Part 29
=Henderson, William Andrew=, Barrister, Toronto, Ontario, was born at the Provincial Capital on August 10, 1878, his parents being Andrew Henderson and Mary Elizabeth (Carpenter). On his mother’s side he is of United Empire Loyalist stock. A portion of the Crown grant made to his mother’s great grandfather by George the Third, of land in Halton County is still in the possession of the family. Educated at the Toronto Public Schools, Jarvis Collegiate Institute, Trinity University and Osgoode Hall. Studied law under James Milton Godfrey and Thomas Cowper Robinette, K.C., and on being called to the Bar in 1908 became a member of the firm of Robinette, Godfrey, Phelan and Henderson, and so practised until 1913 when he formed a partnership with Austin G. Ross, under the firm name of Henderson and Ross, which continued until 1915 when he practised alone until 1918 when he entered into partnership with W. N. Irwin (Henderson & Irwin). Mr. Henderson has achieved a marked distinction in his professional conduct of famous criminal cases and has probably defended more people, since commencing practice, charged with capital offences than any other Ontario Counsel in recent years. Among the notable trials which greatly enhanced Mr. Henderson’s fame as an able advocate may be mentioned, the baby adoption case, in which Mabel Turner was indicted on a charge of murder; Peter Snider, Krystik and Strinkaruk, known as the Rosedale mystery; Hassan Neby (Tucker murder); Archie McLaughlin (the Uxbridge tragedy); a cause celebre. Mr. Henderson has defended no less than nine persons charged with murder and many others charged with serious offences and has a wide reputation as a successful criminal lawyer. He has held numerous briefs in civil cases, particularly those involving Mercantile law, being solicitor for several large corporations. A sound lawyer with an incisive style of cross-examination, he is able to present the law and the facts to the Court or Jury in a convincing and effective manner. An Anglican in religion and a Conservative in politics. He is a member of the Masonic Order. Married July 6, 1918, to Beatrice Helen, daughter of Donald Graham, of Toronto. Mr. Henderson has always been interested in amateur sports and prominent in local baseball circles. He is also proficient in boxing and swimming. A native of Toronto he is widely known and regarded as one of the most prominent and popular members of the Ontario Bar.
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=Earle, Rufus Redmond, LL.B., K.C.=, 1995 19th Ave. West, Vancouver, B.C., was born May 8, 1873, in Winchester Township, Dundas County, Ont., the son of Rufus Earle, a farmer, and his wife Catharine Redmond, a distant relative of the late John and Major William Redmond, the noted Irish parliamentary leaders. He was educated at the public schools of Winchester Tp., Morrisburg High School, Ottawa Normal School, and Ontario High School Teachers’ Institute, Toronto. He taught school at Cass Bridge, Ont., 1892-3, and Morrisburg Model School, 1894-5. In 1896 he went to Manitoba and was principal of the Killarney High School for three years, subsequently entering Manitoba University and taking up the study of law with the present Mr. Justice Metcalfe, of the Court of King’s Bench, Winnipeg, and the late Hon. J. H. Agnew, Provincial Treasurer of Manitoba, Virden. He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1904. Removing to Saskatchewan in 1905, he was immediately called to the Bar of that province and that of Alberta also. He began practice in Battleford, Sask., in partnership with ex-Chief Justice McGuire, of the Bench of the North-West Territories, and played a prominent part in public affairs. He was elected Mayor of Battleford in 1912, having previously served as a member of the School Board and a Director of the General Hospital there. In 1914 he was chosen President of the Battleford Board of Trade, and military affairs also claimed his attention. In 1911-12 he was Provisional Major and O.C. of “D” Squadron 22nd Saskatchewan Light Horse. He was also a Director of the Saskatchewan Anti-tuberculosis League and a Bencher of the Law Society of the province. President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan 1917. In 1918 he removed to Vancouver, where he was called to the bar of British Columbia and at once took a prominent place in legal circles. He is a member of the Terminal City and Canadian Clubs, Vancouver; of the Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club and the Masonic Order. His recreations are golf, tennis, swimming, motoring, and all outdoor sports generally. He is a Presbyterian in religion, a Liberal in politics, and was married on December 26, 1908, to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Barry, Morrisburg, Ont. He has two daughters, Mona Redmond and Marjory Kathleen, and two sons, Barry Redmond and Max Redmond.
