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A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time by Rose

1878. The 18th being nomination day in Manitoba, and the news reaching

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there of the defeat of the Mackenzie government, his committee had a hurried meeting on the morning before nomination, and decided that it would be better for the county if he would withdraw, and allow a supporter of the Macdonald government to be elected by acclamation, and this he consented to do. In the fall of the same year he received the nomination for the Local House for the electoral division of St. Clemens, and was elected by a large majority, and on the assembling of the house he was elected speaker. During the sitting of this parliament a redistribution bill was passed, giving the new settlers something like fair representation, which they had not hitherto enjoyed. At the next general election he ran for one of the new electoral divisions, and was defeated. In 1881, when the province was enlarged, he ran for the division of Brandon and was elected. In the general election of 1883 he was defeated; and again at the last general election for the division of West Brandon he met the same fate by a small majority. Mr. Sifton was reeve of Oil Springs and a member of the County council of Lambton during the years 1867, ’68 and ’69. He was chairman of the school board of same place in 1868-69, and was reeve of the municipality of Cornwallis for 1885-86, but declined the nomination in 1887. He has been a justice of the peace for the province since 1875. He has travelled over the whole of the Dominion of Canada, and is familiar with all parts of the United States north and south, and as far west as Omaha. Mr. Sifton is a member of the Methodist church from choice. Before the union he was a Wesleyan Methodist, and since then his opinions have not changed much on religious subjects, except that he has more confidence in those who differ from him in church affairs than he had in his younger days, and now has a greater love for and confidence in the teachings and doctrines of the church of his choice. He was a member of the General conference of 1882, and a member of the committee appointed by that conference to confer with committees appointed by other branches of the Methodist church on union. He was strongly in favour of union, and was a member of the conference held in Belleville when the union was consummated. At the conference in 1882, he took the leading part in having Manitoba and the North-West set apart as a separate annual conference, which was agreed to at that conference. He was also a member of the General conference held in Toronto in 1886. He is now a member of the general board of missions of the Methodist church, and has been a member of the local board of missions in the Manitoba and the North-West conference since its formation. He has also been a member of Manitoba and North-West annual conference since the admission of laymen, and is president of the Brandon branch of the Upper Canada Bible Society. He has always been actively engaged in Sabbath school and church work, and is superintendent of the Brandon Sabbath-school. And as for temperance work, he has spent much time and labour in this direction, and has spoken in almost every section of the country on the subject. He was married 1st October, 1853, to Kate, third daughter of James and Sarah Watkins, of Parsonstown, King’s county, Ireland, and has three children living. His oldest and only daughter, Sophia, was educated at Hamilton Female College, and is married to A. N. Molesworth, civil engineer, now construction engineer for the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway Co. His oldest son, Arthur Lewis, graduated from Cobourg University in arts, studied law in Manitoba, was called to the bar in 1882, and is now practising law in Prince Albert. His youngest son, Clifford, graduated from Cobourg, and is a gold medallist; he studied law in Manitoba, was called to the bar in 1882 in his twenty-second year, and is now practising law at Brandon. * * * * * =Armstrong, Rev. W. D.