Part 43

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

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

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=Hamilton, Ralph Bergen, M.E.= (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born at Toledo, Ohio, on April 11th, 1875, son of John Allen and Harriet Hale (Rowland) Hamilton. His early education was obtained at the Public Schools at Saginaw, Mich., and, deciding to acquire a knowledge of mechanical science he took a course at the Polyteknik, Dresden, Germany. This was supplemented by an engineering course at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., from which he graduated in 1896 with the degree of M.E. In the same year he began his professional career as a draughtsman with the Buffalo Engineering Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and his successive appointments have been as follows: Assistant Engineer, Howard Iron Works, Buffalo, 1897-8; Assistant Manager Iroquois Iron Works, Buffalo, 1899-1900;

## Acting Manager Packard Electric Co. Ltd., St. Catharines, Ont., 1901;

Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager, 1901, 1912; and the latter year he became President of the Packard Electric Co., Ltd., retaining the post of General Manager. He is a former director of the Rochester “Times” Publishing Co., and also of the McMillan Springs Co. After coming to St. Catharines to reside he soon began to take part in public affairs. He was President of the St. Catharines Board of Trade, 1906-7, and during the recent war was prominent in the promotion of patriotic objects. He was a member of the Finance Committee of the Patriotic League, Chairman of the Manufacturers’ Committee of the Recruiting League, and was appointed by the Imperial Munitions Board, a special representative on investigation pertaining to the manufacture of munitions. He is an ex-member of the Executive Board of the Canadian Manufacturers Association. In addition to the business interests already mentioned he is President of the Precision Manufacturing Company, St. Catharines; President of the Cary Safe Co., Buffalo, N.Y., and President of the Packard Fuse Co., Ltd., St. Catharines, and President of Canadian Standard Products, Limited, St. Catharines. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the following Clubs: National, Toronto; University, Buffalo; Alpha Delta Phi, New York; Ellicott, Buffalo; Little Saguenay Game and Fish Club. He is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Associate of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. In 1899 he married Edith Raphael, daughter of Gersham A. Seixas, New York, and has three sons and one daughter.

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

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

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=Crowther, William H.= (Welland, Ont.), was born at Walsall, England, March 10th, 1868, and educated in the Public Schools of that place. Son of Job and Sarah Crowther, his father being manager of the Rolling Mills at Walsall, England. He is one of the most progressive manufacturers of the City of Welland and also operates a farm. Married in October, 1895, to Margaret Byers, daughter of Thomas Byers, of Hampden, County of Grey, Ont. Father of three sons. William Crowther, the eldest, was killed in

## action in the Great War on October 31st, 1917, at the age of twenty-one.

As a Lieutenant in the 10th Royal Flying Corps, he was engaged in photographing and observation work near La Bassee when he was shot down; Wilfred, in the Royal Air Force, was billeted for France when the Armistice was signed; Thomas Albert, and a daughter Dora Isabel. Mr. Crowther is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in Politics and belongs to the following societies: The Masonic Order, Sons of England, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Canadian Order of Foresters. He was a member of the town Council of Welland for twelve years and was Mayor for Welland for two years, 1909-10. Was an active member of the Patriotic Campaign Committee during the war and has been largely instrumental in contributing to the present prosperity of Welland, being Chairman of the Waterworks and Sewers Committees for two years, in each case. Ex-Mayor Crowther is recognized as one of Welland’s most public spirited and enterprising citizens. His recreations are lawn-bowling, he being a member of the Welland Club.

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

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=Mackay, Hon. Col. Alexander Howard=, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is one of Canada’s most prominent educationists. Born of Scotch-Canadian parents, John Mackay and Barbara Maclean, at North Mount Dalhousie, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1848, Colonel Mackay early demonstrated his educational ability. He began his education in the public schools, then went to Pictou Academy, to Normal College, and to Dalhousie University, from which he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1873. He received his degree of B.Sc. at Halifax University in 1880; his LL.D. from Halifax in 1892, and from St. Francis Xavier University in 1905. In 1882 he married Maude Augusta, daughter of Dr. George Moir Johnstone of Pictou, N.S., and has two children, George Moir Johnstone and Barbara Lois, born in 1883 and in 1886 respectively. Colonel Mackay is a life member of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, England; a member of the Author’s Club, London, England, and of the Halifax Club, Nova Scotia. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Biological and Geographic Boards of Canada. In religion he is a Presbyterian, of the United Church of Canada, and in politics he is non-partisan, but a strong Imperialist. He was made an honorary colonel in 1912 and was a member of the Dominion Cadet Committee which had the honor of introducing the present military training system into the schools of Canada in 1908. Colonel Mackay is now superintendent of education for the province of Nova Scotia. He began as a teacher in the public schools of Pictou and then became lecturer in biology at the medical college of Dalhousie University, and his subsequent career is a long list of educational honors. He is Past President of the Educational Association of Nova Scotia, of Dominion Educational Association, of Summer School of Science for Atlantic Provinces, of Nova Scotia Institute of Science, of Section IV. of the Royal Society of Canada; President of Victoria School of Art and Design; Vice-President of Simplified Spelling Board; member of the Geographic Board of Canada; of the Biological Board of Canada, Governor of Dalhousie University, of Halifax Ladies’ College; Senator of Presbyterian College; sometime editor of “Dalhousie Gazette,” “Acadia Scientist,” “Educational Review”; editor of “Journal of Education,” etc., represented the province of Nova Scotia at the official Imperial educational conferences of the Education departments of the Empire in 1907 and 1911. Colonel Mackay has written extensively on educational subjects for a number of important magazines and periodicals.

