Part 46

=Machin, Lieut.-Col. Harold Arthur Clement, M.P.P.=, who represents the riding of Kenora in the Ontario Legislature, is one of the ablest and most aggressive members of that body, and has also had a distinguished military career in connection with the late war. Although born at Rochester, N.Y., on May 9, 1875, he is of English descent, the son of Rev. Canon C. J. Machin and Emma M. L. Machin, both of whom were born in the Motherland. Col. Machin as a child lived in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and later in Port Arthur, Ontario, in both of which cities his father served as an Anglican rector. In 1885 he was sent to England to be educated at The School House, Beaconsfield, Bucks county. He returned to Canada in 1893, and to Rat Portage, now Kenora; that town, despite many prolonged absences, has ever since been his home. He qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and, after being called to the bar, practised in Kenora, and soon became widely known through that region of far western Ontario. Identifying himself with the Conservative party, he was first elected to the Legislature in 1908, and subsequently returned at the general elections of 1911 and 1914. From early manhood he showed military enthusiasm, and went to South Africa in 1899 as a private in the 1st Canadian contingent under Col. (now Sir William) Otter. He served as private and n.c.o. until 1901, when he was given a commission in the South African Constabulary. In 1904 he retired with the rank of Captain, and returned to Canada, after which he spent the open seasons of the three successive years in prospecting for minerals in the Chibogomo and Mistissini districts of Northern Quebec. When the great war broke out, the old spirit of patriotism and adventure came over him again, and in 1915 he raised and became the O.C. of the 94th Battalion, with headquarters at Port Arthur. He went overseas with his Battalion in 1916, and shortly after his arrival in England was directed to raise and command the Canadian Labor Battalion for service in France. He went to the fighting area with this battalion, and served six months at the advanced base and with the 4th British Army between Peronne and St. Quentin. In 1917, he returned to Canada on leave, and was retained for duty as a member of the Military Service Council, established in connection with the Military Service Act. On the completion of the work of the Military Service Council in 1918, Col. Machin became Director of the Military Service Branch of the Department of Justice, under arrangement with the Department of Militia and Defence. Both as a legislator and a judicial officer, Col. Machin has shown a fearlessness and ability in the expression of opinion that have commended him to persons of independent mind, even when in disagreement with him. He was one of the few men in the Ontario Legislature with the moral courage to assail the defects of the Ontario Temperance Act, though it was fathered by the government of which he is the elected supporter. His strong utterances against a bigoted attitude toward the French Canadians of Quebec and Roman Catholics in general, coming from a Protestant of English descent and education, have also been widely commended. On December 24, 1918, he was the recipient of an address and silver rose bowl from the officials who served with him and under him as Director of Military Service in the Department of Justice at Ottawa. Their sentiments were voiced by Crown Attorney J. A. Ritchie, who referred to him as their “guide, counsellor and friend.” He is a capital speaker, and in the Ontario Legislature his speeches are always hailed with interest. He is an adherent of the Church of England, and a member of the Toronto Club, Albany Club, Toronto Military Institute, and the Canadian Mining Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of England. On December 8, 1902, he married Miss Ida F. Knight, of Horner Grange, West Hill, Sydenham, England, and has two daughters, Ida A. K., born Bloemfontein, South Africa, December 7, 1903, and Barbara K., born Kenora, Ont., January 7, 1914. Though of late years his duties have carried Col. Machin far afield, his permanent residence is at Kenora, Ont.

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=Senecal, Francis Albert= (Plantagenet, Prescott County, Ont.), County Clerk, is the son of Gedeon Senecal and Rose de Lima Blondin. He was born at Lefaivre, Ont., January 23, 1882, and received his education at Plantagenet School and Bourget College, Rigaud, and McDonald Agricultural College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue. Mr. Senecal has acted as Reeve of Plantagenet Township and was elected Warden of the County in 1914, County Clerk in 1915, and County Road Superintendent in 1916. He is the Secretary of the Liberal Association in his riding and is the owner of “Mountain Side View Farm,” where he specialized in Ayrshire cattle. In 1906 he married Marie Louise, daughter of J. Bte. Lafrosse, of Alfred, Ont., and has five children—Alexandrine, Marie Jeanne, Madeline, Blaise and Jean Paul. He is a Roman Catholic and a member of the I.O.F., C.O.F., St. Joseph and Artisans Canadien Français Societies.