=, M.A., Ph. D., Pastor of St. Paul’s (Presbyterian) Church, Ottawa, Ontario, was born at Cavan, Durham county, Ontario, on the 28th of July, 1845, and is the son of John D. Armstrong, yeoman, of that place. After a preliminary education in the schools of his native place, he entered Upper Canada College, and soon attained to a front place in his classes. At the close of his term he carried off the Governor-General’s prize, and the classical, the mathematical, and modern language prizes. He then entered the Toronto University, and graduated from that institution in 1870, the silver medallist in metaphysics and ethics, and prizeman in Hebrew, Chaldee and Syriac. During his course in the university he also obtained a number of scholarships and prizes in various departments. After leaving Toronto University he took a course in theology in Knox (Presbyterian) College, Toronto, where he likewise distinguished himself. On the 14th of May, 1874, he was ordained pastor of his present charge, and has continued ever since (with one short break, when he was sent to Great Britain in 1883 for a few months, in the interest of the French Canadian missions), as the faithful exponent of Christ’s message of love to the world, greatly appreciated and esteemed by his congregation. In 1886, the Boston University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Rev. Dr. Armstrong has a strong liking for literature, and amidst his various arduous parish cares and duties, has found time to contribute a good many articles to the newspaper press, and publish several sermons. On the 29th of September, 1886, he married Jean W., daughter of Henry J. Johnston, of Montreal, a very accomplished lady, and one who has proved a true helper to him as minister of a large congregation. * * * * * =Guthrie, Donald=, Q.C., M.P.P. for South Wellington, Guelph, Ontario, was born on the 8th May, 1840, in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was Hugh Guthrie, and his mother, Catharine Macgregor, sister of Patrick Macgregor, M.A., barrister-at-law, Toronto, a distinguished Gaelic and general scholar. Mr. Guthrie received his early education in his native city, and, when about fourteen years of age, he left his fatherland. He reached Toronto in August, 1854. Here he entered the office of the Hon. Oliver Mowat, as a junior clerk; and afterwards became managing clerk for John Helliwell, barrister. In 1859 he left Toronto and settled in Guelph as managing clerk for Fergusson & Kingsmill, barristers. The Hon. Fergusson-Blair, one of the partners of the firm, having retired in December, 1863, Mr. Guthrie was admitted into partnership, and the name of the firm was changed to Kingsmill and Guthrie. Under this style the business was carried on until Mr. Kingsmill was appointed judge of the County Court of Bruce, in January, 1867, when Mr. Guthrie became head of the firm, and has continued such ever since, the firm now being known as Guthrie and Watt. Mr. Guthrie was admitted an attorney in 1863; barrister in 1866, passing his examinations with distinction; and, in March, 1876, was created a Queen’s counsel by the Lieut.-Governor of Ontario, and by the Governor-General of Canada, October, 1885. In December, 1882, he was elected a bencher of the Law Society, and was re-elected for five years in April, 1886. Since 1863 he has been solicitor for the county of Wellington, and also for the same period he has been solicitor for the city of Guelph, and acts in this capacity for several other municipalities, banks, etc. He has been president of the Guelph Gas Company since its incorporation in 1870; is a director of the Guelph Junction Railway Company, and of the Wellington Hotel Company. He occupied the position of treasurer of the St. Andrew’s Society of Guelph, from 1862 to 1869, and in 1870 was chosen its president. Mr. Guthrie was elected a member of the House of Commons in 1876, as representative for South Wellington, and served until the general election in 1878, when he presented himself for re-election, and was returned by 303 majority. He continued in the House of Commons until the general election of 1882, when he voluntarily retired from active political life, with the view of devoting his whole attention for some years to his professional duties. However, in 1886, he once more sought parliamentary honours, and the sturdy Liberals of South Wellington sent him to the Ontario legislature as their representative on the 28th of December in the same year, by the handsome majority of 671. Mr. Guthrie was selected in February, 1877, to move the reply to the speech from the throne in the House of Commons; and on the 2nd March, 1887, he moved the reply to the Lieut.