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=Buckles, Daniel, K.C.=, Barrister and Solicitor (Swift Current, Saskatchewan), was born at Margaree, Nova Scotia, April 11, 1876, son of Archie and Bridget Buckles. His father was a farmer. Mr. Buckles was educated at the Public Schools of Margaree and Dalhousie University, Halifax. On graduation, he taught school for a number of years in Nova Scotia. Admitted to the Bar of Nova Scotia, September 24, 1907, and successfully practised his profession at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, until July, 1911, when he removed to Swift Current, and is at present head of the firm of Buckles, Donald, McPherson, McWilliam & Thompson, which was formed in 1913. Appointed Crown Prosecutor, 1913, for the Judicial District, Swift Current. Elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute, 1916. Appointed King’s Counsel 1919. Mr. Buckles, who is a Liberal, has taken a prominent part in politics as a speaker and organizer, and has been active in Red Cross work, and has addressed recruiting meetings in different parts of the Province of Saskatchewan. He is deeply interested in educational matters and is a member of the Swift Current School Board. On January 4, 1912, he married Edna I. Murray, daughter of S. Murray, of Milton, Nova Scotia. He is a member of the following clubs and societies: The Canadian Club, Knights of Columbus, C.M.B.A., F.O.E. and the Royal Colonial Institute. He is a Roman Catholic in religion. His recreations are walking, shooting and skating.
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=Jarvis, Ernest Frederick=, is one of the important officials of the civil branch of the Department of Militia and Defence, Ottawa, in which he holds the offices of Assistant Deputy Minister and Secretary of the Militia Council. He was born at St. Eleanor’s, Prince Edward Island, on September 16, 1862, the son of Edward Fitzgerald Jarvis, M.D., and Lucy DesBrisay Harding, his wife. He was educated at Summerside, P.E.I., and entered the public service of the Dominion on March 23, 1881, before he had completed his nineteenth year. In 1892 he was appointed Secretary to the late Hon. J. C. Paterson, Minister of the Crown in the cabinets of Sir John Thompson and Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and remained with him until Mr. Paterson was sent to Manitoba as Lieut.-Governor in 1895. Continuing in the civil service Mr. Jarvis was appointed Chief Clerk of the Department of Militia and Defence by Sir Frederick Borden in January, 1903. He became Secretary of the Militia Council on November 28, 1904, and Assistant Deputy Minister on September 1, 1908. His expert knowledge of departmental organization was recognized when the administration of Sir Robert Borden appointed him a member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the state of records in the public departments of the Dominion, 1912-14. During the late war and the demobilization period Mr. Jarvis whose duties were enormously augmented has given proofs of his great abilities as a departmental officer. He was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Service Order on June 3, 1918. He is an Anglican in religion and in 1892 married Ethel Colborne, daughter of the late E. A. Meredith, LL.D., of Toronto. He resides at 347 Stewart Street, Ottawa.
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=McCuish, Robert George= (Regina, Saskatchewan), was born at Parkhill, Ont., April 12, 1877, the son of Donald John and Flora McCuish. His father was a farmer and, the family moving to the West when he was a child, Mr. McCuish was educated at Morden (Man.) High School and at Manitoba University. In 1898 he joined the staff of the Winnipeg “Tribune,” and served as Sporting Editor for some years. From 1901 to 1905 he published the “Chronicle,” of Morden, Manitoba, and in 1905 founded the Fort William “Evening Herald,” which he continued to conduct until 1907, when he decided to enter the life insurance business in Winnipeg. He was Manager of the Ætna Life for two years, and then became Manager of the Manufacturers Life, and in 1912-13 served as Vice-President of the Dominion Life Underwriters’ Association. In the latter year he came East and became Montreal Manager of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, and on July 1, 1915, accepted the position of Manager for Saskatchewan of the Canada Life Assurance Company, with headquarters at Regina, a post he at present holds. Among the many important offices identified with his name are those of President of the Regina Liberal Association; Past President of the Regina Life Underwriters; Honorary Life Member and Past President of the Western Canada Press Association. He is a member of the Council of the Regina Board of Trade. Clubs: St. George and National of Montreal, the Wascona Country Club, Regina, and Assiniboia Club, Regina. His recreations are curling and golf. He is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason; at the present time is Deputy Supreme Chancellor for Saskatchewan of the order K. of P., and a P.G.C. of the order for Quebec. He is a Presbyterian in religion and on Sept. 14, 1904, married E. Maud, daughter of Andrew Macfarlane, for many years Superintendent of the William Hamilton Foundry, at Peterboro, Ont. He has one son, Donald Emmerson McCuish.
