Part 54
=Sinclair, Robert Victor, K.C.=, Barrister and Solicitor, the son of Robert and Elizabeth Morrison (Colville) Sinclair, was born in Forestville, New York, May 24, 1861, and at an early age came to Canada with his parents and settled in Ottawa, where he received his education in the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. He read law with Stewart, Chrysler & Gormully from 1880 to 1885, and was called to the bar in the latter year, when he went into partnership with Mr. Gormully under the title of Gormully & Sinclair, and remained there until 1894, when he retired to practise alone. In 1900, he formed a partnership with the late Sir Adolphe Caron, the firm being known as Caron & Sinclair, and remained there until 1907, when he again retired to practise alone. In 1908 he was created a K.C. Mr. Sinclair is recognized in the Ottawa legal fraternity as one of the Capital’s most successful barristers. In 1907, Mr. Sinclair was elected a member of the Ottawa Stock Exchange. August, 1887, he married Daisy King, daughter of James W. King, ex-M.P., Director of Penitentiaries. He has one son and three daughters. He is a member of the Rideau Hunt Club, and was a member of the executive committee in 1907. In religion he is an Anglican, in politics a Conservative, and he resides at 237 Wilbrod St., Ottawa, Ontario.
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=Campbell, William Brough.= The late W. B. Campbell, of Toronto, insurance publisher and editor, was of Scottish extraction and was born in Shannonville, Ontario (then Canada West), on July 17, 1854. He was the eldest of four children who reached maturity. While he was still a child, his parents removed with their family to Toronto, where he continued to reside until his death. He was educated in the public schools, and went to work while still only a lad, serving under his father, who held an administrative position in the Toronto office of the old Lancashire Fire Insurance Company. About 1880 he joined his father in the publication of a monthly insurance journal called “The Budget.” From its first issue the new paper was independent in policy and aggressive in tone, and its strictures upon some of the loose practices of insurance companies, and especially its denunciations of wild-cat concerns carrying on a business of plunder in the name of insurance, made it a power in its field. A fairly extensive printing business was developed as a side line of the business, but ultimately this proved too complex a load for the periodical to carry. The result was that other people acquired the rights in “The Budget.” But the Campbells, father and son, at once came out with a new venture, “The Bulletin,” virtually a continuation of the old. In 1905, feeling the need of greater freedom in editorial and business policy than his surroundings permitted, Mr. Campbell dissociated himself from his father, and began the publication of “Office and Field,” a weekly—in its time the only weekly journal in the world wholly devoted to life insurance. The world-wide upheaval in life insurance business arising from the investigation by a committee of the legislature of the State of New York in 1905 threatened the new venture with early extinction, but by daring and skilful guidance Mr. Campbell brought his craft to success. He demanded and insisted upon service of the public as the one justification for life insurance. It was largely through his influence that the life insurance agents were organized as the Life Underwriters’ Association of Canada, an institution which, carrying out the policy which he and other leaders laid down, has achieved a splendid success. His work, both as editor and propagandist was a distinct factor in making life insurance in Canada the great financial and social force it has become. Mr. Campbell was married in September, 1887, to Jessie G., eldest daughter of the late George Maclean Rose. Of this union there were born two daughters and a son. The son, Wilfrid Maclean Campbell answered the call to the colours, and served as a private in France and Flanders from February, 1916, to the end. He was one of the glorious Canadians at Vimy Ridge, was wounded at Hill 70, but returned to the ranks, and was among those who marched as victors into Germany. Too great devotion to business broke down Mr. Campbell’s health, and after a short illness he died in June, 1914, in his sixtieth year.
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=Henderson, Alexander, B.A., K.C.=, is one of the most prominent members of the British Columbia Bar, and practises at Vancouver. He was born at Oshawa, Ont., in 1861, the son of Alexander Henderson, a native of Caithness, Scotland, and Grace (KilPatrick) Henderson, a native of Paisley, Scotland. His father, after coming to this country, became mechanical superintendent of one of Oshawa’s leading industries, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public and high schools of his native town and at the University of Toronto. He graduated from the latter institution in 1884 with the degree of B.A., and subsequently qualified for the law. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1889, and two years later decided to take up his residence in New Westminster, B.C. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1892, and has ever since pursued an active legal career. In 1896, he was appointed agent for the Minister of Justice of Canada on the mainland of British Columbia. In 1898, he was elected to the Provincial Legislature as member for the city of New Westminster, and sat for two years. In 1899, he became Attorney-General for British Columbia, and in 1901 was appointed judge of the County Court of Vancouver, an office he held until 1907, when he was appointed Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. For four years he lived at Dawson City, and won distinction by his wise and able administration. In 1911, he resigned, and resumed the practise of law at Vancouver, where he has a large and lucrative practice. He has taken an active interest in military affairs, and was formerly major of the 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught’s Rifles, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers in 1907. His recreation is rifle shooting, and he accompanied the Canadian Bisley Team to England in 1901, acting as adjutant. He is a Presbyterian in religion, a Liberal in politics, and a member of the Vancouver Club. On September 14, 1895, he married Susan Crawford, daughter of William McCraney, of Oakville, Ont., and Vancouver, B.C. The latter was a very prominent lumberman, and formerly represented Halton (Ontario) in the House of Commons. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have one daughter, Grace Kilpatrick Henderson, and reside at 1424 Burnaby Ave., Vancouver.