-Governor’s address in the Ontario legislature. While in the House of Commons—1876-78—Mr. Guthrie was a supporter of Mr. Mackenzie’s government, and was an active member of the special committee appointed to inquire into the affairs of the Northern Railway Company. This committee sat for several weeks, took an immense mass of evidence, and made an exhaustive report, which enabled the government to secure from the railway company a large sum in place of moneys improperly expended in elections, etc. Mr. Guthrie was also an active member of the Committee of Privileges and Elections at the time when it investigated the charges against Mr. Speaker Anglin, and other members, for alleged breaches of the Independence of Parliament Act. After the defeat of Mr. Mackenzie’s government in 1878, Mr. Guthrie, with his political friends, went into opposition. He actively opposed the new government on the tariff, the Letellier matter, the Canadian Pacific Railway contract, the disallowance of the Streams Bill, the Gerrymander Act, etc. Mr. Guthrie is a member of the Presbyterian church. On the 17th of December, 1863, he was married in Montreal to Eliza Margaret MacVicar, youngest daughter of John MacVicar, formerly of Dunglass, Argyleshire, Scotland, and latterly of Chatham, Ontario. Mrs. Guthrie is a sister of the Rev. D. H. MacVicar, D.D., LL.D., principal of the Presbyterian College, Montreal, and of the Rev. Dr. Malcolm MacVicar, professor of theology in the Toronto Baptist College (McMaster Hall), Toronto. * * * * * =Hinson, Rev. Walter=, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Moncton, New Brunswick, was born at Chesham, England, on the 14th of May, 1858, and came to Canada in 1879. His father, Thomas Hinson, and mother, Mary Benwell, are both alive, and are residing in Hertfordshire, Eng.; he has a brother and sister in London. Rev. Mr. Hinson was educated at Hulme Cliff College in Derbyshire, and Harley House, East London, England. He studied for the ministry, and was ordained in 1880. He is a member of the Eastern New Brunswick Baptist Association, and the church of which he is pastor is one of the most important centres of religious activity in the district. It has a membership of between six and seven hundred, and over four hundred scholars in its Sunday-school. For general benevolence and Christian aggressiveness its record is good. Rev. Mr. Hinson has always been a total abstainer, and from early youth connected with temperance societies. He is at present a member of the Moncton Division, Sons of Temperance, and is considered one of the most aggressive of the temperance army in New Brunswick. Mr. Hinson was brought up among the Baptists, and very naturally feels greatly at home in, and is one of the leading lights of, the denomination. In the pulpit he possesses a peculiar power, his manner and matter being forcible and original, and we have no doubt there is a great future of usefulness before this young and rising divine. He was married in July, 1886, to Jennie A. Austin, of Herts, England. * * * * * =Allison, Charles F.=—The late Charles F. Allison, of Sackville, New Brunswick, who was born on the 25th of January, 1795, and died the 20th of November, 1858, at the age of sixty-three years, was the second son of James Allison, whose father, Joseph Allison, of Newton Limavady, county of Londonderry, Ireland, emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1769, and settled at Horton, Kings county, where he continued to reside until his death in 1794. James Allison married and settled at Cornwallis, where he lived and died at the ripe age of ninety years. Here Charles F. was born, and received his education at the Grammar school, and in 1812 moved to Parrsboro’, where he found employment as a clerk in the establishment of James Ratchford until 1817, when he went to Sackville, New Brunswick, and entered into partnership with the late Hon. William Crane, in a general mercantile business, and in this he continued until
