indian Head and Union Clubs, Indian Head, and the Assiniboia Club, Regina. His chief recreation is motoring. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and in politics a Liberal. On June 21, 1910, he married Elizabeth Cameron, daughter of Mr. A. H. Edwards, lumber merchant, of Carleton Place, Ont.

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=Baskerville, William Joseph=, is the son of George Baskerville by his wife, Mary McDonnell, and was born at Townland, Ballyrushen, Tipperary, Ireland, October 2nd, 1843. His father was the son of Benjamin Baskerville, who was descended from an old Norman family which settled in Ireland about the time of William the Conqueror, in 1066. The family records were unfortunately destroyed by fire in 1858 and included a great deal of matter that would have been of interest to the public. His father, George Baskerville adopted the calling of a farmer in Ireland, but in 1847 concluded to come to Canada. In the summer of that year he landed in Bytown, now Ottawa, and engaged in the trading and grocery business. In the fire of 1858 they lost all their household effects, as well as whatever savings they had accumulated, and having no insurance, the family had to start anew in life, and at the time of their father’s death, in 1875, they were again in comfortable circumstances. Their mother died in 1867. They had nine of a family. The subject of this sketch, William Joseph Baskerville, was the fifth son. He received his early education in the common schools, and later at Ottawa College, now the University of Ottawa. In 1870 he formed a partnership with his brothers, Patrick and George, under the firm name and style of P. Baskerville & Bros., carrying on a retail grocery and liquor business until the year 1880, when they discontinued the retail, and carried on a wholesale business only. The business was carried on until the year 1904, when his two brothers having predeceased him, he retired. Since that he has been engaged in real estate, stocks, and bonds and building operations. In the year 1880, although still a partner in the firm of P. Baskerville & Bros., he engaged in the contracting business, along with James O’Connor and Patrick Cassidy. They were the successful bidders for the Locks at Saint Anne’s de Bellevue, which work they completed in 1884. He was always a keen admirer of good sport, particularly lacrosse, and was a Director of the Capital Lacrosse Club from 1892, the year of their amalgamation with the Ottawas, until 1898. He was also a Director of the Capital Athletic Association until 1901. He is a shareholder in the Ottawa Electric Railway, the Ottawa Car Company, Rideau Townsite Company, Nipissing Mining Company, Mining Corporation of Canada, the Bytown and Aylmer Union Company, the Northern Life Insurance Company, the Moose Jaw Electric Railway, the Southern Canada Power Company, Ltd., the Canada Cement Company, the Rosemont Realty Company, the British Columbia Permanent Loan, and is director of the Ottawa Electric Light Company, the Moose Jaw Electric Railway, the Rideau Townsite Company and the Rosemont Realty Company. Mr. Baskerville is a Roman Catholic, and in politics a Liberal-Conservative. He resides at 236 Stewart Street, cor. Stewart and Chapel Streets, Ottawa, Ontario.

=Godfrey, Oswald Julius= (Indian Head, Sask.), Chartered Accountant, was born at Sedbergh, Yorks, England, on October 7, 1875, the son of Robert and Margaret Godfrey. His great-grandfather was Julius Cæsar Ibbetson, a leading painter of the latter years of the eighteenth century, and his grandfather was Rev. Isaac Green, known to annalists as the closest friend of the family whose most celebrated member was Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet. His father was a civil engineer by profession and he was educated at King Edward the Sixth’s School at Birmingham, England, and later had a thorough training in all branches of accountancy. He came to Canada in 1903, locating first at Qu’Appelle, Sask., and later founded the firm now known as Godfrey, Heathcote & Nicholl, Chartered Accountants, with offices at Indian Head, Medicine Hat and Prince Albert. Mr. Godfrey is known as an expert throughout Canada, and was President of the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants, 1915-16, and of the Saskatchewan Institute of Chartered Accountants 1912-13-14. He was also President of the Saskatchewan Union of Municipalities for three years, 1915-16-17. On the practice and theory of his profession Mr. Godfrey has written many important treatises. His published work, “Municipal Finance and Accounting” has been especially valuable as a text book for the guidance of the growing municipalities of the West. His recreations are cricket, motoring and gardening, and he is a member of the Canada Club, Regina, and the Union Club, Indian Head. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., and in religion an Anglican. On July 17, 1905, he married Cecile Maud, daughter of Robert Challoner, Warwick, England, and is the father of three boys and two girls.

