Part 24

=Lighthall, William Douw, K.C., M.A., B.C.L., F.R.S.C., F.R.S.I.= (Montreal, P.Q.), one of the most widely known of Canadian publicists, was born at Hamilton, Ont., Dec. 27, 1857, the son of William Francis Lighthall, Dean of the Notarial Profession in Montreal, and Margaret Lighthall. His scholastic career was brilliant; he was gold medallist of Montreal High School, and Shakespeare Gold Medallist of McGill University. He was called to the Bar in 1881, and has almost ever since been a prominent figure in both the literary and public life of Canada, due to the fact that he is a man very fertile in ideas. He has an international reputation as a municipal reformer, which began with his career as Mayor of Westmount, from 1900 to 1903. In 1901, in conjunction with the late Oliver A. Howland, Mayor of Toronto, he founded the Union of Canadian Municipalities, which has effected a great work of municipal improvement in Canada. He was Chairman of the School Commission in his city for 1908-9, and is a member of the Royal Metropolitan Parks Commission, for the planning of a Greater Montreal. Mr. Lighthall’s literary and scientific interests are comprehensive. He was Representative Fellow in Arts of McGill University, 1911-3, and he originated the Society of Canadian Literature, and the Chateau de Ramezay Historical Museum. As an author his works include: “Thoughts, Moods and Ideals” (verse), published in 1887; “The Young Seigneur, or Nation Making” (a romance), 1888; “Montreal After 250 Years,” 1892; “The False Chevalier” (a romance), 1898; “The Glorious Enterprise,” 1902; “Canada, A Modern Nation,” 1904; “The Master of Life,” 1910; as well as many Ethical, Historical and Literary Pamphlets. He also devised and edited “Songs of the Great Dominion,” the most important existing anthology of Canadian verse, up to its date of publication, 1891; and also selected and edited the volume, “Canadian Poets,” issued in connection with the Canterbury Poets series, published in London, Eng., in the early nineties. Mr. Lighthall has also been actively interested in military affairs. He served with the College Company, Prince of Wales Regiment, Montreal, 1877-8; in the Victoria Rifles, 1881-3, and is a member of the Reserve of that battalion. He originated the idea of the Great War Veterans’ Association and, in 1915, was a member of the Committee of Friends of the Canadian Association of Returned Soldiers. He was an ardent advocate of conscription in the Great War and when the Government decided to adopt this policy, took the platform in support of it. He is a member of many literary, social and scientific societies, including the Royal Society of Canada (President, 1910), the Royal Society of Literature of Great Britain, the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec (corresponding member), the Antiquarian Society of Montreal (of which he is President), and the following clubs in his home city: Canada, Arts, Montreal, Canadian and University. His recreations include the collection of old pictures and camping. He married Cybel, daughter of John Wilkes, and has one son, Lieut, W. W. S. Lighthall, of the Royal Flying Corps, and 3rd Dorsets, who during the late war saw service in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Macedonia, and Palestine. Mr. Lighthall has a residence, “Chateau-clair,” in Westmount, Que., and a summer home, “Highbury,” at Lac Tremblant, Que.

