Part 32

=Tytler, William, B.A.=, Inspector of Public Schools, Guelph, Ont., was born on Jan. 5, 1842, in the Township of Nichol, near Elora, Wellington County, Ontario. His father was William Tytler, and his mother, Jane Inglis Forbes, aunt of Archibald Forbes, the celebrated special war correspondent. Mr. Tytler pursued his educational studies in the town of Elora, attending the Grammar school of that place, after he had passed the primary departments. A university course was planned, and he matriculated at the University of Toronto. His course here was characterized by industry, and he was especially distinguished in science and classics. He graduated in 1862, taking the gold medal for natural sciences. Mr. Tytler has likewise something of a military record. He has been a private in the Queen’s Own, Toronto University Company, and has been a member of volunteer companies at Carleton Place and at Smith’s Falls, Lanark County. The City of Guelph was the first to take advantage of the free libraries act; and in 1862, a library was established there, Mr. Tytler being secretary and chief worker in connection with that institution. He married on the 23rd July, 1879, Martha C. Harrison, younger daughter of Milner Harrison, of St. Mary’s. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. We may say that Mr. Tytler at once turned his attention to the work of teaching upon graduation; and his record has been a very creditable one since he was head master of the Carleton Place Grammar School, during 1863 and 1864; of the Smith’s Falls Grammar School from 1865 to 1868; of the St. Mary’s High School from 1869 to 1874; and was appointed head master of the Guelph Collegiate Institute, in February, 1875. Mr. Tytler, it can be said without any exaggeration, stands in the front rank of the Canadian teaching profession. He is a sound scholar; and he brings both industry and enthusiasm into his work. In 1892, owing to ill health, he resigned his position, and was soon afterwards appointed Inspector of Public Schools for the city of Guelph, a position which he still holds.

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=Commeford, James W.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in Toronto, April 6, 1877, and was educated in the public and high schools. Having decided to follow life as an electrical engineer and contractor he gave considerable of his time in educating himself along those lines and when satisfied as to his ability he branched out into business for himself on College Street, where he is located at the present time. He has been very successful and has to his credit to-day one of the largest electrical businesses in the city, carrying a large staff of employees the year round. Mr. Commeford was induced to offer himself as a candidate for alderman in Ward Four, many citizens believing that his expert knowledge as an electrician would be beneficial to the city at large, and was defeated by a very small margin, meaning a great loss from a city standpoint, owing to the installation of the Hydro-Electric System, when his services would have been invaluable. However, youth is on his side, and Mr. Commeford will not only be elected alderman, but will fill higher offices should he desire the honor. He is widely known in yachting circles and acquatic sports, being a member of the Queen City Yacht Club, National Yacht and Skiff Club, Alexandra Yacht Club and Rochester Yacht Club. He is honorary president of the Lake Sailing Skiff Association and President of the Canadian Power Boat Association. He has donated the Motor Cycle Championship Cup, and the Long Distance Endurance Cup of the Canadian Power Boat Association. Mr. Commeford has saved thirty-three lives from drowning in Lake Ontario and received four medals from the Humane Society for his brave and timely acts. In politics he is a Conservative and an active party man.

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=Conant, Gordon Daniel= (Oshawa, Ont.), Barrister, was deputy Reeve of Oshawa, 1914, and Mayor, 1916-1917; Secretary South Ontario Reform Association, 1915-1916. He is genial in manner, quick and easy in expression, goes straight to the point of things and is likely to be heard of in a wider field in the not distant future. Mr. Conant is the only son of Margaret and the late Thomas Conant, farmer and journalist, Oshawa, who was an extensive traveller and writer, contributing articles on travel, history and general subjects to the Toronto “Globe” for years. The subject of this sketch was born in Oshawa, January 11, 1885, and was educated at the High School of that place, afterwards graduating from the University of Toronto in 1905, with the degrees of B.A. and LL.B. and from Osgoode Hall in 1912, as Barrister-at-Law. He married Verna Rowena, daughter of Senator the Hon. E. D. Smith, manufacturer, Winona, Ont., June 25, 1915. He has one son, Douglas Smith, born in 1914, and one daughter, Verna Genevieve, born in 1916. He is a Methodist in religion and a Liberal in politics. Mr. Conant is a member of The Thirty and Golf Clubs, Oshawa, Ontario and Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto, and of the Masonic Order.