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=Wright, George= (Toronto), is one of the most widely known of Canadians, not merely in the hotel trade, with which he is especially identified, but in business circles generally. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, November 19, 1866, the son of William Wright of Barrhead and Elizabeth (McFayden) Wright of Islay, Scotland, and educated in the public schools of his native city. At the age of 12 he joined the British Navy, and at 19 entered the merchant marine as an ordinary seaman, serving on various seas. He came to Canada from Japan in 1887, settling at Vancouver, which remained his headquarters for six years, during which he served as steward with the C.P.R. Coast and Hotel Service. In 1893 he went to Winnipeg and was there engaged with the C.P.R., first in the news department and later with the dining car service until 1900. From 1901 to 1904 he was in charge of the C.P.R. dining station service at Brandon, Man., which he developed to a high point of efficiency; and also conducted hotels on his own account at Macleod, Alta., and Oak Lake, Man. In 1904 he purchased the Hotel Brunswick, Winnipeg, which he conducted for nearly two years; and in 1905 purchased the Walker House, Toronto, which has ever since been one of his properties. Later he acquired a large interest in the Grand Union Hotel, Toronto, and changed its name to the Carls-Rite. Mr. Wright in addition to conducting the Walker House is Secretary-Treasurer of the Hotel Carls-Rite Co., Ltd.; President of Wright-Carroll Investments, Ltd., and Vice-President of Carroll-Wilson, Ltd., Edmonton, Alta. In the last week of December, 1918, he was elected Vice-President of the American and Canadian Hotel Keepers Association of the United States and Canada for the fourth consecutive year. He is also a director of the Peterson Lake Mining Co., Ltd. Mr. Wright has of late years taken an active part in public affairs. He was the promoter of the First Municipal Year Book in Toronto. When in July of 1918 several hundred of the civic employees of Toronto went on strike he was appointed by the Ontario Government one of the Royal Commission to inquire into the grievances and settle the dispute, and was largely effective in reaching an amicable solution of the difficulty. He also served as a member of the Canada Food Board from 1917 until the close of the war, and was able, because of his great practical experience, to render the cause of food conservation signal service. In 1918 he was appointed a Member of the Hydro-Electric Commission, a most important executive office. He is a Conservative in politics and a Presbyterian in religion, and belongs to the following organizations: Canadian Red Cross (life member), Overseas Club (life), Navy League (life), St. Andrew’s Society (life), Caledonia Society (life), Y.M.C.A., Board of Trade, Scarboro Golf, Toronto Swimming Club (life), and Caer Howell Bowling Club (life). On March 3, 1897, he married Jessie Oswald, daughter of George Motion of Nelson, B.C., and has two children, Oswald George, and Jessie Ellen.

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=Mackie, George D.=, City Commissioner (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan), was born at Perth, Scotland, on March 8, 1878, son of James and Jane Mackie. Educated at the Perth Academy and the Glasgow Technical College, Scotland, where he had a distinguished career, obtaining several degrees. Mr. Mackie was married on September 3, 1902, to the daughter of John Carnegie, of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the father of two children, Douglas and Victor. Prior to coming to Canada, he was Engineer at Crieff, Scotland, 1900-05; Water Works Engineer of Clydebank Water Trust, Scotland, 1905-09; The Galt Engineering Company of Winnipeg, 1910-12; City Engineer at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, 1913-14, when he assumed his present position of City Commissioner of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Mr. Mackie is a Presbyterian in religion, and a member of the Prairie Club of Moose Jaw.

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=Payne, Francis Freeman= (Nelson, B.C.), one of the best known newspaper men of British Columbia, is a native of Worcestershire, England, where he was born November 8, 1888, the son of E. R. and Helen Freeman Payne. He was educated privately and at Bromyard Residential School, and as a very young man decided to come to America, finally settling in the growing centre of Nelson, B.C., and later becoming manager of the “Daily News,” the leading publication of that town, which serves a widely extended territory. Mr. Payne is widely popular in his district and a keen, progressive young journalist. On August 2, 1910, he married Ruby Virginia, daughter of Mr. J. Irving, San Francisco, Cal.

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=Chauvin, Hon. T. Hector=, Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec Province, was born at Terrebonne, Que., on October 9, 1862, the son of Adolphe Chauvin, merchant, and Luce Limoges, his wife. He was educated at Montreal College and Laval University and qualified for the Bar, reading law with the firm of Lacoste, Globensky, Baisillon and Brosseau, Montreal. On being called to the Bar in 1887, he entered the firm of Brooke, Chauvin & Devlin, of Hull, Quebec. He was defeated as Conservative candidate for Labelle in 1908, and a few years later was appointed to his present position. In September, 1887, he married Henriette, daughter of Napoleon and Azelie (Papineau) Bourassa, and has five children, Adine (wife of Mr. W. Shanks), Françoise, Gustave, Marguerite and Henri. He is a Roman Catholic and resides at 103 Sherbrooke St. East, Montreal.

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=Hopkins, Arthur George, D.V.M., B.S.A., B.Agr.= (Surbiton, Saskatchewan), is one of the great agricultural leaders of that province and farms 900 acres of his own. He is also a widely-known expert in veterinary science. He was born in London, Eng., March 9, 1869, the son of the late George and Sarah (Fairall) Hopkins. His father was Superintendent of the Foreign Branch, General Post Office, London, and G. Lionel Hopkins, Provincial Auditor for Saskatchewan, is a brother. He was educated at St. Mark’s College, Chelsea, S.W., Eng.; Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont.; Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto; Iowa State College, Ames, Ia.; and University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. He came to Canada in 1885, as a farm pupil with John Gardhouse & Sons, Weston, Ont., and went to Manitoba in 1891, where he was in business at Hartney and Neepawa, prior to locating on his present farm. He has held many important professional positions at various times. He was assistant in animal husbandry at the College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin, 1889-1901; Editor, “Farmer’s Advocate,” Winnipeg, 1901-2, and later, in 1904-5-6; was Veterinary Quarantine Officer for Canada in Great Britain, 1902; Chief Veterinary Inspector for the Dominion Government, in British Columbia, 1903; and Saskatchewan, 1908-10. In 1912 he filled the position of Reeve of Fertile Valley, No. 285, Saskatchewan. He is also the author of “Veterinary Elements,” a valuable handbook for students and farmers, which has run through two editions. As a stock breeder he specializes in Shire horses, Shorthorn cattle and Yorkshire swine. On Shorthorns he is a well-known authority and has done considerable judging at Stock Shows, and has also lectured at Farmers’ Institutes and at the University of Saskatchewan on agricultural subjects. He at one time served in the 45th Battalion under Col. (now Gen. Sir) Sam Hughes, and holds a commission as Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps. He is an Anglican, a Liberal, a member of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.O.F., and the Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association. He married first (1894) Ellen M. Dewar (deceased), by whom he had one daughter, Dorothy M.; secondly (1899), Jean S. Habkirk (deceased), by whom he had Leonard P. and Gladys Ellen (twins), and George Edward; thirdly (1908), Edith Sealy Jones, by whom he had five children, Phyllis, Margery, Geoffrey, Audrey and Betty.