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=Ellis, James Albert= (Ottawa), son of James and Margaret (Hall) Ellis, and was born at Accrington, Lancashire, England, June 2, 1864, where he also received his education. He came to Canada in 1885, and has resided in Ottawa ever since. He was the leader in the establishment of the Ottawa Municipal Electric Plant in 1905; Public School Trustee from 1898 to 1900; Alderman during the years 1901-1903, 1914; Controller, 1915; Mayor, 1904-1906, 1913; City Treasurer, 1907-1912; member of Local Legislature, 1911-1914. He was appointed Division Court Clerk in 1916 and a member of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, October, 1918. Shortly afterwards he was placed in charge of the Housing Scheme of the Province of Ontario as Director. Mr. Ellis has been for several years Chairman of the Ottawa Hydro-Electric Commission. He was President Ottawa Horticultural Society, 1911-1912; President Ontario Municipal Association, 1906-1907. He was many years Secretary of the Ottawa Conservative Association, and afterwards its President. Mr. Ellis married Catherine Fishwick, daughter of James Fishwick, Accrington, Lancashire, England, in September, 1884, and has one son and one daughter. He is a Conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion. His address is 131 Stanley Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Roche, Hon. Wm. James, M.D., P.C., LL.D.=, Chairman of the Civil Service Commission for Canada, is a native of Clandeboye, Middlesex County, Ontario, and was born November 30, 1859. He was educated at the public schools of Lucan, Ont., at London Collegiate Institute, Trinity Medical School, Toronto, where he studied for three years, completing his course at the Western University, London, from which he was the first graduate in medicine, and where he also took first class honors. The hon. degree of LL.D. was conferred in 1911. This was in 1883, and he immediately went to Minnedosa, Manitoba, and engaged in the practice of his profession. From 1885 to 1901 he was Territorial Representative for his district on the Manitoba Medical Council, and was very popular as a physician among the various nationalities that constituted the early population of the prairie province. He first entered politics in 1892 when he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature in the Conservative interest. In the Federal Elections of 1896 he was the nominee of his party for the riding of Marquette and was elected after a stiff contest. His constituents showed their confidence in him by returning him to the House of Commons at the general elections of 1900, 1904, 1908 and 1911. When the recently chosen Parliament met in 1901 the Conservative caucus chose him as Whip for the West, a position he held until 1910 when he was elected chief assistant Whip for the Conservative party in the Commons. On the formation of the first Borden cabinet in 1911 he was appointed to the portfolio of Secretary of State and was sworn in as a member of the Privy Council on October 10 of that year, and was re-elected by acclamation. On October 27 he was transferred to the portfolio of Minister of the Interior and Superintendent of Indian Affairs in succession to Hon. Robert Rogers, who at that time became Minister of Public Works. This post he continued to fill until the autumn of 1917 when on the formation of Union Government he accepted the position of Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of Canada and retired from active politics. In 1916 Western University, London, his Alma Mater, honored him by making him Chancellor of the institution. Dr. Roche is very prominent in the Independent Order of Oddfellows, of which he was Grand Master for Manitoba in 1893. In connection with the same Order he was a Grand Representative to the Sovereign Grand Lodge at Chattanooga, Penn., in 1894, and at Atlantic City, N.J., in 1895. In 1883 he married Miss Annie E. Cook of Toronto. Though long resident in Minnedosa he now by virtue of his public duties makes his home in Ottawa.

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=McInnes, William, B.A., F.R.S.C., F.G.S.A.=, Directing Geologist, Geological Survey, 37 years ago became a member of the Dominion Civil Service. He has advanced step by step from one grade to another, and to-day occupies the responsible position of Directing Geologist, to which he was appointed in 1915. He has explored geologically Northern New Brunswick, Eastern Quebec, Western and Northern Ontario, Northern Saskatchewan and portions of the North-West Territories extending to Hudson Bay, and he explored and mapped Churchill and Winisk rivers and much of the North Country lying between the Canadian Pacific Railway and Hudson Bay. Reports of these explorations are contained in the annual reports of the Geological Survey of Canada and in separate memoirs. Mr. William McInnes is the son of John and Rachael Jane McInnes, and was born at Frederiction, New Brunswick, January 1, 1858. He was educated at the Collegiate School, Frederiction, and the University of New Brunswick, graduating in 1879. The following clubs claim Mr. McInnes as a member: the Rideau, Royal Golf and Gatineau Fish and Game. He, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Geological Society of America and Canadian Mining Institute. His religion is Presbyterian and his principal recreation is golf. He resides at the Victoria Chambers, 138 to 140 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Trahan, Arthur, B.S., K.C.= (Nicolet, Que.), born on May 26, 1877, at Nicolet, P.Q., son of Narcisse Trahan and Rebecca Rousseau, both Canadians. Educated at the Nicolet Seminary (B.S.). Married, Sept., 1902, to Josephine R. Dufresne, daughter of H. R. Dufresne, N.P., of Nicolet. He is the father of six children: Marie Therese, Madeleine, Paul Arthur, Bernard, Jacques and Marcel. Mr. Trahan is an attorney-at-law, barrister, solicitor, etc. Was a political candidate for the first time at by-election held June 2, 1913, to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. C. R. Devlin elected for two seats, and was elected by 870 majority over D. H. Rheault, N.P. Re-elected in 1916 by acclamation. In November, 1917, resigned seat as member of Legislative Assembly to become a Federal candidate. Elected by acclamation to the House of Commons. Secretary of the Commission charged with the revision, consolidation and modification of the Municipal Code of the Province of Quebec (1910-12). In 1912 was appointed a K.C., and has been alderman of the town of Nicolet from 1911 to 1919. Moved the address in reply to the speech from the throne at the session of 1915 in the Quebec Legislative Assembly. Is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a Liberal in politics.

