Chapter XVIII: Part 18

=Gartshore, Lieut.-Col. William Moir=, is one of the best known industrial leaders of Canada, and is Vice-President and General Manager of the McClary Manufacturing Co. of London, Ont. His Company is one of the Canadian pioneer concerns in the manufacture of stoves and furnaces, and has branches at Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, St. John, Hamilton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Edmonton. Col. Gartshore was born at Dundas, Ont., April 3rd, 1853, the son of John and Margaret (Moir) Gartshore. The late Mr. John Gartshore was during his lifetime a prominent manufacturer of marine machinery, engines, boilers, etc., and the subject of this sketch was educated in the public and grammar schools of Dundas and at Dr. Tassie’s famous academy at Galt, Ontario. In 1873 he joined the staff of the London Car Wheel Company and in 1876 entered the employ of the McClary Manufacturing Company with which he has ever since been connected. Since 1890 he has filled the dual office of Vice-President and General Manager. His other business interests include a directorship of Ontario Loan and Debenture Co., London. Since early manhood he has taken an active interest in military matters and holds a first-class cavalry certificate. He entered the militia as a volunteer in 1871 and during the North-West Rebellion of 1885 served as Junior Major of the 7th Fusiliers, London, for which he wears the campaign medal. He was made major in 1884 and in 1892 became Lieut.-Col. in command of 1st Regiment of Cavalry, “Hussars,” London. He is now on its reserve of officers. Col. Gartshore has also held many important public offices. He was Provincial Vice-President of the Canadian Manufacturers Association, 1908, and Vice-President for Canada in the same organization, 1914-15. He is President and was formerly for some years a director of London Fair Association; Chairman of the Victoria Hospital Trust; President of the St. John’s Ambulance Association, London; President of the Child Welfare Association, London. During his many journeys to the motherland he was in 1886 presented to the late King Edward VII when Prince of Wales, and in 1905 after he came to the throne. In response to the wishes of his fellow citizens he stood for Mayor of London in 1916 and was elected. Col. Gartshore is a member of the following Clubs: London, London Hunt, and National (Toronto). He is also a member of St. Andrew’s Society and his recreations are riding, cricket and baseball. In politics he is a Liberal-Unionist and in religion a Presbyterian. He was married on Dec. 26th, 1876, to Catherine, daughter of Mr. John McClary, the head of the company with which he is identified, and has one daughter, Mrs. Edna Cleghorn.

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=White, John T.=, Solicitor to the Treasury for the Province of Ontario, is a native of Belleville, Ont., where he was born on July 3rd, 1875. He was educated at the public and High Schools of his native town and later qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the bar of this province in 1894 he practised for a time in Toronto. A few years ago he was appointed Solicitor to the Treasury for Ontario, a post requiring great judgment and knowledge of general conditions. Among the duties it embraces is that of collecting the succession duties on the estates of deceased persons, the collection of the Corporations Tax, the Provincial War Tax, and other sources of Provincial revenue. In the long and delicate negotiations which are sometimes necessary in arriving at a fair valuation, Mr. White has shown himself very shrewd and tactful and has been able to largely augment the revenues of the province without making unfair exactions. When the Ontario Government decided a year or so after the late war began to impose a tax on amusements, Mr. White was also placed in charge of the administration of the new law, a task involving great problems of detail which he has successfully accomplished. He is an Anglican in religion and a Conservative in politics and resides at the Albany Club, of which he is a member, as also of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Rosedale Golf, and the Mississauga Golf and Country Club.

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=Pugh, Thomas James=, one of the successful business men of Toronto, was born in Kidderminster, England, January 8th, 1871, the son of Charles and Sarah Pugh. He received his first education in public schools in England, which on his coming to Canada as a boy, was continued by courses in the public and High Schools here. On leaving school he adopted commercial pursuits in which he prospered and was finally enabled to establish himself as a manufacturer of novelties. He is the President of the Pugh Specialty Company, Ltd., with factories at 38 to 42 Clifford Street, and the wares of his company are well known to the trade throughout Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and of the Toronto Board of Trade. He is a Presbyterian in religion and a member of the Masonic order. In politics he is a Liberal-Unionist. In 1908 he married Miss Alice Maude Collier, daughter of M. Collier, of Hillsburg, Ont., and resides at 87 Erskine Avenue, Toronto.