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=Taylor, Hon. George Edward= (Moose Jaw, Sask.), was born near the City of Winnipeg, Man., December 27, 1878, his parents being George and Mary A. Taylor, of New Liskeard, Ont. Educated at London, Ont., and Osgoode Hall, Toronto. Called to the Bar in 1902, created K.C. for the Province of Saskatchewan, 1913, and appointed Judge of the King’s Bench, Sask., on March 2, 1918. Judge Taylor married Mabel Cecilia Ryan, daughter of the late Charles F. Ryan, on January 1, 1904. He is the father of the following children: Mabel Cecilia Moore, George Edward S., Glendolen and Dorothy. His Lordship is a member of the Prairie Club of Moose Jaw and the Assiniboia of Regina. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He finds recreation in golf and motoring. Thomas W. Taylor, ex-M.P.P., of Winnipeg, is an uncle.

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=Cross, Alexander S. G.=, 369 Metcalfe Ave., Westmount, Que., is a Justice of the King’s Bench for Quebec and was born at Ormstown in that province, on August 12, 1858. His father was George Cross, a yeoman, and his mother, prior to her marriage, Miss Barbara Brodie. He was educated at Stoney Creek High School, Huntingdon Academy and McGill University. From the latter institution he graduated in Arts in 1879, and in Law in 1881, and holds the degrees of B.A. and B.C.L. He is a prominent member of the University Club, Montreal, and his chief recreation is agriculture. He is a Protestant in religion and was married in 1898 to Anna M., daughter of Mr. James J. Buchanan, yeoman, of Dundee, Que. He has one son, George E. Cross, born March 14, 1899.

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=Campbell, Donald Grant, M.D.=, one of the leading physicians of Montreal, was born in that city on April 21, 1883, the son of Rev. Robert Campbell, D.D., one of the most widely known of Canadian clergymen. His mother’s maiden name was Margaret Macdonell. He was educated in Montreal High School and later entered McGill University, where he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1904. Deciding to follow medicine, he remained another four years at the institution, achieving the degree of M.D.C.M. in 1908. Ever since he has practised in his native city and during the war has held a position in the Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Captain. He was married on April 13, 1914, to Sophie Edith, daughter of Albert Field, M.D., a well-known physician of Barbadoes, British West Indies. Like his father, Dr. Campbell is a Presbyterian in religion and in politics is a Conservative. He resides at 755 Shuter St., Montreal.

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=Cassils, Charles=, 118 Notre Dame St. West, Montreal, one of the prominent capitalists of that city, was born at Renton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, on June 16, 1841, the son of John and Margaret (Murray) Cassils. After a sound education in his native country he entered the Glasgow Iron Office in 1853, and after twenty years’ experience in the iron trade, came to Canada in 1873, becoming a member of the firm of Cochrane, Cassils & Company, of Montreal, for many years representatives in Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company, of Pittsburgh. His financial interests are very wide. He is Vice-President of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada; Director, Dominion Bridge Company; President, Canadian Transfer Company; President, Structural Steel Company; Director, Northern Electric Company; Vice-President, Dominion Bridge Company; and Director, Windsor Hotel Company. In social organizations he is prominent and has been President of the Montreal Philharmonic Society for a considerable period, and is also a past President of St. Andrew’s Society. He was Chairman of the St. James Club for some time and is also a member of the Mount Royal, Montreal Hunt, Forest & Stream, Montreal Jockey and Canada Clubs. He belongs to the Masonic Order, is a Conservative in politics and a Presbyterian in religion. He first married, in 1865, Agnes Shearer, of Glasgow, who died in 1868, and in September, 1876, espoused Ermina Maria, daughter of Senator M. H. Cochrane, of Compton, Que. His home is at 753 University Street, Montreal.

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=Cousins, George Vipond=, Barrister, Montreal, was born at Ottawa, Ont., on January 16, 1885, the son of Charles and Margaret (Vipond) Cousins. His education in its more important phases was obtained at McGill University, Montreal, from which he graduated in 1906 and in which he holds the degrees of B.A., M.A. and B.C.L. Subsequently he took a course at the University of Wisconsin, at Madison, which was followed by his appointment as one of the lecturers in history in that justly celebrated institution. His scholastic career was marked by the attainment of first rank honors in history, political science and economics. Returning to Canada he took up the study of law at McGill, obtaining the B.C.L. degree as above stated, and has since practised in Montreal. He is a skilled and thoughtful writer and the author of various articles on economic and legal subjects, and is prominent in the social organizations of his province. He is a member of the University, Royal Montreal Golf, Royal St. Lawrence Yacht, and Canada Clubs, Montreal; and of the Garrison Club, Quebec. During the world war he qualified as a Captain at the Royal School of Infantry, Halifax, N.S., in order that he might be able to meet the call of his country. In politics he clings to the old-fashioned name of Tory, and in religion is a Presbyterian. On April 16, 1912, he married Geraldine Osborne Chapman, of Amherst, N.S., a grand-niece of the late Sir Charles Tupper, Bart., at one time Prime Minister of Canada, and has two daughters, Ruth Tupper and Beatrice Vipond Cousins.

