Part 53

=Henderson, Alexander, B.A., K.C.=, is one of the most prominent members of the British Columbia Bar, and practises at Vancouver. He was born at Oshawa, Ont., in 1861, the son of Alexander Henderson, a native of Caithness, Scotland, and Grace (KilPatrick) Henderson, a native of Paisley, Scotland. His father, after coming to this country, became mechanical superintendent of one of Oshawa’s leading industries, and the subject of this sketch was educated at the public and high schools of his native town and at the University of Toronto. He graduated from the latter institution in 1884 with the degree of B.A., and subsequently qualified for the law. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1889, and two years later decided to take up his residence in New Westminster, B.C. He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1892, and has ever since pursued an active legal career. In 1896, he was appointed agent for the Minister of Justice of Canada on the mainland of British Columbia. In 1898, he was elected to the Provincial Legislature as member for the city of New Westminster, and sat for two years. In 1899, he became Attorney-General for British Columbia, and in 1901 was appointed judge of the County Court of Vancouver, an office he held until 1907, when he was appointed Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. For four years he lived at Dawson City, and won distinction by his wise and able administration. In 1911, he resigned, and resumed the practise of law at Vancouver, where he has a large and lucrative practice. He has taken an active interest in military affairs, and was formerly major of the 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught’s Rifles, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers in 1907. His recreation is rifle shooting, and he accompanied the Canadian Bisley Team to England in 1901, acting as adjutant. He is a Presbyterian in religion, a Liberal in politics, and a member of the Vancouver Club. On September 14, 1895, he married Susan Crawford, daughter of William McCraney, of Oakville, Ont., and Vancouver, B.C. The latter was a very prominent lumberman, and formerly represented Halton (Ontario) in the House of Commons. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have one daughter, Grace Kilpatrick Henderson, and reside at 1424 Burnaby Ave., Vancouver.

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=Russell, Adam Lothian=, of Vancouver, B.C., is one of the leading commercial figures of the Coast province. Like so many others who have made their mark in Canada he is a native of Scotland, and was born at Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, on March 27, 1864, the son of James and Annie (Knox) Russell. He was educated at Glasgow High School and Glasgow University, and his business training began in 1882 with the firm of Rutherford Bros., in the Scottish commercial metropolis. With this firm he remained three years and in 1885 became Manager of the firm of Taylor Bros., in Glasgow, in which capacity he remained until 1891. His Glasgow training had rendered him familiar with international shipping, and in 1891 he decided to come to Canada and establish himself at Vancouver as a Ship Broker and Commission Agent. In this capacity he continued until 1901, after which he acquired his present interests. He is now Vice-President and Managing Director of Evans, Coleman & Evans, Ltd., Vancouver; and Vice-President of Clayburn, Ltd., in the same city. His business offices are 301-304 Credit Foncier Building, Vancouver. He is a member of the following clubs: Vancouver, Union (Victoria), Jericho Country (Vancouver), British Columbia Golf, Vancouver Athletic, Shaughnessy Golf Club, and Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. His favorite recreation is golf; he is a member of the Masonic Order and a Presbyterian in religion. In 1898 he married Rosamund Bickford of Newcastle, England, and has one daughter, Sheila. Mr. and Mrs. Russell reside at 1306 Burnaby St., Vancouver.