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=Patrick, John Alexander Macdonald, K.C.= (Yorkton, Saskatchewan), one of the best known barristers of that province, was born at Ilderton, Ont., June 28, 1873, the son of George B. and Alecia Patrick, both deceased. His father was a farmer and the son was educated at the Collegiate Institute and Model School, London, Ont. Later he took a course at the Normal School, Regina, in 1896, and taught school for six years, concurrently taking up the study of law with Mr. Gifford Elliott, of Yorkton, in 1899. Subsequently, in 1903, he entered the office of George W. Watson, Yorkton, and in 1904 that of the late Hon. G. W. Brown, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan. In the latter year he was called to the bar and since 1905 has practised in Yorkton. He is at present head of the firm of Patrick, Doherty, Killam & Walton. He was created King’s Counsel in 1913, is ex-President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and has been a Bencher of that body since 1906. He is also a member of the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association. Mr. Patrick has also taken a prominent part in public affairs and was Mayor of Yorkton for four terms, 1908-9 and 1913-4, and President of the Board of Trade from 1910 to 1913, inclusive. Earlier he held the post of Public School Trustee from 1906 to 1909, inclusive. He is a Conservative in politics and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature at the provincial elections of 1917. He is also a member of the Executive of the Navy League of Saskatchewan, and of the Executive of the Canadian Patriotic Society for that province. In religion he is a Methodist and a Governor of Regina College, affiliated with that religious body. He is a Past Grand Master for his province of the I.O.O.F., and his recreations are big game hunting and farming. On Oct. 15, 1905, he married Sadie Pearl, a daughter of the late William A. Hawkins, retired contractor, of Yorkton, Sask., and has six children, William Alexander, John Arden, Ethel Cecilia, Sadie Alecia, Hugh-Arthur and Mona Ione.
=Hogg, Andrew Brydon=, Barrister (Lethbridge, Alberta), was born at Flesherton, Ont., on January 24, 1883. Educated at the Public and High Schools of Toronto and Toronto University, at which latter seat of learning he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1904 and in 1916 received the degree of LL.B. from Alberta University. Studied law with the Hon. Arthur Meighen, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, afterwards Solicitor-General of Canada, with whom he subsequently formed a partnership, and with whom he practised law from 1908-10, the firm being known as Meighen and Hogg. From 1910-14 he practised alone at Carmangay, Alberta. In 1914 he formed a partnership with Mr. Russel, the firm name being known as Hogg & Russel, removing to Lethbridge in 1916, where he practised alone, and in 1917 he formed a partnership with C. F. Jamieson, the firm style being Hogg and Jamieson. On May 10, 1917, he married Ada Wright, adopted daughter of D. H. Elton, Barrister, Lethbridge. He is an adherent of the Presbyterian Church and a Conservative in politics, and a member of the Masonic Order. Mr. Hogg’s recreations are golf and motoring.