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=Heakes, Francis Riley= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in Toronto, July 30, 1858, the youngest son of the late Samuel Heakes, of London, England, and Elizabeth Isabella Riley, of Birmingham, England. Mr. Heakes’ father came to Toronto in 1845 and established a retail dry goods business on King Street, opposite Toronto Street. Mr. F. R. Heakes received his education in public and private schools of his native city, studied architecture in the office of the late Wm. Irving, a prominent architect of his time, and practised his profession privately till 1883, when he received the appointment of assistant to the late Kivas Tulley, architect for the Public Works of Ontario and succeeded that gentleman as Chief Architect for the province in 1896. Since that time a very large number of Government Buildings have been designed and erected by him throughout the province, including Court Houses, Hospitals, Educational and Agricultural Buildings, and recently the new Government House, which is designed after the French Chateau style, and is a splendid example of the architecture of the period of Louis XVIth, harmonizing most admirably with its picturesque environment. “In it,” writes “Construction,” the architectural journal, in its February number, 1916, “the architect has produced a gem that will stand as an enduring monument to his professional skill and artistic taste. Citizens of Toronto have every reason to be proud of the Official Home they have erected for the King’s Representative.” Mr. Heakes’ duties are many, varied and onerous, but he attends to them diligently and with marked ability. He married Susan Pemberton, the fourth daughter of the late Thomas Wood, and has three sons and two daughters. Of his sons, Alfred is a manufacturer, while Lieut. Vernon of the R.A.F., and Sergt. Harold of the 10th Canadian Siege Battery, have fought for their country and world liberty in France. Mr. Heakes is a Presbyterian, a member of the Masonic Fraternity and of St. George’s Society. His residence is No. 489 Euclid Ave.

=Wallace, Thomas George= (Woodbridge, Ont.), eldest son of the late Hon. N. Clarke Wallace, M.P., ex-Controller of Customs, Grand Master Orangemen of British North America, and Belinda Gilmor (Wallace), Canadians of Irish descent. Born May 7, 1879, at Ottawa. Educated at Woodbridge Public School and Weston High School; general merchant and flour miller. Has had distinguished military career. Gazetted Captain of the 30th Regiment, Dec. 15, 1897. Resigned commission to go to South Africa in the Boer War, as private in the Royal Canadian Regiment (1st Contingent) 1899-1900. Was in first engagement the Canadians took part in at Sunnyside, 1st January, 1900. Medal with three bars, viz.: Cape Colony, Paardeberg and Driefontein. Prominent in the Orange Order, being Grand Director of Ceremonies of the Orangemen of British America. Anglican, Rector’s Warden of Christ’s Church, Woodbridge. Ranched for some time at McLeod, in the Province of Alberta. Well-known athlete, football and lacrosse enthusiast. Was Conservative Candidate Centre York for the House of Commons in by-election, December, 1907, when defeated by 26 votes. First elected to Parliament as representative of Centre York, at the general elections 1908, re-elected by 510 in 1911, and re-elected at the general elections in 1917 by a majority of 7,300 votes. Member of the Albany Club, Toronto. Captain Wallace is popular with all classes and a most useful member of the House of Commons.

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=Mondou, Alberic Archie, B.A., LL.B.= (Pierreville, Que.), born February 2, 1872, at St. François du Lac, son of Eusebe Mondou, general merchant and farmer, St. François du Lac, and Georgianna Desmarais, both French Canadians; educated at Nicolet College and Laval University, Montreal, from which he graduated with the degrees of B.A. and LL.B. Married, September 16, 1895, to Augustine, daughter of Michel Cardin, of Yamaska, Que. Is a Notary Public by profession. President and General Manager of the Strathcona Fire Insurance Co.; Vice-President and General Manager of the Quebec and Western Canada Land Syndicate, Limited; was Local Manager Provincial Bank of Canada at Pierreville, Que., 1902-1911. He was elected, May 11, 1897, to the Quebec Legislature for the constituency of Yamaska and ran for the House of Commons for the same riding in 1900 in the Conservative interest at the general election, but was defeated; he was elected at the general election in 1911, retiring in 1917. He is a Roman Catholic in religion. Mr. Mondou is Independent in politics, he is a member of the Canadian Club of Montreal, and has long been recognized as a successful business man of sterling worth, prominently identified with various large enterprises.

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=Merner, Jonathan Joseph= (Zurich, Ont.), born in Stanley Township, County of Huron, April 2, 1864, son of Gottlieb Merner, a Swiss, and Mary Ann Bleam, an American, a nephew of the late Senator Samuel Merner. Educated at Public School, Township of Hay, and subsequently went into the employ of Mr. D. D. Steinbach, General Merchant, at Zurich, where he acquired a good business training. Mr. Merner later embarked on his own account as a general merchant in Zurich, where he received his early mercantile experience and success has crowned his industrial activities and intelligent efforts. In connection with the business, a large evaporator and apple jam factory is operated. Mr. Merner also controls an extensive farm in the fine Township of Hay, and has large real estate interests in Western Canada. He first entered political life in the year 1911, when he was returned to the House of Commons as a Conservative to represent the riding of South Huron, and re-elected at the general elections in Dec. 1917. Mr. Merner, with his practical experience as a farmer and a merchant, and his large faith in the destinies of the Dominion, is most highly regarded by his constituents. On Oct. 3, 1900, he married Edith, daughter of Edward Graham, of Goderich, Ontario, and has six children, three girls, Minnie, Greta and Beatrice, and three boys, Edward, Clare and Borden. In religion Mr. Merner is a Methodist.

