Stewart, Charles, first saw the light of day in the pioneer homestead, lot 13, concession 11, Township of Ashfield, County of Huron. His father was David Stewart, of Caithness, Scotland, and his mother Mary McLean, of Ross-shire, Scotland. In 1842 this estimable Scotch couple set sail for Canada, and that same year began their pioneer life on the homestead now occupied by the subject of this sketch. To their son they have imparted their sterling qualities of character. Charles Stewart received his education in the public schools of his native county, but his heart was ever in his chosen occupation of farming and he has become one of the sterling sons of the soil, proud that he knows how to farm and do it well. He is unmarried. Studious by nature, his hobby has ever been municipal affairs, and for nine years he was a member of the municipal council. Four of these, 1914-15-16-17, he occupied the honored position of reeve, retiring in 1918. He was a member of Huron’s County Council, and there as in his own council he was ever found leading in movements for forwarding the country’s interests. He is an advocate of Hydro-Electric and Hydro Radials, feeling that the peculiar geographical situation of the township in which he lives can eventually be served by these two important public utilities. He is a good debater, states his case with Scotch deliberateness, and sticks to his point in the face of all opposition, until convinced that there might be some better way than the one he advocates. Kindly and generous by disposition, he has friends by the score, and has been attested by his continuous representation in the council for so many years. He is an ardent admirer of Highland games and fond of good driving horses, though of late the automobile has superseded his once famous pacer. He is perhaps one of the most aggressive farmers in his community, and his name has from time to time been mentioned for parliamentary honors, but he has refused to be lured into the wider field of political activity. If he should ever run and be elected, he will be a distinct asset to the farmers of Canada, because he knows what they want. He is a member of Lucknow Lodge, No. 184, A.F. & A.M. In politics he is a Liberal, and in religion a Presbyterian.
Macaulay, Thomas Bassett, F.I.A., F.S.A., F.S.S., of Montreal, occupies a high position in Canadian finance, and is besides an insurance expert of international fame. He was born at Hamilton, Ont., on June 6, 1860, the son of Robertson and Barbara Maria (Reid) Macaulay, and educated at Hamilton and Montreal. He entered the service of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada at Montreal in 1877 and by 1880, when but twenty years of age, he had so qualified himself in the science of insurance that he was made Actuary. In 1891 he was appointed Secretary of the Company, and in 1898 was elected a Director. In 1906 he became Managing Director of the Sun Life and in 1915 President, succeeding his late father. Under his direction the company has enjoyed an immense expansion on sound and conservative lines, and its President is recognized in financial circles the world over as an expert in insurance and master of business organization. The head offices are on Dominion Square, Montreal, but it has many branches in Canada and other parts of the world. Mr. Macaulay is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Great Britain, a Charter Member of the Actuarial Society of America, and a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. He was elected Vice-President to represent the Actuaries of the United States and Canada at the International Congress of Actuaries held at Paris in 1900, and again at the Congress held in Berlin, Germany, 1906. He is Past President of the Life Insurance Officers’ Association of Canada. His financial interests are by no means confined to insurance however. He is a director of The National Trust Company of Toronto, a Director of the Dominion Glass Company, a Director of the Illinois Traction Company, a Director of the Western Railways and Light Company, and a Director of the Barcelona Railway, Light and Power Co. Mr. Macaulay has taken a great interest in the development of closer relations between Canada and other British possessions in North America, and is President of the Canadian and West Indian League. The Navy League of Canada, of which Mr. Macaulay is Honorary President, has his active support. His chief recreation is farming, and his hobby, the breeding of fine stock. In religion he is a Congregationalist and has been twice married, firstly in 1881 to Henrietta (deceased daughter of O. T. Bragg, New Orleans); secondly in 1912 to Margaret (deceased), daughter of Rev. William Allen, London, England. He has two sons and three daughters, and resides on Westmount Boulevard, Westmount, Quebec.
Clark, Lt.-Col. Hugh, born May 6, 1861, at Kincardine Township. A son of Donald Clark and Mary MacDougall, both in Argyllshire, Scotland; father was a farmer and a school teacher. Mother died in 1909, father lived to be over 90 years of age. Educated at the public school and high school Kincardine, from which latter institution he graduated in 1887, and taught school for three years, 1887 to 1889. In 1890 was editor of the “Walkerton Herald,” and in the same year purchased the “Kincardine Review,” which he has conducted ever since, with the exception of the years 1897 and 1898, when he was managing editor of the “Ottawa Citizen.” A member of the Legislative Press Gallery in Toronto, 1900. Entered the Militia of Canada in 1892 with a Lieutenant’s commission and commanded the 32nd Bruce Regiment as Lt.-Col. from 1906 to 1911. In 1902 Lt.-Col. Clark was nominated by the Conservative party as candidate for the Legislative Assembly for Centre Bruce, and was elected with a majority of 5; unseated on petition he was re-elected in February, 1903 by a majority of 44, and re-elected in 1905 by a majority of 317 and again in 1908 by a majority of 356. In 1911 Lt.-Col. Clark resigned his seat in the Legislature to contest North Bruce for the Federal Parliament and was elected by a majority of 82. Re-elected at the general election to the House of Commons in 1917 by a largely increased majority, and became Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, which he held until November, 1918, when he took over the duty of Parliamentary Secretary of Soldiers Civil Re-establishment. Married September 24, 1894, to Catherine MacKay, daughter of Dr. H. M. Ross of Richard’s Landing, Ont., and has one son, Hugh Stuart Clark. Has a fine reputation as a journalist and is regarded as one of the brightest paragraphists in the country; he is a particularly effective platform speaker and has a clear and convincing style. He is exceedingly popular with all classes in the House and is recognized as being straightforward in all his election methods and business dealings. He accompanied Sir Robert L. Borden in the campaign of 1908 through Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, and toured the Western Provinces with the Premier in 1911. Lt.-Col. Clark is recognized as an authority on everything affecting the Militia of Canada and has lectured on Imperial defence. He is a Presbyterian in religion and belongs to the following orders: A.F. & A.M.; L.O.L.; I.O.O.F.; C.O.F. His principal recreations are golfing and bowling. He is a member of the Kincardine Club, Albany Club, Toronto, Rideau and Royal Ottawa Golf Club, Ottawa.
J. G. B. BUTTERWORTH
Ottawa