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=Sutherland, Thomas Fraser, B.Sc., E.M.=, Chief Inspector of Mines for the Province of Ontario is recognized in his own and other countries as one of the leading mining engineers of Canada. He is the son of Rev. J. M. Sutherland, B.A., a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of the Maritime Provinces, and was born at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, on Feb. 23rd, 1879. His professional education was received at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., from which he graduated in 1904 as a fully qualified Mining Engineer with the degree of Bachelor of Science. On graduation he went to British Columbia and worked in various gold camps of that province and also of Alaska as a practical miner, assayer, operator and prospector. For two years he acted as Western representative of a prominent New York mining firm with important interests in British Columbia. After six years’ experience on the Pacific coast he returned to the East in 1910 and was engaged by the Ontario Bureau of Mines in 1911 as Assistant Inspector at Cobalt, Ont., the centre of one of the great silver districts of the world. Subsequently in 1913 he became Chief Inspector, and in 1916 was attached as expert to the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission to enquire into various problems in connection with that important industry. His duties in this capacity required him to visit the famous nickel mines of the French colony of New Caledonia, which are second only to those of Northern Ontario in extent, and also the nickel fields of Tasmania. In connection with his investigations and other official duties he is the author of various reports to the Ontario Government, which are documents of value to those interested in the mining industry, and is also a contributor to technical journals in connection with his profession. He is a member of the Canadian Mining Institute and in religion is a Presbyterian. In 1908 he married Miss Ethel Young and has three children, Jack Fraser, Gordon McRae, and Margaret Jean. His home is at 133 St. Leonard’s Ave., Toronto.

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=David, Hon. Laurent Olivier=, City Clerk of Montreal since 1892 and for years prominent in the public life of Quebec, is one of the distinguished figures in the Senate of Canada. He is a son of the late Mayor Stanislas David, a farmer and officer of the Canadian Militia, and Elizabeth Tremblay, his wife. Senator David was born at Sault-au-Recollect, P.Q., on March 24th, 1840, and educated at Ste. Therese College, Quebec. He took up the study of law and while yet a student became identified with journalism as one of the founders of the newspaper “Le Colonisateur.” In 1870 he in company with M. Mousseau and Desbarats founded “L’Opinion Publique” an illustrated weekly, of which he became chief editor, and resigned as such because he refused to take the responsibility of approving the Pacific scandal. In 1874 he founded in company with C. Beausoliel, M.P., and edited “Le Bien Public” and later published “La Tribune.” In the seventies he began to win fame as the author of many essays and books on French Canadian history, on which he is perhaps the greatest living authority. These include “Les Patriotes de 1837-8”; “Portraits et Biographies”; “Histoire du Canada depuis l’Union”; “Histoire du Canada depuis la Confederation”; “le Drapeau de Carillon,” a patriotic drama; “Les Deux Papineau”; “Mes Contemporains,” (memoirs); “Souvenirs et Biographies”; “Laurier et son temps”; “Melanges Historiques et Litteraires”; “Le Clergé Canadien, sa mission et son oeuvre,” and other works. For a short time he filled the position of translator to the Quebec Legislature, which he resigned in 1878 and subsequently practised law in Montreal. In 1892 he became City Clerk of Montreal and helped to revise the new charter of that city, drafted in 1898. He served as President of the great French-Canadian patriotic Society of St. Jean Baptiste in 1887-8, and his pen and tongue have always been active in movements for Canadian unity and for the intellectual advancement of his own people. He was one of the important delegates to the Convention of the French-Canadian people at Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1888, and was one of the prime movers in securing the erection of the Monument National at Montreal and also that for a monument to Montcalm in France. Originally a Conservative in politics he left that party to join L’Union Nationale, in the sixties, an organization formed to oppose Confederation. Later his ideas on that subject mellowed and Confederation having become an accomplished fact, he threw in his lot with the newly-formed Liberal party of Dorion, Holton and Laflamme. His independence of spirit was shown, however, in the fact that he favored the policy of protection for native industries in opposition to his party friends. Because of his attitude on that question he was obliged to discontinue the publication of the “Bien Public.” From the first entry of Sir Wilfrid Laurier into politics he became his friend, counsellor and supporter, and during the lifetime of that statesman no living man enjoyed more of the confidence of the Liberal chieftain. His entry into politics ante-dated that of his friend by a few years for he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Quebec Legislature in Hochelaga in 1867 and later in 1875. From 1886 to 1890 he represented Montreal East in that body, when he voluntarily retired, owing to differences with Hon. Honore Mercier, Liberal Leader in the Legislature. He had several bills adopted by the Legislature in order to improve the condition of the workingman, and especially to prevent the seizure of his furniture and wages. He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons, first in Hochelaga at the general elections of 1878 and in Montreal East at the general elections of 1891. He in 1903 was called to the Senate of Canada by the Governor-General, the Earl of Minto, on the advice of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and is recognized as one of the sagest and most able debaters in that body. He had earlier declined appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, though pressed to accept by Sir Wilfrid. He is prominently identified with welfare movements like the society for the Protection of women and children, Quebec; and the Anti-Alcoholic League, Montreal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Knight of the Legion of Honor of France (to which he was appointed in 1911.) His attachment to the British flag as well as to the interests of his own people has been the theme of many of his utterances. He is a Roman Catholic and was twice married; first in 1886 to Albina Chenet (died July, 1887); secondly to Ludivine Garceau (died, February, 1915). He has had one son and nine daughters.