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1. Chapter 1 2. introduction of many other distinguished families in every department of 3. 1647. There were three brothers, Petrus, Balthazer and Nicholas; one 4. 1874. His diaconate he spent in Massachusetts, preaching in several 5. 1873. The doctor has taken an interest in various companies, and is at 6. 1834. His father, Matthew MacFarlane, was born in the parish of Dramore, 7. 1. Moved by Henry Stuart, seconded by Gédéon Ouimet, M.P.P., 8. 2. Moved by Andrew Robertson, seconded by C. A. Leblanc, That as 9. 3. Moved by the Honourable T. J. J. Loranger, seconded by J. C. 10. 1. Moved by J. H. Filion, seconded by Mr. Boisseau, that Mr. 11. 2. Moved by Mr. Wilfrid Prévost, seconded by J. A. H. Mackay, 12. 3. Moved by J. A. H. Mackay, seconded by J. H. Filion, That the 13. 1853. Judge Berthelot was appointed in 1875, as above mentioned. In 14. 1878. The 18th being nomination day in Manitoba, and the news reaching 15. 1840. On the 4th of January, 1839, Mr. Allison addressed a letter to the 16. 1873. Judge Senkler was educated by his father, and commenced life in 17. 1874. In the same year he was articled to W. A. Ross, then barrister in 18. 1885. Mr. Falconbridge is a pronounced and steadfast Conservative in 19. 1886. Judge Kelly is a Roman Catholic, and was married, first, in 20. 1884. Dr. Reddy held many offices of the highest trust and honour in 21. 1837. He is the third son of Michael Spurr Harris and Sarah Ann Troop. 22. 1882. He is a member of the New Brunswick Medical Society and of the 23. 1880. He still continues his membership in, and is physician to, each of 24. Introduction to the Talmud,” displayed a deep and broad acquaintance 25. 1841. His father, John Alward, a successful agriculturist, was the son 26. 1839. He is son of Thomas Harrison, by his wife Elizabeth Coburn, and 27. 1840. After a three years’ course at the Grand Seminary he was, on the 28. 1732. He was a staunch and persistent friend and advocate of political 29. 1827. In 1831, he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian church, 30. 1834. His father, John Palmer, grandson of Gideon Palmer, a U. E. 31. 1825. By descent Dr. MacCallum is a pure Celt, being the son of John 32. 1863. The capitular degrees were received in the New Brunswick Royal 33. introduction of the English Medical Registration Act in 1860. He has 34. 1681. Since then the family has multiplied considerably, and is now 35. 1878. In 1882, Mr. Church was elected a member of the Nova Scotia 36. 1844. He is the fourth son of Charles G. Buller, of Campbellford, 37. 1840. His mother, Sarah Ann Williams, was born at Port Dover, Lake Erie 38. 1856. His father, Alexander Robb, the founder of the works he manages, 39. 1874. In 1859 Mr. Ross entered politics as a Liberal, and was returned, 40. 1812. His mother, Elizabeth Coulson, was a native of Stockton, near 41. 1772. His father, John Macdonald, of Allisary, and his mother, Ellen 42. 1851. He studied law in the office of Thomas Kirkpatrick, Q.C., of 43. 1874. Upon his removal to Orillia, he set to work to erect the handsome 44. 1837. His parents, William and Mary Smith, are both alive, and residing 45. 1875. Mrs. Archibald was re-appointed chief preceptress of Mount Allison 46. 1844. In the same year he was offered and declined the office of 47. 1855. His mother, Ann Evans, was a native of Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 48. 1881. He was married again on 29th November to Miss Nealis, daughter of 49. 1876. He has travelled a good deal in Britain and on the continent of 50. 1876. Messrs. Angers and de Boucherville worked harmoniously together, 51. 1873. And Laval again, in 1878, presented him with the degree of LL.D. 52. 1872. The entrance of Mr. Mathieu into political life dates from that 53. 1870. By his first marriage he has three children, one son and two 54. introduction of denominational colleges, and their partial endowment by 55. 1880. His wife, the mother of the subject of this sketch, whom he 56. 1750. His son, Pierre, was lord of the Seigniories of Rivière Ouelle and 57. 1883. He represented the Crown in Quebec with the late Judge Alleyn, at 58. introduction to Professor Pillans, who treated him very kindly and 59. 1873. He took first prizes throughout his course for Latin, Greek, 60. 1858. His brother, John W. Kerr, who was appointed county attorney and 61. 1887. In 1885, Mr. Shakespeare was elected to the presidency of the 62. 1866. In the Limestone City he found employment as a teacher, and for 63. 1846. The family, on the paternal side, came originally from the county 64. 1877. This work has been exhaustively and very favorably reviewed by Dr. 65. 1878. This enumeration does not include various papers published in the 66. 1884. He was chairman of the Western Judicial District Board of 67. 1814. He is a son of William Nyren Silver, of Port Lee, Hampshire, of 68. 1838. He went early into business, and only of late years relaxed his 69. 