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=Lumsden, John.= Ever active, progress followed the efforts of Alexander Lumsden, one of the pioneer lumbermen of the Ottawa Valley, and the father of John Lumsden, his only son, the subject of this sketch. On the death of his father in 1904, John Lumsden came into possession of large and rich timber limits in the Temiskaming region and a fleet of steamers for the transportation of men and supplies to the camps on the edge of Lake Kippewa. Inheriting his father’s energy and vitality and his determination to keep ahead of the times, Mr. John Lumsden is ever found at the helm directing his business and carefully sees that there is no lagging in the performance or execution of the necessary work. The lively town of Lumsden Mills, of over 500 inhabitants, lighted by electricity and with its planing mills, head offices, large general store, church, school, bakery, lumber, boat works and handsome homes—the creation of this great lumber industry and owned entirely by Mr. Lumsden—is nothing but hustle and bustle from morning till night and the abode of a happy and contented people who take great delight in watching the wheels of industry spinning and in doing their share towards the successful termination of each day’s labor. At his mills between 125,000 and 130,000 feet of lumber and 30,000 laths and pickets are turned out per day and sent to the piling grounds ready to be shipped to the markets of the world—to wherever the demand calls for them. While Mr. Lumsden has all these details and commercial and financial responsibilities resting upon his shoulders and demanding his careful administrative and executive attention he can, and does, find time to make his racing establishments truly representative on the American turf at Maryland, Saratoga and other places. His horses represent a big investment—there are between 20 and 30 of them—two-year-olds, three-year-olds, seasoned campaigners, jumpers, etc., and most of them are a gilt-edge breeding of British and Irish Stock and racers of the swiftest class to whom many prizes and honors have fallen. Mr. Lumsden is President, Dominion Explosives, Ltd., La Banque Nationale Building, Ottawa; President, Lumsden Lumber Company, Ltd., Ottawa; Director, Forwarders, Ltd., Kingston; Director, Caledonia Realties, Ltd., Montreal; Director, Security Life Insurance Company of Canada; Life Governor, St. Luke’s Hospital, Ottawa, and is closely associated with many other philanthropic and business interests. He was born at Ottawa, June 24, 1870, and is the son of the late Alexander Lumsden, M.P.P., and Margueretta Lumsden, of Scottish descent. He began his business career in the lumber business with his father and served apprenticeship as a machinist with the Patterson Law of Ottawa. He was chief engineer on a lake steamer from 1891 to 1893; was with the Laurie Engineering Company, Montreal; associated with his father, 1903-1905. In the latter year he went into business for himself. He established Dominion Explosives and became President in 1910. He organized the Lumsden Mining Co., and became President in 1906; organized the Lumsden Lumber Co. and became President, 1913. He is part owner of the Lumsden Building, Toronto; sole owner of the town of Lumsden Mills, Township of Gendreau, Province of Quebec. A member of the Ottawa Board of Trade; Director, Ottawa Horse Shows; offered building at Lake Temiskaming to K.E. Memorial Hospital for Consumptives. On May 11, 1905, Mr. Lumsden married Emily E. MacPherson, daughter of John MacPherson, Pioneer Mill Builder, Chelsea. He is a member of the following Clubs: Laurentian, Connaught Park Jockey, Royal Hunt, Rivermead Golf, Ontario (Toronto), Wabinini Hunting and Fishing, and of the A.F. & A.M. Society. His recreations are motoring, walking, reading. In politics he is a Liberal. In religion, a Presbyterian, and he resides at 38 Charles St., Ottawa.

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=McNeeley, John Strachan Lewis=, Police Magistrate, Carleton Place, Ontario. Is the son of Joseph L. and Susan McNeeley, and is a barrister-at-law by profession. Born in the Township of Beckurth, November 28, 1870. Educated at Carleton Place High School and Trinity University, Toronto, from which latter institution he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1893, and received the degree of M.A., 1895. Was called to the bar in 1897. Married, 1899, to Harriet Helen, daughter of the late Wm. Frost of Ottawa, and is the father of the following children: Harriet Helen, Madeline, Isabelle, Hilda, Dorothy and Edna Marion. He is a member of the Masonic Order and an Oddfellow; in religion, he is an Anglican. P.M. McNeeley has occupied his present position as Magistrate for the Town of Carleton Place since 1895. He was appointed member of the Corporation of Trinity University, Toronto, by the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Ottawa in 1905, which position he held for several years. He was elected member of the Board of Education of Carleton Place in 1909 and has been a member of the Board ever since, being chairman in 1910-11. In politics Mr. McNeeley is a Conservative.

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=Weichel, William George= (Waterloo, Ont.), born at Elmira on July 20, 1870, son of Michael Weichel and Margaret Schmidt, the subject of this sketch is and has been one of the most prominent men in his native county for several years, and has been connected with its political, commercial and social progress and activities in a large way. He received his education at the Public School of Elmira, which place he left at the age of twenty to enter the employ of Shurly & Dietrich, saw manufacturers, Galt, where, after gaining a thorough knowledge of the business, he represented his firm for several years as travelling salesman. Later he bought out the hardware firm of J. W. Fear & Co. Has been President of the Board of Trade and President of the Canadian Club, of Kitchener, and Alderman, Deputy Reeve, and Mayor of the Town of Waterloo in 1911, in which year he was elected to the House of Commons as Conservative candidate for the riding of North Waterloo, defeating Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King, the Minister of Labor, by a majority of 315. Since his entry into Parliamentary life Mr. Weichel has greatly distinguished himself as a public speaker, and has been especially fearless and outspoken in support of the Military Service Act and of the Union Government. Mr. Weichel, although of German origin, is very loyal to the country of his birth, and to British institutions. In the general elections held in 1917 Mr. Weichel was again a candidate, but was defeated owing to the peculiar war-time conditions existing in the riding he had so brilliantly and faithfully represented. He has a good platform presence and speaks with fluency and earnestness in support of his convictions, doing everything in his power to promote harmony and a good understanding among his constituents and to secure the successful termination of the great conflict in favor of the British Empire. Mr. Weichel married, on August 19, 1896, Jessie R., daughter of Richard Kinsman, of Galt, and has three daughters, Norine, Minota and Audrey. He is a member of the Berlin Club and the Waterloo Club. His chief recreations are lawn bowling and curling. In religion he is a Lutheran. Progressive, loyal, public spirited, with a high sense of duty, a talent and taste for public affairs, Mr. Weichel is a credit to his native county.