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=Russell, Adam Lothian=, of Vancouver, B.C., is one of the leading commercial figures of the Coast province. Like so many others who have made their mark in Canada he is a native of Scotland, and was born at Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, on March 27, 1864, the son of James and Annie (Knox) Russell. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University, and his business training began in 1882 with the firm of Rutherford Bros., in the Scottish commercial metropolis. With this firm he remained three years and in 1885 became Manager of the firm of Taylor Bros., in Glasgow, in which capacity he remained until 1891. His Glasgow training had rendered him familiar with international shipping, and in 1891 he decided to come to Canada and establish himself at Vancouver as a Ship Broker and Commission Agent. In this capacity he continued until 1901, after which he acquired his present interests. He is now Vice-President and Managing Director of Evans, Coleman & Evans, Ltd., Vancouver; and Vice-President of Clayburn, Ltd., in the same city. His business offices are 301-304 Credit Foncier Building, Vancouver. He is a member of the following clubs: Vancouver, Union (Victoria), Jericho Country (Vancouver), British Columbia Golf, Vancouver Athletic, Shaughnessy Golf Club, and Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. His favorite recreation is golf; he is a member of the Masonic Order and a Presbyterian in religion. In 1898 he married Rosamund Bickford of Newcastle, England, and has one daughter, Sheila. Mr. and Mrs. Russell reside at 1306 Burnaby St., Vancouver.
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=Shillington, Lieut.-Col. Adam Tozeland, M.D.C.M., M.C.P. & S., F.A.C.S.=, Surgeon, of Ottawa, was born in Prospect, Lanark County, Ontario, August 12, 1870. He is the son of Samuel Kerfort and Ann Eliza (Poole) Shillington, whose ancestors came to Canada from Ireland in 1812 and settled in Goulbourn, Carleton County, Ontario. Col. Shillington was educated in the public and high schools of Kemptville, Ontario, McGill University, Montreal, where he attained the degrees M.D., C.M., M.C.P.& S., F.A.C.S., Post Graduate Course, London, England, 1902. Col. Shillington has practised in Ottawa since 1894, and was appointed to the Medical Board of St. Luke’s General Hospital in 1901, and gynaecologist in that hospital in 1913; consulting physician in the Ottawa Maternity Hospital, a member of the Canadian Medical Association, and was chairman of legislation at the time the Association was incorporated, a member of the Ontario Medical Association, and was First Vice-President in 1913-1914; Association of Officers of the Medical Service of Canada, of which he was President in 1913; Ottawa Medical Society, of which he was President in 1903; Ottawa Medico-Chirurgical Society, of which he was President in 1918; National Geographical Society; Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons; Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England; Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1914, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton. Col. Shillington served as Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1901, as Captain in 1902, Major in 1904, and as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1911. From 1904 to 1910 he was Officer Commanding No. 2 Field Ambulance; Administrative Medical Officer, M.D. No. 4, in March and April, 1911; represented Army Medical Corps of Canada at the Convention of the Military Surgeons of the United States at Milwaukee in 1911; was A.D.M.S. at Barriefield Camp in 1913. September 22, 1914, Colonel Shillington went overseas with the First Canadian Expeditionary Forces in command of No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, and the following November (8th) established the First Canadian Military Hospital to be opened in the war zone. This hospital unit was the first Canadian unit to reach France. On November 27, 1915, Colonel Shillington was appointed A.D.M.S., of the Canadians at Bramshott, England, and in May, 1916, was appointed A.D.M.S., A.M.D.I. to the D.M.S. office. On October 25, 1916, he was appointed A.D.M.S., C.T.D., at Shorncliffe, England, and March, 1917, Officer Commanding at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England. February 9, 1918, Colonel Shillington, having served overseas for three years and five months, during which time he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the “Mons Star,” returned to Canada, and was transferred to the C.E.F. Reserve of Officers. Colonel Shillington was married to Ethel Florence Jones, daughter of John Henry Jones, of Montreal, July 31, 1899, and has two sons and one daughter: John T., James G. K., and Ethel Maud. Clubs: Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf, Wawa Keshi Fish and Game, Army and Navy of London; Societies: A.F. & A.M. and I.O.O.F. In religion a Methodist, in politics a Conservative, he resides at the Bedford House, 281 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ont.