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=Perry, Nathaniel Irwin= (St. Catharines, Ont.), Rector of St. Thomas Church, and Archdeacon of Lincoln and Welland since 1911. Spent fifteen months in the British Isles, travelling and studying, where he also represented the Colonial and Continental Church Society and the Church Missionary Society in different places. He is the President of St. Catharines Ministerial Association and Lincoln County Clerical Patriotic Association. Until 1913 he was Chaplain of the 2nd Dragoons. His parents are Martha and William Perry, farmer, in the Township of King, where he was born on February 10, 1867. The Rev. Mr. Perry received his education at the Newmarket High School, University of Toronto, and Wycliffe College, graduating in Arts as M.A., 1891, and in Theology, 1893. Was for some time Joint Editor of Church Record Sunday School Publications and wrote both for the “Empire Magazine,” London, England, and the “Cambridge Magazine.” On October 12, 1897, he married Jennie B., daughter of Dr. J. H. Harris, Yarmouth, N.S., by whom he has two sons, Karl Raymond, born 1900, and Ronald Harris, born 1902. Mr. Perry is a clergyman of the Church of England, a member of the Canadian Club, St. Catharines, and also of the Masonic, Oddfellows, and Orange Societies.

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=Hill, Hamnett Pinhey=, is a member of the legal firm of Greene, Hill & Hill, solicitors for the Bank of Ottawa, the Bank of British North America, and other large financial and commercial corporations, and has established for himself in the legal profession and in other spheres of life in Ottawa, a valuable reputation. Both the Dominion and the Ontario Governments recognizing Mr. Hill’s ability as a lawyer, and his reliability as such, in 1915 sought his services, respectively, as a Royal Commissioner and Official Arbitrator. In that year, owing to the charge of the Auditor-General that improprieties had arisen in the purchase of coal for the dredges fleet in British Columbia, the Dominion Government appointed Mr. Hill a Royal Commissioner to investigate and hear evidence _re_ the charge. He performed his duties, on that occasion, with marked ability. And in the same year, owing to the many disputes that had arisen in the city of Ottawa between the city and the owners of land, the Ontario Government appointed Mr. Hill as Official Arbitrator and in that capacity he is now employed. He has also, on several occasions, been called upon to act as Chairman of Conciliation Boards appointed to settle disputes between employers and employees. In 1918 Mr. Hill was appointed a Special Returning Officer under the Military Voters Act with headquarters in Paris. Mr. Hamnett Pinhey Hill was born in Ottawa on December 18, 1877, and is the son of the late Hamnett Pinhey and Margaret (Christie) Hill. He was educated in the Public and High Schools in Ottawa, and the Toronto University (B.A., 1898). He read law with McDonald, Shepley, Middleton & Donald, Toronto, and was called to the Bar in 1902, when he became a partner in the legal firm of Christie & Green, which is now, owing to the death of Mr. Christie, known as Green, Hill & Hill. Mr. Hill was President of the Canadian Club, Ottawa, during 1907-1908; President of the Liberal-Conservative Association, 1912-1914; is a member of the Executive of the Board of Trade, and was Honorary Secretary of the St. John’s Ambulance Association of Canada for the year 1917. He holds the commission of Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps. In 1917 he was elected President of the University Club of Ottawa. On September 21, 1907, Mr. Hill married Beatrice Sarah Lindsay, daughter of the late Arthur Lindsay. One son and two daughters have blessed the union. Mr. Hill is a member of the Rideau and Royal Ottawa Golf Clubs, and of the Sons of England and Orange Societies. His recreation is golf, his politics Conservative and his religion Anglican. His residence is 253 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Street, Lieut.-Col. Douglas Richmond=, one of the leading figures both in the business and military life of the Canadian capital, is a native of New Brunswick. He was born at Fredericton, N.B., on June 10, 1864, the son of C. F. Street, M.A., formerly of the Finance Department, Ottawa, and Lucy Audubon (Kendall) Street. His grandfather was the late Hon. J. A. Street, K.C., one of the prominent public men of New Brunswick, and for some years Attorney-General of the Province. Col. Street’s education was received in the Separate Schools of Ottawa and at Ottawa University. On graduation he decided to adopt a business career in which he proved very successful; and he is now Secretary-Treasurer of the Ottawa Electric Company, Secretary-Treasurer of the Ottawa Gas Company, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Consolidated Light, Heat and Power Company of Ottawa. Despite his business duties he has long taken an active interest in the Canadian Militia. As early as 1893 he was gazetted a second lieutenant in the Governor-General’s Foot Guards, the crack infantry regiment of Ottawa and became its commanding officer, with the rank of Lieut.-Col. in 1908. In that capacity he commanded his regiment at the Quebec Tercentenary celebration of 1908, when a large body of Canadian troops was assembled to do honor to the Prince of Wales, now His Majesty King George the Fifth, and at which Lord Roberts, General Pole-Carew and many other distinguished soldiers were present. He also commanded his regiment at the Tercentenary Celebration of the Discovery of Lake Champlain in Plattsburg, N.Y., and Burlington, Vt., in 1909. When the late war broke out Col. Street was one of those who placed his services at the disposal of the Empire. He organized, trained and became Commanding Officer of the 77th Overseas Battalion, which he took to England in June, 1916. In the various engagements which followed the battalion of Col. Street’s creation rendered most distinguished service. Col. Street now commands the 8th Infantry Brigade M.D. No. 3. Col. Street is a member of the Rideau Club, the Ottawa Golf, and the Ottawa Hunt Club. He is a Roman Catholic in religion and is married to Elizabeth Bauld, daughter of John H. Christie, Bras D’Or, Cape Breton, N.S. He resides at 12 Range Road, Ottawa.