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=Taylor, Albert William, J.P.= (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born in Toronto on October 10, 1873, and is the son of the late W. D. and Charlotte (Lee) Taylor. His ancestry is Scotch. Educated at the Toronto Model School, Jarvis St. Collegiate Institute, Toronto, and Ridley College, St. Catharines. He commenced his business career as office boy with the wholesale grocery firm of Sloan & Crowther, Toronto, in 1890, and was with them for five years, becoming a clerk and then a commercial traveller. In 1895 he became an Accountant with the firm of J. Marshing & Co., New York, and in 1900 became European representative of the Crown Silver Plate Co., London, England. In 1901 he returned to Canada and became a member of the firm of Mara & Taylor, stock brokers, Toronto. In 1910 he went to St. Catharines to take his present position as Auditor of the Welland Vale Manufacturing Co., Ltd., manufacturers of hand agricultural tools, special forgings and edge tools. He is also Director and Treasurer of the Metal Drawing Co., Ltd., and Director and Secretary of the St. Catharines Realty and Building Co., Ltd. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Lincoln, a Director of Ridley College and a Trustee of the St. Catharines Tuberculosis Hospital. His recreations are golf, angling and shooting and he is a member of the St. Catharines Club; the St. Catharines Golf Club, Niagara Club (N.Y.), Albany and Royal Canadian Yacht Clubs, Toronto; the Tourilli Fish and Game Club, Quebec, and the Big Creek Shooting Club, Toronto. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., a Conservative and an Anglican. On January 5, 1904, he married Jessie, daughter of Mr. J. L. Fenton, Decatur, Ill.

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=Dalton, Hon. Charles, M.P.P.=, Minister without portfolio in the government of Prince Edward Island, resides at Tignish in that province. He was born at Tignish, P.E.I., on June 9, 1850, the son of Patrick and Margaret (McCarthy) Dalton, and was educated in the public schools. His father was a farmer, and the son has been especially identified with the raising of black foxes for the fur trade. He engaged in this business upwards of twenty years ago in a legitimate way, before it became a field for reckless speculators, and has bred some of the most valuable foxes in the world. He is President of the Charles Dalton Silver Black Fox Company, Ltd., one of the pioneer companies in this industry. He first entered politics 1900, when he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Prince Edward Island Legislature. Subsequently, in 1912, he was elected for Prince constituency, and became a member without portfolio in the Mathieson ministry, since which he has spent a considerable part of his time at the capital, Charlottetown. Hon. Mr. Dalton is one of the leading capitalists and philanthropists of his province. He gave a donation of $60,000 for the erection of a tuberculosis sanitarium at North Wiltshire, P.E.I., and also a benefaction of $55,000 to St. Dunstan’s University, P.E.I. Another of his public gifts was that of the Donald Ambulance, which he equipped for the Canadian Red Cross for use at the front during the late war. He is a Roman Catholic in religion, and has been honored with a papal knighthood by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XV. In politics he is a Conservative, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. On June 30, 1874, he married Annie, daughter of Michael and Mary (O’Neil) Gavin, of Tignish, and has seven children, C. Howard, Joseph Gerald, Winnifred, Nora, Zita, Edith, and Irene.

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=Perley, Sir George Halsey= (Ottawa, Ont.), Acting High Commissioner for Canada in England, and Overseas Minister of Militia and Defense in the Cabinet of Sir R. L. Borden, Premier of Canada, is the son of the late W. G. Perley, who represented Ottawa in the House of Commons from 1887 to 1890, and was senior member of the well-known lumber firm of Perley & Pattee. Sir George Perley was born at Lebanon, N.H., in 1857, but coming to Ottawa in early youth, received his primary education at the old Grammar School of that city, and later attended Harvard University, from which he graduated in 1878 with the degree of B.A. In 1900 the present Cabinet Minister contested the County of Russell unsuccessfully, and was also unsuccessful in a by-election for the County of Argenteuil, held in 1902. Perseverence, however, and the ability which marked these campaigns led to his return for the latter County at the General Elections of 1904, since when he has been twice re-elected in 1908 and 1911. On the re-organization of the Conservative Party Executive, during its last session in Opposition, Sir George Perley was chosen as Chief Whip, in which capacity he showed such tact and ability as Mr. Borden’s Chief Lieutenant, and also in directing the organization for the Ottawa Valley District during the Reciprocity Campaign, that the latter, on his accession to power, appointed him a Minister Without Portfolio. After the death at an advanced age of Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal in 1913, Mr. Perley was sent to England to replace him, with the title of Acting High Commissioner for the Dominion of Canada, a position which he has since filled with such distinction as to earn for him the honor of Knighthood. In the re-organization of the Department of Militia and Defense, following the resignation of Sir Sam Hughes, Sir George became the first Overseas Minister of that Department. He has been for years a Director and Vice-President of a number of large lumber companies, and is a Director of the Bank of Ottawa. Nowhere, however, has his executive ability been more strikingly displayed than in his discharge of the duties of Chairman of the Relief Committee in connection with the disastrous fire of 1900 that devastated the cities of Ottawa and Hull. Sir George Perley married Annie Hespeler Bowlby, daughter of the late W. H. Bowlby, K.C., Kitchener, Ont., in 1884 (deceased, August, 1910); secondly, Emily Colby White, daughter of the late Hon. Thomas White, June 11, 1913.