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=Todd, John Lancelot= (Montreal), son of the late Jacob Hunter Todd and Rosanna (Wigley) Todd. Was born in Victoria, B.C., December 10, 1876. Educated at Upper Canada College and McGill University, B.A., 1898; M.D., C.M., 1900; M.R.C.S., London, 1907; D.Sc. (Hon.) Liverpool University, 1909; a member of the staff of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, 1901. Sent by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to Gambia Protectorate and to Senegal to study trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and report on sanitation, 1902. Sent by Belgian Government and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to Congo Free State to study the same disease and report on sanitation of the Free State posts, 1903; Director of the Tropical Research Laboratories, Liverpool School of Tropical medicine at Runcorn, 1905-7; has published observations on trypanasomiasis in men and animals, on spirochactoris (tick fever), and on other tropical and insect-borne diseases; decorated commander of the Order of Leopold II, by the King of the Belgians in recognition of his scientific services, 1905; awarded Mary Kingsley Gold Medal by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 1910. Since June, 1907, has been Associate Professor of Parasit., McGill University; author of reports and papers in association with the late J. Everett Dutton (embodied in the memoirs of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and elsewhere). Married M. Clouston, a daughter of Sir Edward Clouston, Bart., Montreal. Is a member of the Mount Royal Club, University Club, Montreal, and York Club, Toronto. Dr. Todd holds the rank of Major in the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and is a member of the Board of Pension Commissioners for Canada.
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=Adamson, John Evans, B.A.= (Winnipeg, Man.), was born at Nelson, Manitoba, on Sept. 9, 1884, and is the son of Alan J. and Julia Adamson. He was educated at the public schools of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and graduated from St. John’s College, Winnipeg, with degree of B.A. in 1907. Called to the Bar in 1910. Member of the law firm Adamson & Lindsay, Winnipeg. Married Mary Turriff, daughter of Senator J. G. Turriff, Ottawa, on April 8, 1912, and is the father of two children. Is a member of the Carlton and St. Charles Country Club and also a member of the Masonic Order. In religion he is an Anglican and a Liberal in politics. His recreations are golf and motoring.
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=Peuchen, Lieut.-Col. Arthur Godfrey=, Capitalist, retired Manufacturer, son of Godfrey E. Peuchen and Eliza Eleanor Clarke of Hull, Eng. born in Montreal, April 18, 1859; educated in private schools there. His father was a Railroad Contractor in South America and built a railroad from Laguero to Caracas, Venezuela; his grandfather was manager of the London, Brighton and Midland Railway in England. Canada is indebted to Col. Peuchen for his ingenuity in being the first man to grasp the possibility of utilizing the unmarketable portions of our hardwood forests in a scientific way. In travelling he observed that England and France had virtually no forests, and knowing that the Canadian lumberman was only taking from our woods the flotable timber, leaving the unmerchantable coarse hardwood, he conceived the idea of turning this waste into the manufacturing of valuable chemicals: Acetic Acid, Acetate of Lime, Acetone, Wood Alcohol and Formaldehyde, the latter being so important for the successful growing of wheat in Canada, and the former for the dyeing industry; also benefited the English War Office by being the first man under the British Flag to produce acetone direct from wood, which he supplied the Admiralty in large quantities for the manufacture of high explosives, such as cordite. Introduced our present system of charcoal distribution in paper bags. With Sir Wm. McKenzie and others he organized the Standard Chemical Company with a small capital, which he gradually through his unbounded energy increased to five millions—beginning in 1897 by distilling only 22 tons of wood per day, eventually by 1913 this distillation was increased to over 1,000 tons. The production of these chemicals meant a tremendous export trade. He erected factories at: Fenelon Falls, Deseronto, Longford Mills, South River, Sault Ste. Marie, Fassett and Cookshire, and operated factories at Thornbury, Parry Sound and Mount Tremblant; erected refineries in Montreal, London, England, France and Germany, where crude alcohol was shipped and refined; bought and operated blast charcoal furnaces at Deseronto, and built one at Parry Sound. Was President and General Manager of the Standard Chemical Company from 1897 to 1914. Was active in