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=Odlum, Edward, M.A., B.Sc.=, 1710 Grant Street, Vancouver, B.C., is one of the most versatile and able citizens of the Coast Province, with a wealth of experience such as has fallen to the lot of few Canadians. He was born at Tullamore, Peel County, Ont., on November 27, 1850, the son of John and Margaret (McKenzie) Odlum. The father was a gentleman farmer and a son of Capt. Odlum, one of Wellington’s officers. The subject of this sketch was educated at the schools of Tullamore and Goderich, Ont., and later at Victoria University, at a time when it was located at Cobourg, Ont. He graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1879, and subsequently took the degrees of M.A. and Bachelor of Science. Twenty years of his life were spent as educationist, beginning with the common schools and rising through all grades to college work as a professor of Classics and the Sciences. He was for some years at the head of a large college in Tokio, Japan, and his special studies were Botany, Geology, Ethnology, History and Prophecy. His scholastic tastes have found expression in several important publications, including “God’s Covenant, Man,” “A Criticism of Rev. Dr. Campbell’s New Theology,” “The Old Book Stands,” “The Cone-shaped Holes of Bandai-San made by Falling Stones.” In fact, he is one of the ablest defenders of the orthodox view of the Scriptures. In 1899 he gave up his position as an educationist in Japan and came to British Columbia, where he speedily established himself as an important figure in financial, mining and industrial circles. He is Manager of the business of Clapp, Anderson and Odlum, Ltd.; Director Mercantile Mortgage Company, Ltd.; and Director of Mills Ross, Ltd. Though active in commerce, his pen has been an active one, and much newspaper and magazine correspondence has flowed from it in addition to the works mentioned. Of late years he has given much study to the ancient languages, including the Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Assyrian and Egyptian. At present, in his spare moments, he is preparing a dictionary, alphabetically arranged, of the Assyrian and also of the Egyptian. His recreations are gardening, travel, and writing; he is a member of the Orange Order and the I.O.O.F.; is a Methodist and a supporter of Union Government. He has been prominent in the municipal affairs of Vancouver as an Alderman and has acted as Chairman of the Finance, Fire and Light, and Police Committees of the Council. As a youth he served for four years in the 36th Peel Battalion and saw service in the Fenian Raid of 1866, for which he received the medal and the Ontario Government’s land grant of 160 acres. He is a member of the Board of the Carnegie Public Library. He was first married in May, 1878, to Mary E., daughter of O. W. Powell, by whom he had four sons, Edward Faraday, Victor Wentworth, Garnet McKenzie and Joseph Wellesley. Some years after her decease he married Martha M. Thomas, Toronto, by whom he had two sons, Arthur E. and Oswald. Brigadier-General Victor Wentworth Odlum, of the C.E.F., has had a very distinguished career in the war. One son was lost in the South African War and another at Ypres, April 24, 1915. Yet another son is in the 231st Highlanders.