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=Whalen, George Frederick= (Vancouver, B.C.), one of the leading figures in the pulp and paper industry of Canada, was born at Fort William, Ont., November 13, 1880, the son of Joseph and Alice Whalen. He was educated in the Separate School and High School of his native city, and commenced his business career in 1899 as a clerk in the Ontario Bank at the adjacent town of Port Arthur. After a year’s experience he abandoned banking for the lumber business, serving as a clerk in the camps of far-western Ontario from 1900 to 1902, and subsequently a Contractor for taking out timber from 1902 to 1909. Incidentally he acquired a great deal of knowledge of the pulp industry, which at that time was beginning to assume large proportions in Canada, and in 1909 he was appointed Manager in charge of construction and operation of the Sulphite Mill at Mill Creek, British Columbia. In that position he remained until 1917 when he became Vice-President and General Manager of the Whalen Pulp & Paper Mills, Ltd., which has its head offices in the Merchants Bank Building at Vancouver, B.C., and engages extensively in pulp and lumber manufacture on the Pacific Coast. The importance of this corporation, which was organized by the subject of this sketch, may be gauged from the figures of its capitalization: common stock $8,000,000; preferred stock (cumulative from January 1, 1918) $2,102,500; Fifteen year Six per cent. Bonds $2,000,000; Fifteen year Seven per cent. Debenture Stock, $1,500,000. Though young in years Mr. Whalen is recognized throughout Canada and the United States as one of the most able and progressive figures in an industry that enters very largely into the life of every community. His recreations are golf, fishing, motoring and hunting, and he is a member of the Vancouver, Shaughnessy Golf, and Burnaby Golf Clubs. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and on June 1, 1904, married Mary Geraldine, daughter of Patrick D. Doran, Kingston, Ont. He has three sons and one daughter, and resides at 1251 King Edward Ave., Vancouver, B.C.

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=Cousineau, Joseph Philemon, B.A., K.C., LL.D.=, of the firm of Cousineau and Lacasse, advocates, 90 St. James Street, Montreal, was born at St. Laurent, Quebec, in 1874, and is one of the many brilliant Canadians of French affiliations who have done so much to enrich the legal history of Canada. He is the son of Gervais and Angelique Cousineau and was educated at Ste. Therese College, and at Laval University, where he secured his B.A. in 1894, his LL.L. in 1896 and his LL.D. in 1901. He read law with J. Beauchamp and with C. R. Charles Bruchesi. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1896 and was created King’s Counsel in 1909. Like many of his compatriots Mr. Cousineau united law and politics. He began his political career as mayor of St. Laurent, an office he held from 1904 to 1908. In that year he resigned his mayoralty to become member of the Quebec Legislature for the district of Jacques Cartier. He was re-elected in 1912 and in 1915 and 1916 was leader of the opposition at Quebec. His authorship in 1901 of a brilliant thesis “Des Corporations” was possibly one of the determining influences in his appointment to the professorship of “Droit Administrative” at Laval University, a position he has held since 1903. He is also a member of the Canadian and the Chapleau Clubs. In 1897 Mr. Cousineau married Helmina, daughter of L. S. Gendron. He has four daughters, Aline, Gilberte, Jeanne and Gabrielle. In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion a Roman Catholic. He still maintains the family residence at St. Laurent.

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=Cutten, George Barton=, of Wolfeville, Nova Scotia, president Acadia University, is one of the interesting Canadians who have won educational honor in their own country. Dr. Cutten was born at Amherst, Nova Scotia, on April 11, 1874. His parents were William Herman Cutten and Abbie Ann Trefry, and their early training was doubtless responsible for their son’s brilliant career. At twenty-two he won his B.A. degree from Acadia, the university he was afterwards destined to govern as president; at twenty-three he was B.A. at Yale, and from then on he won in rapid succession his M.A. at Acadia, his Ph.D. at Yale, his B.D. at Yale, his D.D. at Colgate and his LL.D. at Acadia. In 1898 Dr. Cutten married Minnie W. Brown, daughter of John Ingerson Brown and Sophia Zwicker of Westfield, Mass., and his four children are Margarita Joy, born in 1902; Muriel Grace, born in 1904; Claire, born in 1906 and William Francis, born in 1908. Dr. Cutten is a member of two Greek letter fraternities, the Phi Sigma Delta, and the Phi Beta Kappa, is a Baptist in religion and an Independent in politics, but he is not a Pacifist, for he has held two military commissions—Captain in the 219th Battalion, and Major in the 246th. Dr. Cutten is the author of a number of interesting books: “The Psychology of Alcoholism” (Walter Scott Publishing Company, London), “The Psychological Phenomena of Christianity,” and “Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing,” both published by Scribner’s, New York; “The Case of John Kinsel” (Psychological Review), and “The Christian Life in a Baptist Church” (Marriott Press, Corning, New York.).

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=Goring, C. C.=, manufacturer, of 172 Markland Street, Hamilton, Ontario, is a self-made man, and proud of it. He furnishes one of the numerous cases we have in Canada of the farmer’s son who gets well up the ladder by persistent, well-directed efforts along one line of business. Commencing as an oil salesman on “the road,” Mr. Goring eventually had charge of the sales force of a large refinery in New York State. From that he went into the jobbing and export department and eventually he incorporated a company which has done a successful business both in the United States and in Canada. He is now president and managing director of the Ontario Lubricating Company, Limited. Mr. Goring was born at Homer, Ontario, on March 31, 1878, his parents being Ransom Goring and Melissa Cushman. He received a Canadian public school education and went directly from school into business. On January 2, 1907, he married Edith Wildman, daughter of Edwin Wildman, Hamilton, Ontario. He has two children, Gladys Irene, born February 15, 1909, and Gordon Hamilton, born January 27, 1915. Mr. Goring is a Protestant, a Conservative and a Mason.

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