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=McBrien, Frederick George= (Toronto, Ont.), was born at Orangeville, in Dufferin County, in the year 1887, son of James C. and Abigail McBrien. He removed to Toronto at an early age, where he attended the public and high schools, and afterwards embarked in the hardware business, establishing a large trade, exhibiting much capacity and securing the confidence of the community by his enterprising qualities and fair methods. Subsequently he designed and built a large number of residences and apartment houses. He was elected as alderman of Ward Six in 1910, at the age of 22, being one of the youngest members of the City Council, and re-elected in the years 1911, 1912 and 1913. In 1914 he was nominated for Mayor, and in an election in which he was opposed by three candidates, ran second, polling nearly 18,000 votes. He retired from municipal life for two years and was again elected to the City Council as a representative of Ward Six in 1916-17. Retiring as Alderman for Ward Six, he was nominated as one of the Representatives of Ward three, and was elected, and at present is Chairman of the Property Committee. Alderman McBrien’s municipal career has been a most useful one and he brings to bear on all civic problems, an analytical mind enriched by practical experience and a consideration for the taxpayers. He has specially interested himself in the welfare of the soldiers at the front and their dependents in his home city. A brother, Major Wm. Carson McBrien, has been overseas for some time, and won promotion. A good platform speaker and a keen debater, Alderman McBrien’s sincerity is at all times convincing. In politics he is a Conservative and is identified with the Masonic, and Orange Orders and is an Oddfellow. A member of the Methodist Church. He is also a Justice of the Peace. On Sept. 9, 1912, Alderman McBrien married Irene Zella, daughter of John Edward Jarrott and Mrs. Jarrott, of Toronto, and has two children, Frederick George and Muriel Irene.

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=Matthews, George Sands= (Brantford, Ontario), born at Lindsay, Ontario, February 17, 1867; son of George and Ann Matthews; educated at Lindsay Public and High Schools, and graduate of Woodstock College, 1884. Married June 25, 1895, to Frances, daughter of Rev. Frederick Ratcliff. The union has been blessed by four children: George F., James J., Margaret R., and Howard S. Mr. Matthews has devoted his energies to mercantile life and is identified with many large well-known industrial enterprises, among which may be mentioned: Matthews-Blackwell, Ltd., of which he is a Director, and was Manager at Brantford from 1903 to 1914; Vice-President of the Brantford Roofing Co., Treasurer of Niagara Silk Co., Ltd. Mr. Matthews was President of the Brantford Board of Trade in the year 1911, and Chairman of the Brantford Board Park Commission, 1910-1914. He is Vice-President of the Brantford Industrial Realty Co. and is financially interested in eight of the city of Brantford’s leading industries. He took a prominent interest in military matters for over 20 years, 1885 to 1906, joining as a private in the 57th Battalion, Peterboro Rangers, in which he rose to the rank of Captain. He is a member of the National Club, Toronto, and the Brantford Club in his home city. In religion he is a Baptist, and in politics an Independent Conservative.

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=Marcile, Joseph Edmond= (Acton Vale, Que.), son of Vital Marcile and Elizabeth Jacques, his wife. Born at Contrecœur, County of Verchères, Que. Educated at Actonia High School and Academy, Que. Married first, Sept. 7, 1880, to Melvina Masse, who died March 2, 1884; secondly, Sept. 9, 1884, to Gracia Courville. Began his mercantile life as a clerk in a general store, from 1872-85, and was a dry goods merchant from 1885-1914, in which latter year he sold out his business and became a gentleman farmer and manufacturer, and is at present a shareholder in the Acton Biscuit Co., Quebec. Has been Councillor, Mayor and Chairman of the School Board of Acton Vale. First elected to the House of Commons as the Liberal Representative for the County of Bagot at a by-election caused by the death of a sitting member, M. Dupont, when he received 1,431 votes as against 1,384 cast for his opponent, M. Brodeur. Re-elected by the general elections in 1900 by a majority of 156 over Honorable L. O. Taillon, and re-elected in 1904, 1908, 1911 and 1917. Is the father of the following children: Charlotte, Berthe, Albert, Therese, Alice, Gaston, Contran, Philippe, Gertrude, Marie Ange, Gerard, and Yolande. He is a member of the following societies: Alliance Nationale, Artisans Canadien Français, St. Joseph. Two of Mr. Marcile’s sons, Gaston and Philippe, are at the front in the 150th Regiment. In religion, the member for Bagot is a Roman Catholic.