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=Lennie, Robert Scott=, 1737 Matthews Ave., Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, B.C. Barrister, of the firm of Lennie, Clark, Hooper & O’Neill, was born at Smith’s Falls, Ont., on August 16, 1875, the son of Rev. Robert and Catherine (Harcus) Lennie. He was educated in the schools of Ontario, British Columbia and California. He took up his residence in British Columbia at the age of eleven and was called to the Bar of that province in 1898. Subsequently he took up practice at Nelson, B.C., and continued there until 1910, first as a member of the firm of Elliot & Lennie and then of Lennie & Wragge. He removed to Vancouver in 1910, when his present firm was formed. Mr. Lennie has long been active in the politics of his province and was president of the Nelson Conservative Club from 1904 to 1910; and President of the Kootenay District Conservative Association, having charge of the organization in nine ridings, during the same period. While resident at Nelson he was also elected a Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia and was Chairman of the British Columbia Fire Insurance Commission, appointed by Order-in-Council, the findings of which in 1910 were the basis of important legislation. Under the Military Service Act of 1917 he was Registrar in charge of the operations of the draft in British Columbia. Apart from his legal practice, Mr. Lennie has important financial interests. He is a Director of the following corporations: Forest Mills of B.C., Ltd.; Silver Ring Mines, Ltd.; Nugget Gold Mines, Ltd.; Colonial Trust Co., Ltd.; and New B.C. Lands, Ltd. His recreations are golf and motoring and he is a member of the following clubs: Vancouver, Union (Victoria), and Shaughnessy Heights Golf, and Jericho Country Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian, and on Oct. 19, 1898, married a daughter of the late Benjamin Douglas, merchant, of New Westminster, B.C., by whom he has three children, Robert Douglas, Gerald Scott, and Edith Beatrice Catherine.

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=Landry, Hon. David V., M.D., M.A.=, is a leading and representative Acadian, having been born on July 14, 1866, at Memramcook, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, the son of Vital J. Landry and Matilda D. Cormier, both French Acadians. Educated at the local schools, and the University of St. Joseph, N.B., graduating with the degree of M.A., and receiving the degree of M.D. from Laval University, Montreal, in 1892. Subsequently practised his profession at Buctouche, engaged in agriculture and has been a practical farmer on a large scale. Was municipal councillor for the parish of Wellington in Kent County, N.B., 1899-1900. Elected to the Legislature of his native province representing the County of Kent in the general elections of 1908, and entered the Hazen Administration on the 24th of March of that year as Commissioner for Agriculture and held the same portfolio in the Fleming Ministry up to January 22, 1912, when he resigned and accepted the portfolio of Provincial Secretary and Treasurer in the Clarke Government. Hon. Dr. Landry married, October 6, Annie, daughter of Felix Michaud, of St. Leonard, N.B., and is the father of eight children, i.e.: Huberta, Germaine, Lionel, Anne, Rosarine, Raoul, Leopold, and Alberta. Hon. Dr. Landry, who is a brother-in-law of Pius Michaud, M.P. for Victoria-Madawaska, N.B., is a very public spirited citizen and recognized as a fine speaker. In religion he is a Roman Catholic.

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=Ami, Henry M., M.A., D.Sc., F.P.S. (Can.), F.R.G.S., F.G.S.=, consulting geologist and Palaeontologist, Ottawa, Ontario. Was born at Belle Riviere, County of Two Mountains, north of Montreal, Que., November 23, 1858, the son of the Rev. Marc. Ami and Anne Giramaire. He received his early education by private tuition, at Ottawa Public and Grammar Schools and Ottawa Collegiate Institute, then proceeded to McGill University, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1882; receiving his M.A. in 1885, D.Sc. (Queen’s) in 1892, and D.Sc. (McGill) in 1902. Mr. Ami won the Redpath Exhibition and three Macdonald Scholarships, besides being Dawson Prizeman while an undergraduate at McGill, and was for over twenty-nine years a member of the Technical Staff of the Geological Survey of Canada (1882-1912), only retiring from

