Kent, Controller Joseph, is the Accountant, etc., in the Ottawa River Works Office, a branch of the Department of Public Works of Canada. He has held that position for many years and is considered by those in authority a reliable and painstaking official. He is a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton, and is Chairman of the Grounds and Buildings Committee of the Central Canada Exhibition Association. During the years 1911-1912 he represented, as Alderman, Central Ward, in the Ottawa City Council, and was elected for the years 1913, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919, as one of the four Controllers in charge of Civic Affairs. For years previous to his aspiring to civic honors he was a conspicuous figure in all kinds of sports and was active and skilled in the games of lacrosse, football, etc. As an Alderman he was one of the men that never faltered in his duty and his value to the city may well be judged by the number of years he has been elected as Controller. Controller Kent is the son of the late William and Martha (Wallace) Kent. He was born in Quebec City on January 28, 1864, and was educated in the Public and High Schools. Mr. Kent, in 1885, married Nellie Edna Whitney, daughter of Phillip P. Whitney, of Ottawa, Ontario. He is a member of the Rideau Curling Club and the Canadian Club, and of the C.O.F., A.O.U.W., societies, and Past Master of Civil Service Lodge, number 148, A.F. & A.M. His residence is 184 Second Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.
Baillie, Sir Frank, K.B.E. (Toronto), one of the most eminent of the younger generation of Canadian business men, and who rendered very important service in the matter of munition production during the great war, was born at Toronto on August 19, 1875. He is the son of John and Marian (Wilton) Baillie, and was educated in his native city. He commenced his business career as a clerk in the offices of the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, Toronto, and later became private secretary to the eminent capitalist, the late Senator George A. Cox, in which capacity he obtained a very close insight into modern methods of business organization. In 1896 he was appointed accountant of the Central Canada Loan and Savings Company, and was successively promoted to Secretary (1898) and Assistant Manager (1901) of the same corporation. In 1902 he became General Manager of the newly incorporated Metropolitan Bank, being probably the youngest man ever placed in full managerial control of a chartered bank in the history of this country. In 1903 he founded the firm of Baillie, Wood & Croft, stock brokers, and members of the Toronto Stock Exchange. His position as an industrial leader began in 1910 with the organization of the Burlington Steel Company of Hamilton, Ont., of which he is still President. In 1912 he organized the Bankers Bond Company, Limited, Toronto, and in the same year the Dominion Steel Foundry Company of Hamilton, Ont. Shortly after the commencement of the European War in 1914 he organized the Canadian Cartridge Co., Ltd., of Hamilton, of which he is President, to undertake the much needed work of manufacturing cartridge cases for the British Government. He personally equipped himself with knowledge of the technical work of munition making and so successful did he prove as an industrial organizer that he was able within two years to return to the British Government over $750,000 profits earned from war contracts, as a patriotic gift. Subsequently the Canadian Cartridge Company engaged in the manufacture of anti-aircraft cases for the United States Government on a large scale. In December, 1916, Sir Frank was appointed Director of Aviation for Canada, and in the same month acting for the British Government, organized and became President of Canadian Aeroplanes, Limited, which corporation manufactured aeroplanes for the Royal Air Force in Canada and flying boats for the American Government. On January 9, 1918, shortly after the institution by His Majesty of the Order of the British Empire, to honor those who had rendered distinguished service in the prosecution of the war, the subject of this sketch was created a Knight Commander of that Order. Sir Frank is essentially an outdoor man and his recreations include golf, motoring, curling and yachting. He is a member of the following clubs: National, Toronto, Albany, Lambton Golf and Country, Mississauga Golf and Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Toronto; Victoria Club, Hamilton, and Hamilton Golf, Hamilton. In politics he is independent and in religion an Anglican. On June 8, 1900, he married Edith Julia, daughter of the late Aubrey White, C.M.G., for many years Deputy Minister of Lands and Mines for Ontario. He has three sons, Aubrey Wilton, born July 6, 1908, Frank Wilton, born November 4, 1913, and James Wilton, born December 1, 1918; and two daughters, Marion Wilton, born April 23, 1901, and Edith Wilton, born October 1, 1904. He resides at 146 Crescent Road, Toronto.