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=Campbell, Colin=, Montreal and St. Hilaire, Que., is one of the most widely known horsemen of the Dominion and a very prominent figure in the social and business life of his province. He is a son of Major Campbell, C.B., of Inverawe, Scotland, an officer of Her Majesty’s 7th Hussars and a member of the same family as the famous Col. Duncan Campbell, of Inverawe, who was on the staff of General Lord Howe at Ticonderoga, and whose death in that battle, and the accompanying psychical phenomena, form the theme of one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most thrilling ballads. Another relative was Col. de Salaberry, who commanded the French-Canadians in their heroic resistance at the Battle of Chateauguay in the war of 1812. The mother of the subject of this sketch was, prior to her marriage, Miss Duchesnay of Quebec, and he was born at St. Hilaire, on May 28, 1860. He was educated at Lennoxville Academy and later engaged in business as a merchant with great financial success. At the outbreak of the great war he organized and commanded the Mounted Section of the 1st Regiment of Reserve Militia, in which he holds the rank of Captain. Strong advocate of and keen worker for the “Daylight Saving” measure, which was passed in 1918. All legitimate sports have from youth claimed his enthusiastic support and he is noted not only as a breeder of horses, but as a skilled equestrian. As a steeplechase rider of his own horses, he won the Montreal Hunt Cup on four occasions and the Allan Cup on three. As an expert on the subject of horses he is widely known and has acted as Judge at the Olympia Horse Show, New York, as well as at similar events in Boston, Philadelphia and other cities. He is a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and of many social organizations in that city, including the Mount Royal, St. James, Montreal Hunt, Forest and Stream, Montreal Jockey, Canada, and Canadian Clubs, as well as of St. Andrew’s Society. He is a Conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion. On April 23, 1888, married Mabel G., daughter of the late Sir Hugh Allan, K.C.B., of Montreal, by whom he has had three children, Enid, Phoebie and Archie (deceased).

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=Coats, Robert Hamilton=, Dominion Statistician and Controller of the Census, is one of the live wires in the employ of the Dominion Government. At college, in journalism, as an author and a writer on economic subjects, and as a Civil Service employee, he has distinguished himself and proved his worth. He captured the Bankers’ Scholarship in Economics and the Wyld Prize in English at the Toronto University; and from the time of his graduation in 1896, taking the degree of B.A. in Classics, to the present, he has given tangible evidence of his literary and constructive ability. Having served on the staff of the “Toronto World” and the Toronto “Globe” from 1898 to 1901, in January, 1902, he became Associate Editor of the “Labor Gazette,” the journal of the Department of Labor, afterwards editor, and continued in that capacity until 1914. On the death of Mr. Archibald Blue, in 1915, he succeeded that gentleman as Census Commissioner. Within a brief period afterwards, largely as a development of Mr. Coats’ constructive work, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics was established by Act of Parliament, and its value to the State, under Mr. Coats’ direction, is duly recognized. Robert Hamilton Coats is the son of Robert Coats, merchant, and Mary Park. He was born in Clinton, Ontario, July 25, 1874, and was educated at the Toronto University (B.A., 1896). He is a contributor to the “Journal of Economics” and other economic reviews; joint author with R. E. Gosnell of “The Life of Sir James Douglas” (Makers of Canada Series), 1908; author of “The Labor Movement in Canada,” and of “Special Reports on Prices in Canada, 1890-1909-10-11-12 and 13.” In 1912 he was appointed a member of the Royal Commission of Official Statistics of Canada, and in 1914 a member of the Cost of Living Commission. Mr. Coats is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of England, of the American Statistical Association, of the American Economic Association, and of the Canadian Political Science Association. In June, 1905, Mr. Coats married Marie Halboister, of Paris, France. For recreation he favors canoeing and ski-ing. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and resides at 176 Manor Avenue, Rockcliffe Park, Ottawa.

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=Marnoch, George Robert=, President Board of Trade, Lethbridge, Alberta. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, February 19, 1873, son of George R. and Barbara Marnoch. Educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen. Engaged in the commercial side of mechanical engineering, Scotland, and in Ceylon, also, in connection with the growing and export of tea, rubber and tropical products, and in the supplying of the building and engineering requirements of tea and rubber estates, as well as the supplying of fertilizers for these crops, 1896-1910; came to Canada, 1910; President (honorary office) Lethbridge Board of Trade, 1914; re-elected 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919; Member of Joint Committee of Commerce and Agriculture (The Committee of 25 business men and 25 leading farmers) of Western Canada; Vice-President, Western Canada Irrigation Association; vice-chairman (honorary office) Victory Loan Southern Alberta, 1917, 1918. Married Harriet Lund Macdonald (deceased), daughter of Alexander Macdonald, October 10, 1904; has one daughter. Club: Chinook. Independent in politics. Residence, Sherlock Building, Lethbridge, Alberta.

[Illustration: BRIG.-GEN. SIR JOHN M. GIBSON, K.C.M.G., M.A., LL.D., K.C. Hamilton]

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

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

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

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

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