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=White, James, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.C., M. Eng. Inst. Can., E.=, is the Assistant to Chairman and the Deputy Head of the Canadian Commission of Conservation, with headquarters in the Temple Building, Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. He is the eldest son of David White and Christina, daughter of George Hendry, and was born February 3, 1863. In 1888, he married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Waddell, and has two daughters. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. In January, 1884, he was appointed topographer on the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada, and made surveys in the Rocky Mountains during 1884-5. In 1886, he made surveys in the Madoc, Ontario, gold district; in 1887-90, in the Ottawa County, Quebec, phosphate district; and in 1891-93, in the Kingston and Pembroke, Ontario, district, and in the latter year was employed on the Alaska Boundary Commission. In 1894, he was appointed Geographer and Chief Draughtsman to the Geological Survey. In 1899, he was appointed Chief Geographer of the Department of the Interior, in which branch he organized the map work. In 1907 he made investigations respecting fast Atlantic passenger steamships (the All-Red Line), and in 1909 was appointed Secretary to the Commission of Conservation and Assistant Chairman and Deputy Minister in 1913. The following valuable publications are to his credit: 1901 and 1915, Altitudes in Canada, 1st and 2nd editions; 1903 and 1916, Dictionary of Altitudes, 1st and 2nd editions; Maps and Mapmaking in Canada; Derivation of Place-Names in Northern Canada, of Quebec, of Thousand Islands, of Rocky Mountains, and of Georgian Bay; Treaties and Boundaries affecting Canada; Fuels of Western Canada; various other articles, etc.; 1906, Atlas of Canada. For recreation, Mr. White takes pleasure in travelling, and he belongs to the Authors and the Rideau Clubs. He resides at 450 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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=Dunlop, Edward Arunah, M.P.P.= (Pembroke, Ont.), born at Pembroke, Ont., October 26th, 1876, son of Mary Deacon and Arunah Dunlop, ex-M.P.P. Began his business career as clerk for Dunlop & Chapman, hardware merchants, Pembroke, in 1892, and in 1897 took charge of the business, changing the name to Dunlop & Company. In politics he is a Conservative. Declined nomination to the Ontario Legislature for North Renfrew in 1899. Was elected at the by-election December 26, 1903, by a majority of 598, after a contest of nineteen months, during which time the constituency was unrepresented in the Ontario Legislature. This is said to be the longest vacancy in the parliamentary records of Canada. Was re-elected 1905. Declined nomination in 1908. Re-elected by acclamation in 1911, and re-elected in 1914. Was a member of the Town Council of Pembroke from 1908 to 1913 inclusive. Is connected with many commercial concerns, being President of the Pembroke Lumber Company, Steel Equipment Co., Ltd., Pembroke Electric Light Co., Ltd., and MacFarlane Neil Mfg. Co. of Fredericton, N.B.; also a director of the Pembroke Woollen Mills, Ltd., Massey Lumber Co., Ltd., Pembroke Southern Railway, Pembroke Iron Works, Ltd., Superior Electrics, Ltd., Victoria Foundry Co., Ltd., Ottawa, and other companies. Is First Vice-President of the Canadian Electrical Association for 1919. He is a member of the Rideau and Country Clubs of Ottawa and the National and Albany Clubs of Toronto. Is a member of the Methodist Church. On June 17, 1908, he married Mabel Ferguson, daughter of Donald Ferguson, of Beamsville, Ont., and has three daughters.