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=Nanton, Sir Augustus Meredith, K.B.=, of Winnipeg, is one of the leading financiers of the Canadian West and has been for a considerable number of years senior Winnipeg partner in the noted firm of Osler, Hammond & Nanton, Investment Brokers and Financial agents of Toronto and Winnipeg. He was born at Toronto, May 7th, 1860, the son of Augustus Nanton, Barrister, and came from a family that dated from the early settlement of that city. He was educated in Toronto and as a young man was sent to Winnipeg to take charge of the Western business of Osler & Hammond in which he became a partner. He has long been intimately connected with the financial life of Manitoba and the West, and his widespread interests are indicated by the fact that he is Vice-President of the Great West Life Assurance Co., Vice-President of the Osler & Hammond Trust Company; President, Winnipeg Electric Co.; Director and Chairman of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson’s Bay Company; Director of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; Director of the Dominion Bank; Director of the Northern Trusts Company; Director, Manitoba Bridge & Iron Works; Director of the Cockshutt Plow Company; Director of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company; Director of the Canadian Starch Company; and Director of the Guarantee Company of North America. Few men have been so closely identified with the commercial and industrial development of Canada, particularly that section of it in which he resides; and when on June 4th, 1917, he was created a Knight Bachelor, the honor was universally regarded as well-bestowed. Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (July, 1914). In connection with the Victory Loans of 1917 and 1918, Sir Augustus rendered signal service to the Government of Canada, by organizing their flotation in the West, with magnificent results. He is a member of the following Clubs: Manitoba (Winnipeg); St. Charles Country; Winnipeg Hunt; Mount Royal (Montreal); York and Toronto in the latter named city; and Rideau (Ottawa). He is a Conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion. He is married and has three sons and three daughters, and resides at 229 Rosyln Road, Winnipeg.

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=Rogers, Albert S.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in North York in 1860, the son of the late Samuel Rogers, founder of the Queen City Oil Co., Ltd., and was educated at the Newmarket High School. He married Mary E., daughter of Joseph E. Elsworth, of New York City, by whom he has two sons—J. D. Elsworth and Edward S., and one daughter, Katherine. Interested in petroleum and natural gas, Mr. Rogers was Vice-President and General Manager of the Queen City Oil Co., Ltd., of Toronto—merged into the Imperial Oil Company in 1912—before retiring from active business. He is Director of the Imperial Oil Co., Ltd., and Vice-President of Harris & Company, Woollen Manufacturers, Rockwood. Mr. Rogers is also Chairman and Treasurer of the Board of Management of Pickering College, Newmarket, near which he owns and operates a farm that affords a country outlook to the students. He is a member of the National Club and Lambton Golf and Country Club, of Toronto, as also of the Toronto Board of Trade and the York Pioneers. In religion he belongs to the Society of Friends.

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=Scott, F. Stewart, M.P.= (Galt, Ont.), born August 23rd, 1879 at Galt, Ont. Son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, both Canadians. Parents are of Scotch parentage. Educated at Galt Public and High Schools. Married in April, 1904 to Minnie L., daughter of William Weir, of Galt, Ont., and has three children, Kathleen, Stewart A., and Isobel Scott. He is a successful manufacturer and public spirited citizen. He is president of the Getty & Scott Limited, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers; President of Scott-Chamberlain Limited, Ontario; and President of the Shoe Manufacturers’ Association of Canada. Was a member of the Galt Municipal Council for seven years, serving two years as Mayor. He is a member of The Business Men’s Club and Waterloo County Golf Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian. Was first elected to the House of Commons in 1915 as Conservative member for South Waterloo and re-elected at the general elections in 1917. The member for South Waterloo is a man of many activities and large commercial interests in which he displays marked energy. He is a good platform speaker and is recognized as one of the most progressive and popular citizens of his home city.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Some are while careful of their own affairs,
And when successfully amassing wealth,
Who oft-times will withdraw, as if by stealth
To render good to others unawares.
Well known to them the haunts of poverty.
Clothed are the naked, and the hungry fed,
Oft take they place beside the patient’s bed
To cheer sad hours; to soothe keen agony.
These are earth’s salt—they labor with a mind,
Distress relieving, lessening human woe;
In all their actions earnest, gentle, kind,
Leaving sweet impress whereso’er they go.
Theirs Heaven’s reward; a crown upon each brow,
Warm hearted DRYSDALE! such a man art thou!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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