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=Doherty, Hon. Charles Joseph, K.C., D.C.L., LL.D.=, son of the late Hon. Marcus Doherty, a Judge of the Supreme Court for the Province of Quebec and Elizabeth (O’Halloran) Doherty, born at Montreal, May 11, 1855. Educated at St. Mary’s (Jesuit) College and McGill University, Montreal, from which latter institution he graduated with the degree of B.C.L., and took the Elizabeth Torrance Gold Medal, 1876, D.C.L., 1893, LL.D., Ottawa University, 1895. Married, June, 1888, Catherine Lucy, the daughter of Edmund Barnard, K.C., Montreal. Admitted as Advocate, 1887, and appointed K.C. under Lord Lansdowne in 1887; ably practised his profession in Montreal where he became one of the leaders of the Bar; successfully pleaded before the Privy Council in England; was for many years Professor of Civil and International Law, McGill University; was President University Literary Society; appointed Judge of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec which office he filled from October 1891, to November, 1906, when he retired. Was a candidate for the representation of Montreal West in the Quebec Legislature, December, 1881, and candidate for the representation of Montreal Centre in Quebec Legislature in October, 1886. Defeated both times. First elected to the House of Commons for St. Ann’s division, Montreal, in the Conservative interests, and at the General elections in 1908; re-elected, 1911, and again in 1917. Sworn in as member of the Privy Council for Canada and appointed Minister of Justice, October 10, 1911. After accepting office was re-elected by acclamation. Presented with a life-size portrait in oils by the Montreal Bar, 1907; elected a Governor of Laval University, 1903; elected Director of La Banque Provinciale, 1907; elected a Director of Montreal City and District Savings Bank, 1908; elected Director Prudential Trust Company, 1911; elected a Director of the Capital Life Assurance Company, 1911; elected President Canadian Securities Corporation, 1910; President St. Patrick’s Society, Montreal, 1903-04; also Director International Truth Society, and a Trustee of St. Patrick’s Orphans’ Asylum, Montreal. As a young man was President of the Shamrock Lacrosse Club and the Shamrock Amateur Athletic Association; formerly President Irish National League, Montreal. A supporter of Home Rule for Ireland; was Captain in the 65th Mount Royal Rifles and retired, retaining rank in 1887, after serving through the North-west Rebellion. He is the father of the following children: Kathleen, Eileen Margaret, Elizabeth and Marcus. A Member of the following clubs: Mount Royal, St. James, University Club, Montreal, Rideau Club, Ottawa, Country Club, Golf Club, Ottawa, Catholic Club, New York. The Minister of Justice is recognized by men of all shades of political opinion as an honorable man of exceptional ability and energy, and is greatly esteemed by all classes for his splendid character, his capacity, probity, worth, and public spirit.

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=Starr, J. R. L.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born October 5, 1865, and after receiving a thorough primary and Collegiate education at the Collegiate Institutes of Collingwood and Whitby, matriculated in 1883. He then entered Victoria University, where he obtained honors in classics the first two years, and in philosophy the last two years. In 1887 the Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of B.A., and in 1890 the degree of LL.B. The same year he was admitted to the Bar, having been articled to Mr. W. H. P. Clement, of the well-known firm of McCarthy, Osler, Hoskin & Creelman, where he remained for one year, and was for a like period of time associated with Mr. Clement. Mr. Starr then embarked in the active individual practice of his profession until 1895, when he formed a co-partnership under the firm name of Thorne, Warren & Starr which firm continued until 1900, when the present well-known partnership of Masten, Starr & Spence was formed. Mr. Starr numbers among his large and constantly increasing clientele some of the leading corporations of the city, his firm being solicitors for the Bank of Nova Scotia and other large corporations. Mr. Starr is a member of the National Club and Orange Society, and is well-known in Conservative political circles. Mr. Starr, in addition to the arduous duties of his profession, for many years found time to devote much of his energy to public affairs, sitting on the Board of Education for seven years and being twice elected as a member of the City Council. While a member of these important bodies he was prominent in the agitation for better play grounds for the children of the city, and was largely instrumental in bringing about the betterment and enlargement of such grounds. Mr. Starr is always in earnest in the conduct of his business, and amongst the profession has an enviable reputation for honesty and straightforwardness. These qualities make the practice of his profession with his fellow-lawyers particularly agreeable and friendly, and he is frequently able to settle difficult matters where others might fail. He is better known as a “settler” of law suits than as a counsel. He is a prominent Methodist and very active in church work. In politics he is a staunch Conservative and a possible future member of Parliament.

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=MacAulay, Brock=, was born in Southampton, Ont., March 14, 1871. He is a son of Donald MacAulay and Annie McLeod, of Stornoway, Scotland. He is a merchant in Southampton and also interested in two fishing tugs which fish out of that harbor. In the realm of sport the name of Brock MacAulay is known from one end of Canada to the other. His two great pastimes are bowling and curling. In years gone by he and his great rink of curlers have brought honor and fame to Southampton. No big bonspiel was complete without these hardy men from the Bruce Peninsula, and they demonstrated, under the guidance of Brock MacAulay, that they knew the roarin’ game to perfection. When they were not winners, they were runners up, and seldom have they returned home without annexing a good share of the trophies. In bowling it was the same, and they also brought the name of their town to the fore. Brock MacAulay in both games, is a skip of rare judgment, and it is in the tight places that his brilliancy shines. He seldom fails to draw to the T or kitty when it is required of him. He is a good sportsman, and win or lose he has always been noted for his great good nature. In private he is a good story teller and an interesting companion. He is a member of St. Lawrence Lodge, No. 131, A.F. & A.M., of Southampton, the Sons of Scotland, and the I.O.F. He is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in politics. He married Miss Jean Webster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Webster, of Lion’s Head. They have one daughter, Helen, and one son, Douglas.