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=Reid, William Brown=, President and Managing Director of United Cigar Stores, Ltd., of Canada, with head office at 284 King Street West, Toronto, Ont., was born in Rothes, Scotland, April 7, 1866, the son of Alexander and Helen (Simpson) Reid. His father was an extensive and prosperous farmer, and this afforded the subject of this sketch the opportunity of exercising in his boyhood his innate love of horses which he still retains. While afforded, like other members of his family, all the facilities for pursuing the highest educational course, he was satisfied with that of the common schools which have produced so many successful Scotchmen. He served with the Rothes (Elginshire) Volunteers from 1882 till 1888, when he came to Canada, and shortly afterwards joined the 48th Highlanders, serving for five years. After leaving school he pursued his own inclinations, and before coming to Canada had gained practical experience in a general way, besides having considerable knowledge along useful technical lines as a reserve to fall back on. In 1888, he became connected with the Empire Tobacco Co., with which he remained as Toronto representative till 1897, when he established in Toronto the wholesale tobacco and Cigar firm of W. B. Reid & Co., which was the foundation of the present extensive corporation of which he was the originator, and has always been the head and controlling genius. The firm was incorporated as the United Cigar Stores, Limited, in 1902, with a capital of $20,000, and opened several cigar stores in Toronto. In May, 1914, the company’s capital stock was increased to $250,000, and the number of stores largely increased and extended to outside cities. A year later, United Cigar Stores, Limited, of Canada was incorporated with a capital of $3,800,000, with Mr. Reid still in full control. The Company now has 164 stores, extending from Quebec City to Port Arthur, including 39 in Toronto, 13 in Ottawa, 11 in Hamilton, and one or more in almost every important town in the province. Remarkable as this achievement is in so short a time, it falls far short of the goal set by Mr. Reid, who intends to have stores in every city and town of consequence in the Dominion, and no doubt would have already made this goal an established fact before now if the war had not put a temporary stop to further expansion. Besides operating this great chain of stores, the company has two large cigar factories, and as a holding company, also controls a chain of Drug Stores with about a dozen branches, and a constantly and rapidly increasing business. The annual turnover of the cigar stores and cigar factories is between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, all directed by Mr. Reid personally from the head office. This immense volume of business enables the company to buy goods in such large quantities that it obtains better terms than are available by small purchasers, and at the same time minimizes the percentage of overhead expenses. Mr. Reid married Edith E. Rogers, daughter of A. C. Rogers, Newmarket, Ont., November 8, 1896. He is a member of the Toronto and Montreal Boards of Trade, of the Scarborough Golf Club, Lakeview Golf, Mississauga Golf and Ontario Clubs; member of the A.F. & A.M., a Presbyterian, and independent in politics. His chief recreations are bowling and golf. He resides at 42 Lakeview Ave., Toronto. Mr. Reid is genial in manner, a systematic organizer, with sufficient of the imaginative faculty to prompt enterprise and enough determination and reserve force to ensure the carrying out of anything to which he lays his hand. He was the first man in the province of Ontario to place on the market the product of Canadian grown tobacco, and the expansion of this business has proven his foresight beyond question. The great war made heavy drafts on the staff of the Company, but Mr. Reid is too good a Britisher to complain of that; in fact, in addition to contributing thousands of dollars to patriotic purposes, so strong along this line is he that he never has allowed any foreign element to obtain a footing in his company, which he says will be strictly Canadian, without outside influence, so long as he is at its head—and that means as long as he desires to remain in active business.
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=Johnson, Hon. Thomas Herman, B.A., LL.D.=, Attorney-General of Manitoba, is a type of those Icelandic Canadians who, going into the West in the early days, have done so much for its development. He was born in Iceland on February 12, 1870, the son of John and Margaret Johnson. When he was a boy of eight years old his father resolved to try his fortunes in the virgin country of Western Canada, and settled in Manitoba as a farmer, bringing his family with him. The subject of this sketch was from early boyhood bent on a professional career. He attended the public schools of Winnipeg, and later took a course at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1895 with the degree of B.A. As a youth he taught school during the summer in the Glenboro district to secure funds to continue his studies during the winter. After obtaining his degree he entered the legal offices of Richards (afterwards Mr. Justice Richards) and Bradshaw, with a view to qualifying himself for the law. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1900, and immediately commenced practice at Winnipeg. His abilities and knowledge of the different races of Manitoba were such that in 1901 the Laurier administration appointed him census commissioner for Manitoba to take the decennial census of that year. In 1904 he was elected as member of the Winnipeg School Board, and continued to act until 1907, when he resigned to stand as Liberal candidate for the Legislature in the riding of West Winnipeg. He was successful, and was also re-elected in 1910. At the general elections of 1914 he was Liberal candidate in Centre Winnipeg, and was again successful. As a prominent member of the opposition, he took an active part in the campaign which resulted in driving the Roblin administration from office. In 1915, when the Liberals, under Hon. Mr. Norris, came into power, he was again elected for Centre Winnipeg, and on the formation of the Norris government was offered, and accepted, the post of Minister of Public Works. Subsequently, he was transferred to the more important portfolio of Attorney-General. Mr. Johnson is a fine public speaker, and his shrewdness and judgment on all public questions are highly esteemed by his fellow citizens and colleagues in the Legislature. He is a Lutheran in religion, and his chief recreation is golf. On June 21, 1898, he married Aurora, daughter of F. Frederickson, merchant, Glenboro, Manitoba, and has three children, M. Ethel, Elswood B., and Cecil F. Johnson.
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