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=Mather, James=, is one of Ottawa’s oldest, best known, and most accomplished architects, whose handiwork and skill is seen in almost every section of Ottawa—in the fine residential, office, department, business, and public buildings. Mr. Mather is a Director of Beechwood Cemetery; Director, Pritchard & Andrews Co., Ltd., Ottawa. He was born at Montrose, Scotland, December 9, 1843, and is the son of James and Jane (Low) Mather. He received his education in the Bowman Academy, Scotland. In 1872, Mr. Mather came to Canada, since which time he has practised his profession in Ottawa. He married Margaret Piper, and has one daughter. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M.; is independent in politics; has his office at 110 Wellington Street; and resides at 328 Chapel Street, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Barrow, Hon. Edward Dodsley, M.P.P.=, Minister of Agriculture for the Province of British Columbia, is one of those Canadians of English birth who have risen to high position in their adopted country. He was born at Ringwood, Hants, England, in 1867, the son of Stephen and Sarah (Barnes) Barrow. His father was a farmer, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public schools of his native place. Coming to this country, he settled at Chilliwack, B.C., and successfully engaged in farming. He became widely known in his district, and at the general elections for the legislature in 1916 he was induced to contest Chilliwack as a Liberal candidate, and was elected. In 1918, Hon. John Oliver, the present Prime Minister of British Columbia, on accepting that office, relinquished the ministry of Agriculture, and asked Mr. Barrow to enter his cabinet as administrator of that portfolio. Mr. Barrow accepted, and his conduct of the office has brought much satisfaction to the agricultural interests throughout the province. He is a protestant in religion, a Liberal in politics, and a member of Ionic Lodge, No. 19, A.F. & A.M. His favorite recreations are hunting and fishing. In 1891, he married Millicent E., daughter of Thomas R. Knight, contracting builder, of Wickham, Hants, England, and has two daughters, Dorothy M. and Hilda G. Barrow. Though compelled by his duties to spend much of his time at Victoria, B.C., Mr. Barrow’s home is still at Chilliwack.

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=Corrigan, Ambrose Eugene=, is the Managing Director of the Capital Life Assurance Company, which he organized in 1912, and which, under his able management, has made rapid advancement in the life assurance business in Canada, and is now recognized as one of the best and most economically conducted companies in the Dominion. In 1913, Mr. Corrigan organized the Capital Trust Corporation, and, in 1914, he organized the Anglo-Colonial Bureau, London, England. All of these enterprises were organized on a remarkably firm basis and with much skill, and their success from the start has more than met with the most sanguine expectation. All of them are to-day in a flourishing condition, and are growing in both strength and prestige as they grow older. In that part of western Ontario, now known as Mount Forest, in the vicinity of Nottawasaga Bay and Lake Huron, when prairie and forest lands and the adjacent water stretches were the only attractions, there being no signs of habitation, and no evidence that, in the near future, even a small settlement would be established, in 1830, Mr. James Corrigan, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, arriving from Ireland, settled, and became the first settler in that vicinity. With indomitable pluck and spirit characteristic of his ancestors, he set to work to cultivate the soil, to build up a home. The next settlers to arrive were the Martins, the ancestors of Premier Martin of Saskatchewan, and then came others and others, and more and more land was tilled and houses built until Mount Forest became a flourishing agricultural and business centre. But it was James Corrigan who set the ball rolling, and sounded the clarion call to the others to follow. It was in Mount Forest, May 28, 1881, that Mr. Ambrose Eugene Corrigan was born, and at the public and high schools there received his first tuition, which was enlarged at the O.A.C., Guelph, Toronto University, and the Ontario Normal School, Hamilton, Ont. Starting out at the early age of 23 years, Mr. Corrigan, in 1904, became the teacher of mathematics in the Elora High School. In 1905, he became attached as a teacher to the Renfrew Collegiate Institute, and, in 1906, we find him in full harness on the teaching staff of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. From 1907 to 1911, Mr. Corrigan was manager of the Eastern Ontario Branch of the Confederation Life Assurance Company. Mr. Ambrose Eugene Corrigan is the son of Michael and Ellen (Murphy) Corrigan. In 1909, he married Rosemary Lunny, daughter of James Lunny, of Smith’s Falls, Ontario. Five children—three boys and two girls—have blessed the union. Mr. Corrigan is a Director of the Newman Club, Toronto, of the Anglo-Colonial Bureau, London, England, and Vice-President of the Capital Trust Corporation. He is a member of the Laurentian and the Rivermead Golf Clubs, and of the Knights of Columbus. Golf is Mr. Corrigan’s favorite recreation. In religion he is a Roman Catholic. His business office is at 14 Metcalfe Street, and his residence 301 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, Ontario.