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=Shillington, Lieut.-Col. Adam Tozeland, M.D.C.M., M.C.P. & S., F.A.C.S.=, Surgeon, of Ottawa, was born in Prospect, Lanark County, Ontario, August 12, 1870. He is the son of Samuel Kerfort and Ann Eliza (Poole) Shillington, whose ancestors came to Canada from Ireland in 1812 and settled in Goulbourn, Carleton County, Ontario. Col. Shillington was educated in the public and high schools of Kemptville, Ontario, McGill University, Montreal, where he attained the degrees M.D., C.M., M.C.P.& S., F.A.C.S., Post Graduate Course, London, England, 1902. Col. Shillington has practised in Ottawa since 1894, and was appointed to the Medical Board of St. Luke’s General Hospital in 1901, and gynaecologist in that hospital in 1913; consulting physician in the Ottawa Maternity Hospital, a member of the Canadian Medical Association, and was chairman of legislation at the time the Association was incorporated, a member of the Ontario Medical Association, and was First Vice-President in 1913-1914; Association of Officers of the Medical Service of Canada, of which he was President in 1913; Ottawa Medical Society, of which he was President in 1903; Ottawa Medico-Chirurgical Society, of which he was President in 1918; National Geographical Society; Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons; Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine, London, England; Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1914, and a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton. Col. Shillington served as Lieutenant in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1901, as Captain in 1902, Major in 1904, and as Lieutenant-Colonel in 1911. From 1904 to 1910 he was Officer Commanding No. 2 Field Ambulance; Administrative Medical Officer, M.D. No. 4, in March and April, 1911; represented Army Medical Corps of Canada at the Convention of the Military Surgeons of the United States at Milwaukee in 1911; was A.D.M.S. at Barriefield Camp in 1913. September 22, 1914, Colonel Shillington went overseas with the First Canadian Expeditionary Forces in command of No. 2 Canadian Stationary Hospital, and the following November (8th) established the First Canadian Military Hospital to be opened in the war zone. This hospital unit was the first Canadian unit to reach France. On November 27, 1915, Colonel Shillington was appointed A.D.M.S., of the Canadians at Bramshott, England, and in May, 1916, was appointed A.D.M.S., A.M.D.I. to the D.M.S. office. On October 25, 1916, he was appointed A.D.M.S., C.T.D., at Shorncliffe, England, and March, 1917, Officer Commanding at the Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England. February 9, 1918, Colonel Shillington, having served overseas for three years and five months, during which time he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the “Mons Star,” returned to Canada, and was transferred to the C.E.F. Reserve of Officers. Colonel Shillington was married to Ethel Florence Jones, daughter of John Henry Jones, of Montreal, July 31, 1899, and has two sons and one daughter: John T., James G. K., and Ethel Maud. Clubs: Rideau, Royal Ottawa Golf, Wawa Keshi Fish and Game, Army and Navy of London; Societies: A.F. & A.M. and I.O.O.F. In religion a Methodist, in politics a Conservative, he resides at the Bedford House, 281 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ont.

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=White, James, F.R.G.S., F.R.S.C., M. Eng. Inst. Can., E.=, is the Assistant to Chairman and the Deputy Head of the Canadian Commission of Conservation, with headquarters in the Temple Building, Metcalfe Street, Ottawa. He is the eldest son of David White and Christina, daughter of George Hendry, and was born February 3, 1863. In 1888, he married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Waddell, and has two daughters. He was educated at the Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario. In January, 1884, he was appointed topographer on the staff of the Geological Survey of Canada, and made surveys in the Rocky Mountains during 1884-5. In 1886, he made surveys in the Madoc, Ontario, gold district; in 1887-90, in the Ottawa County, Quebec, phosphate district; and in 1891-93, in the Kingston and Pembroke, Ontario, district, and in the latter year was employed on the Alaska Boundary Commission. In 1894, he was appointed Geographer and Chief Draughtsman to the Geological Survey. In 1899, he was appointed Chief Geographer of the Department of the Interior, in which branch he organized the map work. In 1907 he made investigations respecting fast Atlantic passenger steamships (the All-Red Line), and in 1909 was appointed Secretary to the Commission of Conservation and Assistant Chairman and Deputy Minister in 1913. The following valuable publications are to his credit: 1901 and 1915, Altitudes in Canada, 1st and 2nd editions; 1903 and 1916, Dictionary of Altitudes, 1st and 2nd editions; Maps and Mapmaking in Canada; Derivation of Place-Names in Northern Canada, of Quebec, of Thousand Islands, of Rocky Mountains, and of Georgian Bay; Treaties and Boundaries affecting Canada; Fuels of Western Canada; various other articles, etc.; 1906, Atlas of Canada. For recreation, Mr. White takes pleasure in travelling, and he belongs to the Authors and the Rideau Clubs. He resides at 450 Wilbrod Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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=Dunlop, Edward Arunah, M.P.P.= (Pembroke, Ont.), born at Pembroke, Ont., October 26th, 1876, son of Mary Deacon and Arunah Dunlop, ex-M.P.P. Began his business career as clerk for Dunlop & Chapman, hardware merchants, Pembroke, in 1892, and in 1897 took charge of the business, changing the name to Dunlop & Company. In politics he is a Conservative. Declined nomination to the Ontario Legislature for North Renfrew in 1899. Was elected at the by-election December 26, 1903, by a majority of 598, after a contest of nineteen months, during which time the constituency was unrepresented in the Ontario Legislature. This is said to be the longest vacancy in the parliamentary records of Canada. Was re-elected 1905. Declined nomination in 1908. Re-elected by acclamation in 1911, and re-elected in 1914. Was a member of the Town Council of Pembroke from 1908 to 1913 inclusive. Is connected with many commercial concerns, being President of the Pembroke Lumber Company, Steel Equipment Co., Ltd., Pembroke Electric Light Co., Ltd., and MacFarlane Neil Mfg. Co. of Fredericton, N.B.; also a director of the Pembroke Woollen Mills, Ltd., Massey Lumber Co., Ltd., Pembroke Southern Railway, Pembroke Iron Works, Ltd., Superior Electrics, Ltd., Victoria Foundry Co., Ltd., Ottawa, and other companies. Is First Vice-President of the Canadian Electrical Association for 1919. He is a member of the Rideau and Country Clubs of Ottawa and the National and Albany Clubs of Toronto. Is a member of the Methodist Church. On June 17, 1908, he married Mabel Ferguson, daughter of Donald Ferguson, of Beamsville, Ont., and has three daughters.