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=Paquet, Eugene, M.D.=, born at Agaipt, Lotbiniere County, Que., October 23, 1867, son of François Paquet, farmer, and his wife, Clarisse Bergeron (French-Canadians). Educated at Seminary, Quebec, and Laval University, from which he graduated with the degree of M.D. Received his degree in 1892, passing with great distinction. He has practised medicine at St. Aubert, L’Islet County, since graduation. Elected to the House of Commons at the general election of 1894, re-elected in 1908 and 1911. A Roman Catholic in religion and a Conservative. A frequent contributor to “Le Peuple de Montmagny.” Married May 30, 1893, to Elise Lafrance at Quebec, a daughter of Victor Lafrance of that city, and is the father of one child, Lucienne Paquet, born Nov. 23, 1894.

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=St. Jean, Ulric= (Contrecœur, Que.), is the son of the late Antoine St. Jean and was born on April 22, 1869, at Contrecœur. Educated at the Model School of his native place where he was for five years President of the Commissioners of Schools. Always took an active part in the political life of his County before his appointment as Registrar in June, 1914, being President of the Liberal Club twice, for Vercheres County. Married Marie Joseph Guyon, daughter of Ludger Guyon, and is the father of the following children: Jeanne, Annette Simone, Gilberte Etiennette. Mr. St. Jean is a member of the Board of Trade in Montreal and in religion is a Roman Catholic.

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=Cash, Edward L., M.D.= (Yorkton, Sask.), son of David Cash (English) and Elizabeth Eckardt, his wife (Canadian), born December 26, 1849, at Markham Village, Ont., where he attended the Public and High Schools, afterwards the Victoria University, Cobourg, graduating with the degree of M.D. in the year 1871, and being licensed by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons the same year. Married, January 10, 1898, Mary B. Simpson, daughter of Wm. Simpson. Resided for some years, 1871-1896, in the United States, and was elected County Clerk of the District Court for Rock County, Nebraska. Commenced the practice of medicine in Yorkton in 1897, and soon established a large practice, where he was elected to the House of Commons at the general election for McKenzie as a Liberal in the general elections of 1908-1911. He is a Congregationalist in religion. Dr. Cash is the father of three children, i.e., Abbie Ruth, Nellie Katherine, and David E. L. He is a member of the Masonic Order, an Oddfellow, A.O.U.W., K.O.T.M., and also of the Canadian Club and Yorkton Club.

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=Sine, Frederick= (Sydenham, Ont.), was born at Madoc, Ont., January 24, 1877, and is the son of George William Sine. Educated at the Collegiate Institute of Collingwood and Meaford High School, and Queen’s University, Kingston, from which latter institution he graduated with first-class honors in Chemistry and Physics, and also received the degree of M.A. in 1906; also took the degree of B.Sc. in Geology and Mineralogy at the School of Mining, Kingston, 1908. While at Queen’s University he was Demonstrator in Chemistry. Mr. Sine taught Public Schools in Grey County and Hawkesbury, and High Schools at Hawkesbury, Dundas and Sydenham. He married Annie, daughter of James Watson, of Dundas, Ont. In religion, he is a member of the Methodist Church, and politically, is a Liberal.

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=Labelle, Alfred Eugene=, Brigadier-General, Managing Director of the St. Lawrence Flour Mills Co., Montreal, Que. Started in the milling business as Secretary to W. W. Ogilvie (the late Canadian Flour King) in 1884, and rose to the position of local Manager at Montreal, for the Ogilvie Mills Co., from which he retired in 1910 to form the present company, of which he is Managing Director. General Labelle served as a Lieutenant in the North-West Campaign of 1885, was in command of the 65th Regiment for two terms, 1896-1912, in command of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 1912-1916; in command of the Canadian Bisley Team, 1908; promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, 1916; and chairman of the Council of the Dominion Rifle Association, 1916-17. He has been decorated by the French Government a Commander of the Legion of Honour, and also wears the North-West Rebellion Medal and the long service and Diamond Jubilee Decorations. General Labelle has been President of the Montreal Chambre de Commerce, Director of the Montreal Com. Exchange, and several Companies, and a Commissioner of the Harbor of Montreal since 1913. He was born at Montreal, August 23, 1866, the son of Hospie Labelle and Leocadie Masson, receiving his education in government schools and Bishop’s Academy. He married Amelie, daughter of Judge L. W. Sicotte, Montreal, April 30, 1890, by whom he has five sons and one daughter. He is a member of the following clubs: St. James, St. Denis, Montreal, Canadian and Chapleau, all of Montreal. By religion General Labelle is a Catholic, and a Conservative in politics.

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=Weir, William M.=, President of the Canada Foundries & Forgings, Ltd., Westmount, Que., was born in Quebec City, July 26, 1873, the son of Mary A. McGoldrick and W. E. Weir, Quebec, and graduated from Ottawa University. He is a Director of the following companies: Canada Foundries & Forgings, Ltd.; Carriage Factories, Ltd.; J. H. McKay Co., Ltd.; Eastern Canada Fisheries, Ltd., and Ateras Wharf & Warehousing Co., Ltd., Havana, Cuba. On November 25, 1903, Mr. Weir married Florence E., daughter of J. J. Weville, Ottawa, Ont., and has seven children, Mary Doris, William Dermand, Marion Lucille, Irene Grace, Florence Elizabeth, Joseph Harrison, and Margaret Ruth. Mr. Weir is a Captain in the 55th Regt. Irish Canadian Rangers, and a member of the St. James and Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs, Montreal, also of the Welland and Brockville Clubs. He is a Roman Catholic in religion.

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