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=Daniels, Hon. Orlando T.= (Halifax, N.S.), son of Wellington Daniels and Lavinia Daniels. Born March 20, 1860, at Laurencetown, Annapolis County, N.S. Educated at Laurencetown Public Schools, University of Acadia College, Wolfville, King’s County, N.S. Married on November 29, 1893, to Mary L. Muir, and is the father of one daughter, Ethel M. Daniels. Barrister-at-law. First elected to Legislative Assembly at a by-election on March 6, 1906, for Annapolis County. Re-elected at the general elections, June 20, 1906, and at the general elections in 1911. Appointed a member of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia without portfolio, March 16, 1907. Appointed Attorney-General to succeed Hon. Alex. Maclean; resigned to accept nomination for the House of Commons, October 10, 1911. He was re-elected in 1917. He is a member of the Church of England, and a Liberal.

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=Faulkner, Hon. George Everett= (Halifax, N.S.), son of Thomas and Arabella Faulkner (North of Ireland ancestry). Born January 31, 1855, at Glenholme, Colchester, N.S. Educated at Glenholme and Pictou Academy. Married on October 23, 1883, to Laura Guille Denison, daughter of William Denison, M.D., and is the father of two daughters. He is senior member of Faulkner & Company, insurance and financial agents, Halifax; President of The Maritime Trust Corporation; President of The Nova Scotia Furnishing Co., Ltd.; Director Eastern Canada Savings and Loan Co.; Director Maritime Telegraph & Telephone Co., Ltd., and other corporations. Member Nova Scotia Legislature for Halifax, June, 1906; re-elected, 1911; elected Speaker of Legislative Assembly, February, 1910; re-elected, 1916; appointed to Executive Council for Nova Scotia without portfolio, June 28, 1911. President Halifax Board of Trade, 1908; appointed to the Board of School Commissioners for the City of Halifax by the Government of Nova Scotia, 1895. Chairman, Board of School Commissioners, 1898. Alderman, Halifax, 1896-1901, serving as Chairman, Financial Committee, and on other important committees. A Governor, Halifax Ladies’ College; a Governor, School for the Deaf. He is a Presbyterian in religion, and a Liberal. He belongs to the following clubs: Canadian (President, 1911), City.

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=Sloan, Hon. William, M.P.P.=, Minister of Mines for the Province of British Columbia, is also one of the best known capitalists and public men of the Pacific Coast. He was born in Wingham, Huron County, Ontario, on September 10, 1867, the son of Dr. R. J. and Elizabeth (McMichael) Sloan, and was educated in the public schools and at the Collegiate Institute, Seaforth, Ont. While he was still a boy, his father removed to Shanghai, China, where the elder Sloan still resides. After two years in the Orient, the subject of this sketch returned to Canada, locating in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1887, and later residing at Vancouver and at Nanaimo, B.C. The mining possibilities of the region soon claimed his attention, and he was one of the discoverers of the Eldorado Creek placer gold deposits in the Yukon territory in the later nineties. His enterprise in that country laid the foundations of a substantial fortune, and on his return to Victoria, he became Liberal candidate for the House of Commons for Vancouver Island at the general elections of 1900. He was re-elected both in 1904 and 1908, and became one of the most popular figures in Ottawa during that period. Shortly after his election in 1908, he resigned his seat in order that the late Hon. William Templeman, who had been Appointed Minister of Inland Revenue, might be elected as his successor. For eight years Hon. Mr. Sloan remained in retirement, so far as politics were concerned; but in the political upheaval of 1916 he consented to join forces with those who were anxious to reform the administration of his province, and was elected to the British Columbia Legislature for Nanaimo at the general elections of September 14, 1916. On the formation of a new government, he was offered, and accepted, the portfolio of Minister of Mines, and was sworn in on November 29, 1916. His administration has been noted for progressive business management, and the expert knowledge he is able to bring to his task. He is married, and has one son, Gordon Sloan. He is a member of the Vancouver, Union (Victoria), and Rideau (Ottawa) Clubs, and his favorite recreations are hunting and fishing. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian.

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