McCuaig, Clarence James (Montreal, P.Q.), Stockbroker. Born in Quebec City September 1, 1855, educated at Ontario College, Picton. Married Emma Margaret, daughter of the late J. C. Rykert, Q.C., St. Catharines, Ont., and has three sons: Lieut.-Col. D. Rykert McCuaig, D.S.O., Brig.-General G. Eric McCuaig, C.M.G., D.S.O., and Major Clarence N. McCuaig. Mr. McCuaig is Honorary Colonel of the 53rd Regiment. In 1896 he bought a seat in the Montreal Stock Exchange, the firm later becoming McCuaig Bros. & Co., in which the three sons are partners. He organized the Sherbrooke Railway & Power Company and the Southern Canada Power Company, of both of which he was President, but retired from these positions to devote himself to the business of the firm during the absence of his three sons overseas. He is a director of the Ottawa Light, Heat & Power Co., and is a member of St. James, Canada, Montreal, Hunt, Forest & Stream, Royal St. Lawrence, and Royal Montreal Golf Clubs in Montreal, and of the Rideau Club, Ottawa. He is a Protestant in religion and a Conservative in politics.
Tessier, Auguste Maurice, Barrister, Rimouski. Born 20th of July, 1879, at Rimouski, Que. Son of the Honorable Judge Auguste Tessier of the Superior Court, and his wife, Corrine Gauvreau, both French-Canadians. His grandfather was the Honorable U. J. Tessier, Judge of the Court of King’s Bench, Quebec. Mr. Tessier was educated at Quebec Seminary and Laval University, receiving degrees, B.A. (1898), LL.M. with very great distinction (1901). Married, February 7, 1907, to Yvonne, daughter of Sir Alexandre Lacoste, former Chief Justice Court of King’s Bench, Montreal. He is a director of Rimouski Land Co., and the Canada and Gulf Terminal Railway Co., Rimouski, and Cie Fonderie de Mont Joli. Admitted to the bar July, 1907, having studied in the office of Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, Quebec; practised his profession first at Richmond, with Hon. P. S. G. Mackenzie, and at Rimouski since 1905; senior member of the law firm of Tessier & Cote. Was Crown Prosecutor for the District of Rimouski, 1909-1913. Created K.C. in 1912. Is Mayor of the parish of Rimouski, Warden of the County of Rimouski, and President of the Agricultural Society of the County of Rimouski and has been Warden of the County. First elected to the legislature at the general elections, 1912, as a Liberal for the riding of Rimouski and still continues to represent the County, being re-elected in May, 1916. A Roman Catholic in religion, he is the father of two children, Yves and Maurice. He is a member of the following clubs: Montreal Reform, Quebec Garrison, Snellier Fish and Game Club, Kidgewick Game Club.
Cane, James Gilbert, 97 Delaware Ave., Toronto, and one of the best known business men of that city, was born at Weston, Ont., the son of Martin and Nancy (Morrison) Cane. He was educated at Weston Grammar School, and as a youth had a thorough business training. Subsequently he engaged in the wholesale lumber business on his own account and built up one of the most extensive connections in Toronto. As a young man he took an active interest in military matters and enlisted in the Royal Grenadiers. As a member of that famous regiment he served in the North-West Rebellion of 1885. He was present at the actions of Fish Creek and Batoche, and was awarded the medal for that campaign. Subsequently on the formation of the 48th Highlanders of Toronto he became an active member of that battalion. Mr. Cane is a Liberal in politics, though he has never been a violent partizan. At the legislative by-election for North-West Toronto in 1916 when Hon. W. D. McPherson sought re-election, on his elevation to the post of Provincial Secretary, Mr. Cane, on account of his universal popularity was induced to become a sacrifice candidate in order that the party organization might be kept alive. The contest that ensued was one of the cleanest and most courteous ever conducted in Canada, the two candidates being on terms of personal friendship; and Mr. Cane polled a vote that surprised many purely on his personal qualities. Mr. Cane is a Protestant in religion and a member of the Masonic Order. He married Margaret B., daughter of the late Andrew Henderson of Toronto, and has ten children, James M., Donald A., William, Charles, Gordon G., Nellie, Margaret, Annie, Nora and Lillian. Three of his sons, James, William and Charles, saw service with the Canadian army overseas in the great war and won honorable records.