Leaving sweet impress whereso’er they go.
Theirs Heaven’s reward; a crown upon each brow,
Warm hearted DRYSDALE! such a man art thou!
Walker, William Simpson, K.C. (Montreal, Que.), is the son of the late John and Janet Simpson, Scotland, Ont., and was born in Brantford, Ont., April 13, 1849. He was educated at Scotland Grammar School and McGill University, from which he graduated with the degree of B.C.L. in 1874, and married Sarah, youngest daughter of the late David Perney, Waterford, Ont., by whom he has three children, Grace E., Fred. W., now Vice-President and Managing Director of the Hudson Bay Ins. Co., Vancouver, B.C., and Helen E. Walker. In his early years Mr. Walker taught in the Public Schools of Brant and Norfolk Counties, Ont., and in the Montreal Academy, also acting as legal reporter for the “Montreal Herald.” Among other offices held by the subject of this sketch at various times are those of Secretary of the Royal Commission on the Paper Combine; Secretary-Treasurer to the Protestant School Commissioners, Town and Parish of Longueuil, Que.; Secretary of the McGill University Literary Society; President of the Longueuil Boating Club; Hon. President of the Longueuil Cricket Club; Member of the Westmount Lawn Bowling Club; First Vice-President of the Caledonian Society, Montreal; Treasurer of the Mechanics’ Institute, Montreal; for many years Secretary of the Young Men’s Reform Association and latterly of the Reform Club, Montreal; a Freemason of high degree, and a P.D.D. of both the Independent Order of Foresters and the Canadian Order of Foresters. A member of the Church of England. Mr. Walker is a Liberal in politics and an “out and out believer in the late Sir Wilfrid Laurier.” He was called to the Bar of the Province of Quebec in July, 1874, as an Advocate and Barrister, having been articled to Sir Charles Davidson, ex-Chief Justice Province of Quebec, and successfully practising his profession in the city of Montreal since that time. Has delivered lectures and read papers before numerous societies in Montreal, amongst others, upon the following subjects: “Nothing New,” “People I Have Met,” “Woman as An Inventor,” “Lord Elgin in Canada,” “Scottish Superstition,” “Scotsman in Canada,” “What We Want,” “The Fathers of Confederation,” “Masonry and Its Philosophy” and “Universal Language.” In 1897 he was appointed head of the English Department of Judgments, Superior Court, and Deputy Prothonotary of the Superior Court, Montreal. Three years later he was appointed Deputy Registrar of the Exchequer Court by the Dominion Government, and Commissioner Supreme Court of Canada; was named King’s Counsel in 1913, in which year he also received the appointment of Registrar of Deeds for the Western Division of the City of Montreal (Montreal West) and is, to-day, a Justice of the Peace for the District of Montreal. Mr. Walker has been in partnership, successively, with the late Joseph Doutre, Q.C., John A. Perkins, Hon, J. E. Robidoux, Hon. M. Hutchinson and D. MacMaster, K.C., 90 Arlington Ave., Westmount. “A man highly respected”—Montreal Star.
Hopkins, Innes, 3738 Selkirk Avenue, Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver, B.C., Managing Director of the B.C. Marine Limited, one of the oldest established ship-repairing firms on the Pacific Coast, is a son of John Castell Hopkins, who was born and educated in Edinburgh, a direct descendant of Samson Hopkins of Coventry, Co. Warwick, who died in 1662, and Sir William Hopkins, Knight of Coventry, Isle of Wight, knighted at Whitehall, 1623—Motto, Suavitate. Aut. Vi.—(other particulars see “Armory and Lineage of Canada, 1913”). His mother is Trianda Phelia Boyd Heu de Bourck, daughter of Rev. W. H. Heu de Bourck of Tiverton, England. The subject of this sketch was born at Douglas, Wellington Co., Ont., and was educated in private schools. He has been a resident of Vancouver since 1914, at which time he became interested in the B.C. Marine Limited. He is also President of the Vancouver Forge Co. Ltd.; a member of the Vancouver Board of Trade, Manufacturers Association, Employers Association of B.C., Vancouver Automobile Club, Vancouver Club and Terminal City Club, and a member of the Masonic Order. His recreations are motoring and tennis, and in politics he is a Conservative. In religion, Mr. Hopkins is an Anglican, and on Feb. 3, 1909, married a daughter of Mr. R. W. F. Martin, broker, of Seattle, Wash., by whom he has two children, Alice Cecil, born Dec. 13, 1910, and Robert Innes, born Oct. 19, 1912.
Rose, William Oliver, J.P., M.D., M.P.P. for Nelson in the British Columbia Legislature, is a native of Lakeville, Prince Edward Island, where he was born, February 10, 1870, the son of William and Charity (Baker) Rose. His father was a farmer and he was educated at Prince of Wales College, Charlottetown, P.E.I., and McGill University, Montreal. From the latter institution he graduated in 1898 with the degree of M.D.C.M. and was also Holmes Gold Medallist in this year. For twelve months he filled the post of Senior House Surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, and in 1899 went to British Columbia as Superintendent of the Kootenay Lake Hospital at Nelson, B.C. In 1900 he entered general practice at Nelson as a member of the firm of Rose & Hall, Physicians and Surgeons, which subsequently, in 1908, became Rose & Hartin, as at present. He was elected Mayor of his city in 1903 and, subsequently, in 1907, returned to municipal life as an Alderman, an office he has filled ever since. At the Provincial Elections of Sept. 14, 1916, he was Conservative candidate for the riding of Nelson, and carried the constituency. He has been a Justice of the Peace for his district since 1903 and for a time was Medical Officer of the 102nd Royal Mounted Rifles. His recreations are motoring and boating, and he is a member of many fraternal orders including the K.P., L.O.L., S.O.E., C.O.F., I.O.F., B.P.O.E., etc. He is a Baptist in religion and on August 28, 1901, married Azza Jean, daughter of John Brownell of Worcester, Mass. He resides at 907 Vernon St., Nelson, B.C.