military circles: Lt., Q.O.R., 1888; Captain, 1894; Major, 1904; Lieutenant-Colonel, May 21st, 1912. Went to England with the Queen’s Own in 1910 as Major, for the Imperial Fall Manœuvres at Salisbury Plain, and part of this period was in charge of the regiment under General French. Was Marshalling Officer in command of escort of officers of Indian Cavalry, Royal Procession, Coronation of King George, 1911; Officer Commanding Home Battalion Q.O.R., 1914 and 1915. Officer’s long service decoration. Was in the “Titanic,” disaster, of which he was one of two only surviving males in Canada. President of the Imperial Land Co.; owner, McLaren Lumber Company, of Blairmore, Alberta, which controls all the large green timber in Southern Alberta, also saw mills and branch retail yards. Clubs: National, Toronto Hunt, Ontario Jockey, Life Member Military Institute; ex-Flag Officer and Life Member of Royal Canadian Yacht Club, having held the positions of vice and rear Commodore. Was owner for several years of the famous yacht “Vreda,” which crossed the Atlantic under her own canvas and won more races in her class than any other yacht in Canada. Member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church and a Governor of Grace Hospital. In politics a Conservative. Col. Peuchen has a strong personality, frank and genial in manner, easy and interesting in conversation; has crossed the Atlantic 30 odd times and travelled extensively in many lands. Recreations, golf, riding, yachting. He married Margaret Thompson, daughter of John Thompson, of Orillia, 1893. One son, Lieutenant Godfrey Alan Peuchen, Imperial Royal Field Artillery, Asst.-Adjt. H.Q. to the 26th Brigade of Artillery during the War; daughter, Jessie, married Lieutenant Harry C. Lefroy, M.C., of the Imperial Royal Field Artillery. Residence during the War: Queen Anne’s Mansions, St. James Park, London, England; summer home, “Woodlands,” one of the most picturesque spots on Lake Simcoe.
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=Forin, John Andrew= (Nelson, B.C.), Judge of the County Court of West Kootenay, is a son of John Forin, Architect, of Belleville, Ont., where he was born on July 20, 1861. He was educated at Albert College, Belleville, and at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1885. He saw service in the North-west Rebellion of that year as a private in the Queen’s Own Rifles of Toronto, and holds the medal and clasp for that campaign. Later he practised in British Columbia and received his present judicial appointment in 1896. He still retains his connection with military affairs and at the time of writing is Officer Commanding of the 107th Regiment, B.C., with the rank of Major. Since 1915, the Internment camp at Morrissey, B.C., and the guards at the Trail, B.C., Smelter have been details of the regiment mentioned. He has also devoted some attention to literary pursuits and has published essays on legal and sociological subjects. His recreations are curling and golf; he is a member of the Nelson and Rossland Clubs and of the Scottish Clan Society. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and on May 18, 1895, was married to Mary, daughter of Peter T. Dunn, merchant, of Vancouver, B.C. He has five children, Jean Victoria, Isabel Dunn, John Douglas, Peter McLaren, and Mary Edith Forin.
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=Coburn, John W.= (Nanaimo, B.C.), one of the leading lumbermen of the Pacific Coast, was born at Harvey, New Brunswick, the son of A. W. Coburn, farmer and contractor, and Elizabeth Messer, his wife. He was educated in the public schools of his native province and, later, in private schools in British Columbia. As a youth he took up railroading and had sixteen years’ experience therein, principally as a passenger conductor. Subsequently he went into the lumber business and was extremely successful. His interests are now very extensive. He is President of the Ladysmith Lumber Co., of Nanaimo; the Ladysmith Hardware Co., and of the Last West Lumber Co., which latter corporation does retail business in the Western Provinces. He is also a director of the Shawinigan Lake Lumber Co. He has shown a progressive and energetic spirit in public affairs and is an ex-President of the Nanaimo and Ladysmith Boards of Trade. He has also filled the following municipal offices: Mayor of Wellington, B.C., and of Ladysmith, B.C. (for three terms) and School Trustee and Alderman for three terms, when his business interests prevented him continuing in further civic affairs in Nanaimo. He is a member of the Masonic Order, is a Presbyterian in religion and a supporter of Union Government. On Feb. 8, 1899, he married Ellen Cowie (his second wife), a daughter of Alexander Cowie, Elora, Ont., by whom he has three children, Wallace, Gordon and Lorna Maud.
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