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=Reid, William Brown=, President and Managing Director of United Cigar Stores, Ltd., of Canada, with head office at 284 King Street West, Toronto, Ont., was born in Rothes, Scotland, April 7, 1866, the son of Alexander and Helen (Simpson) Reid. His father was an extensive and prosperous farmer, and this afforded the subject of this sketch the opportunity of exercising in his boyhood his innate love of horses which he still retains. While afforded, like other members of his family, all the facilities for pursuing the highest educational course, he was satisfied with that of the common schools which have produced so many successful Scotchmen. He served with the Rothes (Elginshire) Volunteers from 1882 till 1888, when he came to Canada, and shortly afterwards joined the 48th Highlanders, serving for five years. After leaving school he pursued his own inclinations, and before coming to Canada had gained practical experience in a general way, besides having considerable knowledge along useful technical lines as a reserve to fall back on. In 1888, he became connected with the Empire Tobacco Co., with which he remained as Toronto representative till 1897, when he established in Toronto the wholesale tobacco and Cigar firm of W. B. Reid & Co., which was the foundation of the present extensive corporation of which he was the originator, and has always been the head and controlling genius. The firm was incorporated as the United Cigar Stores, Limited, in 1902, with a capital of $20,000, and opened several cigar stores in Toronto. In May, 1914, the company’s capital stock was increased to $250,000, and the number of stores largely increased and extended to outside cities. A year later, United Cigar Stores, Limited, of Canada was incorporated with a capital of $3,800,000, with Mr. Reid still in full control. The Company now has 164 stores, extending from Quebec City to Port Arthur, including 39 in Toronto, 13 in Ottawa, 11 in Hamilton, and one or more in almost every important town in the province. Remarkable as this achievement is in so short a time, it falls far short of the goal set by Mr. Reid, who intends to have stores in every city and town of consequence in the Dominion, and no doubt would have already made this goal an established fact before now if the war had not put a temporary stop to further expansion. Besides operating this great chain of stores, the company has two large cigar factories, and as a holding company, also controls a chain of Drug Stores with about a dozen branches, and a constantly and rapidly increasing business. The annual turnover of the cigar stores and cigar factories is between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000, all directed by Mr. Reid personally from the head office. This immense volume of business enables the company to buy goods in such large quantities that it obtains better terms than are available by small purchasers, and at the same time minimizes the percentage of overhead expenses. Mr. Reid married Edith E. Rogers, daughter of A. C. Rogers, Newmarket, Ont., November 8, 1896. He is a member of the Toronto and Montreal Boards of Trade, of the Scarborough Golf Club, Lakeview Golf, Mississauga Golf and Ontario Clubs; member of the A.F. & A.M., a Presbyterian, and independent in politics. His chief recreations are bowling and golf. He resides at 42 Lakeview Ave., Toronto. Mr. Reid is genial in manner, a systematic organizer, with sufficient of the imaginative faculty to prompt enterprise and enough determination and reserve force to ensure the carrying out of anything to which he lays his hand. He was the first man in the province of Ontario to place on the market the product of Canadian grown tobacco, and the expansion of this business has proven his foresight beyond question. The great war made heavy drafts on the staff of the Company, but Mr. Reid is too good a Britisher to complain of that; in fact, in addition to contributing thousands of dollars to patriotic purposes, so strong along this line is he that he never has allowed any foreign element to obtain a footing in his company, which he says will be strictly Canadian, without outside influence, so long as he is at its head—and that means as long as he desires to remain in active business.