1886. He is also a member of the Board of Management of the Church 70. 1877. Mr. Kennedy was made a freeman of the city of St. John in 1839, 71. 1841. He is son of Robert Hopper, whose father came from Hamilton, 72. 1883. In 1879 he was appointed agent of the Commercial Union Assurance 73. 1833. He is the fourth son of Hon. Joseph Masson, a member of the 74. 1833. He is the second son of Michael Spurr Harris, who came to Moncton 75. 1882. He is representative in Quebec of the Grand Lodge of California 76. 1846. His father, John McConnell, served under Mr. Howard, of High Park, 77. 1880. He has been for some time a member of the Board of Education of 78. 1887. He leaves four sons. He was for many years the leading member of 79. 1841. About the time of Dr. Strachan’s appointment as councillor, began 80. 1856. In 1858 he was elected to the parliament of Canada, subsequently 81. 1878. His attention to the duties of his office won general approbation. 82. 1665. His grandfather, Stephen Jones, a graduate of Harvard College, was 83. 1865. Second, to Emma, daughter of Edward Albrough, of Halifax. 84. 1836. His parents were Robert McKnight and Eliza Gray. He received a 85. 1887. He was a son of John Torrance, in his lifetime one of the leading 86. 1845. His parents were Thomas E. Oulton and Elizabeth Carter, both 87. 1870. In 1880 he was appointed judge of probate for Hants county; and in 88. 1859. In the latter year he successfully contested the county of 89. 1810. Being poor working people, they were only able to give their son a 90. 1834. Mr. Moffat, the subject of our sketch, is the eldest son of this 91. introduction of responsible government, was reappointed to the Executive 92. 1835. The Synod appointed Dr. John Rae, principal of the Grammar school 93. 1879. He was elected leader of the government by the unanimous vote of 94. 1870. He took an active part in agitating for the construction of the 95. 1885. He is now a director of the Coaticook Cotton Company; of the 96. 1789. He was of Norman and Saxon descent, claiming kindred with Michael 97. 1739. His father and his father’s brothers were gentlemen of 98. 1882. His politics are Conservative, and though younger than the 99. 1865. Haliburton first became known as an author in 1829, when he 100. 1840. He was educated at Fredericton. Mr. Peck is the youngest son of 101. 1878. He sold his life insurance policy, some real estate, and, in fact, 102. 1844. He is of an old English family, his grandfather, whose name he 103. 1814. He was the only son of John Jennings, manufacturer, of that city. 104. 1873. After Confederation this office was merged in that of postmaster 105. 1884. Mr. Bowser is a member of the Masonic fraternity, was Chaplain of 106. 1881. He became a member of the Orange society in 1863, and continued a 107. 1760. Mr. Tourangeau’s great grandfather emigrated from La Touraine, 108. 1878. The manufacturing company, of which he is president, is a large 109. 1832. The case created great interest throughout England, and was 110. 1870. In the year 1881 Mr. Stevenson retired from the force with the 111. 1841. He is a member of a family for many generations resident at 112. 1826. His father was John Emmerson, who at an early age came from 113. 1881. He is also the author of a paper entitled, “Vinland,” an account 114. 1837. He is also a nephew of the late William Walker, advocate, of 115. 1843. His father was the late Major Pope, who was for many years 116. 1796. He was formally thanked by parliament. A succession of honors 117. 1837. The second had been a student in the office of this young lawyer, 118. 1850. His father, Richard Clarke, was a general merchant and flax buyer, 119. 1843. His father, William G. Archibald, was a native of the same county, 120. 1719. John is the fourth child, in a family of five, and was educated in 121. 1869. In 1870 he married Marie Malvina, third daughter of Francis 122. 1843. He received the honorary degree of M.A., in 1855, and of D.C.L., 123. 1860. On the 23rd May, 1862, he joined the British army as ensign, 124. 1818. Her mother, Mary Magdalen McKay, was born at St. Cuthbert, Quebec, 125. 1829. The family came to Canada in 1834, and settled in the city of 126. 1886. In this a monster chorus of over nine hundred voices, accompanied 127. 1884. Immediately thereafter steps were taken, by the same trustees, to 128. 1866. He held the office of master of Poyntz lodge, at Hantsport, from 129. 