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author of many government reports upon the geology, palaeontology, and resources of the Dominion and a contributor to numerous scientific magazines and publications. Problems relating to the geology and stratography of the lower St. Lawrence, and of the Maritime Provinces, have engaged his attention, while, in 1903, he was awarded the Bigsby Gold Medal by the Geological Society of London, Eng., for his eminent researches and results achieved, especially in the palaeozoic wells of Canada, having definitely helped to solve the vexed problems as to the age of large areas of carboniferous and other strata in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and other provinces. Mr. Ami has been a Fellow of the Geological Societies of London and Switzerland since 1885, and of America since 1900. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, of the Royal Geographical Society, London, the Anthropological Society of America, Council of the Archæological Institute of America, and a Director of the American School of Archæology. This eminent Canadian is also a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and a corresponding member, or member of numerous scientific societies of Canada, the United States and Europe. He was for years Editor of the “Ottawa Naturalist,” and for some twenty years Associate Editor of the same publication in his special field. He studied under the late Sir William Dawson, formerly Principal of McGill University, and later wrote a sketch of the life of his master; in Europe he carried on researches in Graphalites under Professor C. Capsworth, and contributed much to the Bibliography of Canadian Geology and Palaeontology, as also on the geography of the Dominion, in European and North American publications. Dr. Ami is a member of the International Congress of geology and of the Congress of Anthropology and Pre-Historic Archæology recently held in Geneva, where he represented the Royal Society of Canada. In 1907 he represented Canada and the Geological survey at the Centenary Celebration of the Geological Society of London, also the Royal Society of Canada on that occasion. In 1903 he prepared a special report on the resources of the country along the line of the National Transcontinental Railway between Quebec and Winnipeg, furnishing the information necessary to Parliament in connection with the estimates for that great enterprise. Dr. Ami is now in London completing a work on “Canada and Newfoundland,” to form part of the Compendium of Geography and Travel, Vol. 1, North America, to be published shortly by Edward Stamford, Esq., F.R.S.S., geographer to H.M. the King. Since his retirement from Government service he has travelled in Europe, Asia and Africa, visited Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Greece, paying some attention to geological and archæological questions of interest as his health allowed. Dr. Ami married Clarissa Jane, eldest daughter of the late G. B. Burland, for many years President of the British American Bank Note Company, and has one daughter, Marguerite Ami. He is a member of the Rideau Club, Ottawa; Golf and Country Club, Ottawa; Hunt Club; Royal Societies’ Club; Author’s Club, and Royal Colonial Institute, London, Eng. His amusements are, skating, golf, anthropological and geological excursions and photography. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and independent in politics.

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=Bulyea, George Hedley Vicars= (Edmonton, Alberta). A genuinely British Canadian is His Honor George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, of Edmonton, Alberta, Chairman of the Board of Public Utilities Commission for the Province of Alberta. Mr. Bulyea is the son of James Albert Bulyea and Jane Blizzard, both of United Empire Loyalist descent, and was born, February 17, 1859, at Gagetown, Queen’s Co., New Brunswick. His father was a farmer and Mr. Bulyea was no exception to the rule that farmers’ sons have brilliant careers. Beginning his education at the grammar school, he graduated from the University of New Brunswick in 1875, received his honorary LL.D. degree in 1910 and his honorary LL.D. from the University of Alberta in 1908. In 1885, he married Annie Blanche, daughter of Robert T. Babbit, Registrar of Deeds, Gagetown, N.B. Their only child, Percy, died in February, 1901. Mr. Bulyea is a Baptist in religion, a member of the Edmonton Club, but has had very little time for recreation in the manifold duties of his exacting political career. He was elected a member of the North-West Council at the general territorial election, 1894. In 1897 he accepted office as a non-resident member of the Haultain-Ross Executive Council, formed October 1, 1897. In January, 1898, he became Yukon Commissioner for the territorial government and from 1898 to 1903 was Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary. From 1903 to 1905 he was Minister of Public Works, and in 1905 he became the first Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, a position he filled with distinction until 1915, when he accepted his present appointment as Chairman, Public Utilities Commission.

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