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=Johnson, Hon. Thomas Herman, B.A., LL.D.=, Attorney-General of Manitoba, is a type of those Icelandic Canadians who, going into the West in the early days, have done so much for its development. He was born in Iceland on February 12, 1870, the son of John and Margaret Johnson. When he was a boy of eight years old his father resolved to try his fortunes in the virgin country of Western Canada, and settled in Manitoba as a farmer, bringing his family with him. The subject of this sketch was from early boyhood bent on a professional career. He attended the public schools of Winnipeg, and later took a course at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota, from which he graduated in 1895 with the degree of B.A. As a youth he taught school during the summer in the Glenboro district to secure funds to continue his studies during the winter. After obtaining his degree he entered the legal offices of Richards (afterwards Mr. Justice Richards) and Bradshaw, with a view to qualifying himself for the law. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1900, and immediately commenced practice at Winnipeg. His abilities and knowledge of the different races of Manitoba were such that in 1901 the Laurier administration appointed him census commissioner for Manitoba to take the decennial census of that year. In 1904 he was elected as member of the Winnipeg School Board, and continued to act until 1907, when he resigned to stand as Liberal candidate for the Legislature in the riding of West Winnipeg. He was successful, and was also re-elected in 1910. At the general elections of 1914 he was Liberal candidate in Centre Winnipeg, and was again successful. As a prominent member of the opposition, he took an active part in the campaign which resulted in driving the Roblin administration from office. In 1915, when the Liberals, under Hon. Mr. Norris, came into power, he was again elected for Centre Winnipeg, and on the formation of the Norris government was offered, and accepted, the post of Minister of Public Works. Subsequently, he was transferred to the more important portfolio of Attorney-General. Mr. Johnson is a fine public speaker, and his shrewdness and judgment on all public questions are highly esteemed by his fellow citizens and colleagues in the Legislature. He is a Lutheran in religion, and his chief recreation is golf. On June 21, 1898, he married Aurora, daughter of F. Frederickson, merchant, Glenboro, Manitoba, and has three children, M. Ethel, Elswood B., and Cecil F. Johnson.