1842. His father was Alexander Shields, a farmer from Fifeshire, 130. 1880. He then entered the law office of his brother, Ernest Pacaud, well 131. 1819. His parents were James Kelly and Margaret Crosby, both natives of 132. 1766. The Lovitts have always been identified with the best interests of 133. 1857. Mr. Cartier was the only Lower Canadian minister who belonged to 134. introduction into New Brunswick, and for the past twenty years has been 135. 1862. In 1866 he married Helen E., daughter of Thomas Barlow, a member 136. 1862. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Victoria 137. 1888. Dr. Courtney is tall, erect, and well formed. He has greyish blue 138. 1841. His ancestors came from France, and settled in the county of 139. 1869. Towards the close of the year 1869 he went to Switzerland, where, 140. 1820. His parents had come from Scotland several years before, and, if 141. 1885. In September, 1883, he went to Europe, and in the course of his 142. 1884. He was the son of J. B. Proulx and Magdalen Hébert. His great 143. 1872. His mother, Rosalind E. Bernard, was born in Montreal, educated at 144. 1838. The subject of this sketch was educated at St. Mary’s College, 145. 1873. Promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel in June, 1874, and appointed to 146. 1840. His ancestors emigrated from France, and were among the early 147. 1877. He has occupied a distinguished position at the bar; was elected 148. 1843. On his return he began the practice of his profession, and soon 149. 1886. At the close of 1887 he was appointed by the Imperial government 150. 1868. Being too young for ordination, he remained in the school, 151. 1872. In 1872 he received the degree of hon. M.A. from Trinity College, 152. 1878. He is a Roman Catholic in religion. He was married on the 12th 153. 1702. The bishop’s nephew, James Molony, of Kiltanon, the first 154. 1815. He is a son of John Haythorne, a wool merchant of Bristol, and who 155. 1873. The following autumn Mr. Haythorne was summoned to the Senate, and 156. 1875. Immediately upon entering into business, he obtained a large 157. 1877. The point was raised by J. Norman Ritchie, now one of the judges 158. introduction of responsible government into Canada for any length of 159. 1841. This gentleman took an active part in the troubles of 1837-’38, 160. 1854. Mr. Unsworth left four sons, one of whom, Joseph, is 161. 1875. He was also surgeon of police from 1863 to 1875. Besides these 162. 1873. He brought with him a stock of ready-made clothing, and shortly 163. 1822. His father was Robert Boak, of Shields, in the county of Durham, 164. 1809. He received his education at the Seminary of St. Hyacinthe, where, 165. 1826. From 1826 to 1830 he was director of St. James Grand Seminary at 166. 1866. In September of that year he retired with the rank of captain, and 167. 1823. In Nova Scotia, since confederation, the legal affairs of the 168. 1860. His career as a school trustee will not soon be forgotten, as it 169. 1600. His mother, Anne Whiteway, is descended from a Devonshire family 170. 1856. In 1857 he removed to Toronto, Ontario, being employed by Paterson 171. 1859. His parents were Theophile Chênevert and Mathilde Filteau. His 172. 1871. He spent the years 1872 and 1873 at Edinburgh, Scotland, and 173. 1829. His parents were Neil Sinclair and Mary McDougall, first of 174. 1832. He received part of his education in that town and also pursued 175. 1854. In 1856-7 he was provincial secretary, and became premier of the 176. 1878. He was inspector of the post offices of the Dominion of Canada in 177. 1846. He went through the elementary schools of his parish, then was 178. 1873. He then commenced business by opening a general store, which he 179. 2816. The result was similar throughout the province. Mr. Payzant took 180. 1850. He is a descendant of one of the oldest and most honorable 181. 1876. He was for some time a valued and progressive member of the city 182. 1775. The following verses, contributed by “E. L. M.,” a 183. 1878. Since then he has successfully practised his profession in 184. 1856. Complete withdrawal from mercantile cares for a year having 185. 1882. He has been prominently connected with various other societies and 186. 1857. In 1859 he went to the Red River settlement, where he remained 187. 1887. (See sketch of his life on page 40.)

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