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=Farrow, Robinson Russell=, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, was born at Bluevale, Huron County, Ontario, March 7, 1864, and was educated at the public schools in Huron. He is the son of Thomas Farrow, (who came to Canada from England in 1849, and for years was Superintendent of Schools for Wawanosh, Morris and Turnberry, and who, establishing himself in business, made progress and prospered as the country advanced in population, industry and wealth), and Mary Macdonald, of London, Ontario. His father also became popular in the County of Huron, and at the general election in 1872 was chosen to represent North Huron in the House of Commons. He was re-elected at the general election in 1876, and again at the general election in 1882 was the successful candidate for East Huron. June 1, 1881, Mr. Farrow first entered the Civil Service of Canada in the Customs Department, and May 8, 1907, was appointed Assistant Commissioner. In lawn bowling and curling, Mr. Farrow holds a prominent station for competency, and is ever sought when championship contests are listed. He usually carries his team to victory. He is honorary President of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association; member of the Executive of the Dominion Lawn Bowling Association; Past President of the Ottawa Lawn Bowling Club; and a member of the Finance Committee of the Ottawa Curling Club. In his official capacity as Assistant Commissioner, he is one of the busiest men in the Civil Service, and one of the most competent, coupled with which there is an ever evident promptness in action and courtesy in manner. January 5, 1887, Mr. Farrow married Miss R. J. Bradley, daughter of Samuel T. Bradley, a mill owner, and Margaret Alexander, of Huntley, Ontario. Mr. Farrow has one daughter—Ethel, B.A. (now Mrs. C. H. Bland), whose son, Corpl. C. H. Bland, B.A., served during the world war in the 20th Battery, Overseas Forces, and was with the army of occupation in Germany; and Bombdr. Russell Farrow, who, with the 20th Battery, C.E.S., served in France, Belgium, and with the army of occupation in Germany. Mr. Farrow belongs to the Laurentian Club, and is a member of the following societies: Scottish Rite Masons; A.F. & A.M.; Oddfellows; A.O.U.W.; Canadian Order of Foresters; Sons of England. He resides at 7 McLeod Street, Ottawa, Ont., and he attends the Methodist Church.

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=Veale, Philip Henry=, Assessment Commissioner for the City of Ottawa, was appointed to that position February 5, 1917. He is well known among Canadian municipal officials and civic legislators as a reliable authority on assessments, both as to the application of the Ontario Assessment and Local Improvement Acts, and as to land values, of which he has been a close student. Prior to his appointment as Assessment Commissioner, there were, besides the Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner; and when Mr. Veale was appointed the latter position was abolished, the civic government considering that in the new appointment they had secured a man who was competent to perform the duties alone, although the responsibilities and duties of the office had increased considerably, and were daily increasing. That they were not mistaken is amply proved by the fact that the affairs of the Assessment Commissioner’s office were never working in such regular clock-like form as they are to-day. When Mr. Veale first became an employee in the Assessment Commissioner’s Office in 1892, the taxable assessment of the city of Ottawa was but $18,236,160, and the population only 43,942. In 1919—twenty-seven years later—the taxable assessment had increased to $114,392,261, and the population to 104,007; and, strange to say, of all the aldermen who were in the city council at that time, but one man, Alderman (now Controller) Napoleon Champagne, is still in civic life, and most of the others have crossed the line and joined the great majority. Mr. Veale has contributed largely to newspapers and magazines on assessment and other like important subjects, and few, if any, are better able to handle such subjects in newspaper discussion than he. It was in the re-organization of the civic assessment department in 1892 that Mr. Veale was appointed to a clerkship. It was not long before he was appointed chief clerk, and then Assistant Commissioner; and when Mr. William Stewart retired in 1917, Mr. Veale was called upon to assume the duties and responsibilities of both offices. Besides being an authority on real estate values, Mr. Veale is well known in Eastern Ontario as a breeder of White Wyandotte chickens, as a consistent exhibitor and prize-winner. At his summer home. River Park, every year he raises hundreds of thoroughbred fowl. Mr. Veale is the son of Philip Veale, who for many years was manager of the Dominion Fisheries at Ottawa, and Jane (Smith) Veale. He was born at Merrickville, Ontario, January 7, 1865, and was educated in the public school, New Edinburgh, now a portion of Ottawa. On April 27, 1887, Mr. Veale married Emma M. Payne, daughter of Abraham Payne, civil servant, Ottawa, resulting in a fine family of nine children—seven girls and two boys—Ethel Alberta, Mabel Mildred, Kathleen Gwendeline, Philip McDougal, Beatrice Jean, Albert Newell, Annie Edna, Lois Evelene, Constance Winifred. Mr. Veale is a member of the following clubs and societies: St. George’s, Sons of England, Knight of the Maccabees, and St. Matthew’s Church Men’s. In religion he is an Anglican, in politics a Conservative, and his recreations are fishing, and amateur gardening. His residence is at Woodroffe, Ont.

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