Crowther, William H. (Welland, Ont.), was born at Walsall, England, March 10th, 1868, and educated in the Public Schools of that place. Son of Job and Sarah Crowther, his father being manager of the Rolling Mills at Walsall, England. He is one of the most progressive manufacturers of the City of Welland and also operates a farm. Married in October, 1895, to Margaret Byers, daughter of Thomas Byers, of Hampden, County of Grey, Ont. Father of three sons. William Crowther, the eldest, was killed in action in the Great War on October 31st, 1917, at the age of twenty-one. As a Lieutenant in the 10th Royal Flying Corps, he was engaged in photographing and observation work near La Bassee when he was shot down; Wilfred, in the Royal Air Force, was billeted for France when the Armistice was signed; Thomas Albert, and a daughter Dora Isabel. Mr. Crowther is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in Politics and belongs to the following societies: The Masonic Order, Sons of England, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Canadian Order of Foresters. He was a member of the town Council of Welland for twelve years and was Mayor for Welland for two years, 1909-10. Was an active member of the Patriotic Campaign Committee during the war and has been largely instrumental in contributing to the present prosperity of Welland, being Chairman of the Waterworks and Sewers Committees for two years, in each case. Ex-Mayor Crowther is recognized as one of Welland’s most public spirited and enterprising citizens. His recreations are lawn-bowling, he being a member of the Welland Club.
Davidson, James Wheeler, F.R.C.S., 801 Royal Avenue, Calgary, Alberta, is one of the contributing causes of the entente cordiale between Canada and the United States. In other words, he is an American who has “made good” in Canada, as he has elsewhere. Mr. Davidson was born at Austin, Minnesota, on June 14, 1872, his father being C. H. Davidson, a newspaper man, and later, a banker. He was educated at Northwestern Military Academy, Highland Park, Illinois, where he graduated as Second Lieutenant in 1891. Mr. Davidson almost immediately embarked on a career of travel and adventure which was to bring him many honors. He was a member of the Peary Arctic Expedition of 1893 and 1894, a war correspondent for the New York Herald with the Chinese army, and later with the Japanese army during the Japanese-Chinese war of 1895-1896, and a member of the American foreign service stationed in Formosa, China, Manchuria, also American Consul-General at Shanghai and a special agent department of state between years 1896-1906. It was at this time that he became a member of the “Order of the Rising Sun” (Japanese), an honor not often accorded to foreigners. He was granted leave by the Department of State to serve on a special mission for the Russian Communication Department in Siberia, and was decorated by the Emperor of Japan for services rendered the Japanese army in the capture of the capital (Taipehfu) of Formosa. Under the Roosevelt administration he was a special agent of the Department of State, sent to Manila prior to Dewey’s expedition to determine probable attitude of Philippine revolutionary party towards Americans. His knowledge of these countries enabled him to write an authoritative book on “The Island of Formosa, Past and Present,” published by MacMillan & Co. He has also been a contributor to the Century Magazine on Siberia and Manchuria. Mr. Davidson is now treasurer of the Calgary Colonization Company, and Manager Beiseker & Davidson Company, of Calgary. He is a member of the Ranchmen’s Club, Calgary; the Manitoba Club, of Winnipeg; the Royal Geographical Society; the Explorer’s Club, New York, and the Authors, London. He is a Protestant in religion, and professes no political creed. In 1906 he married Mabel Lillian Dow, daughter of George A. Dow, of San Francisco, president of the George A. Dow Pumping Engine Company. He has one child, Marjory Dow, born February 10, 1915.
Mackay, Hon. Col. Alexander Howard, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, is one of Canada’s most prominent educationists. Born of Scotch-Canadian parents, John Mackay and Barbara Maclean, at North Mount Dalhousie, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, on May 19, 1848, Colonel Mackay early demonstrated his educational ability. He began his education in the public schools, then went to Pictou Academy, to Normal College, and to Dalhousie University, from which he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1873. He received his degree of B.Sc. at Halifax University in 1880; his LL.D. from Halifax in 1892, and from St. Francis Xavier University in 1905. In 1882 he married Maude Augusta, daughter of Dr. George Moir Johnstone of Pictou, N.S., and has two children, George Moir Johnstone and Barbara Lois, born in 1883 and in 1886 respectively. Colonel Mackay is a life member of the Royal Colonial Institute, London, England; a member of the Author’s Club, London, England, and of the Halifax Club, Nova Scotia. He is also a member of the Royal Society of Canada and of the Biological and Geographic Boards of Canada. In religion he is a Presbyterian, of the United Church of Canada, and in politics he is non-partisan, but a strong Imperialist. He was made an honorary colonel in 1912 and was a member of the Dominion Cadet Committee which had the honor of introducing the present military training system into the schools of Canada in 1908. Colonel Mackay is now superintendent of education for the province of Nova Scotia. He began as a teacher in the public schools of Pictou and then became lecturer in biology at the medical college of Dalhousie University, and his subsequent career is a long list of educational honors. He is Past President of the Educational Association of Nova Scotia, of Dominion Educational Association, of Summer School of Science for Atlantic Provinces, of Nova Scotia Institute of Science, of Section IV. of the Royal Society of Canada; President of Victoria School of Art and Design; Vice-President of Simplified Spelling Board; member of the Geographic Board of Canada; of the Biological Board of Canada, Governor of Dalhousie University, of Halifax Ladies’ College; Senator of Presbyterian College; sometime editor of “Dalhousie Gazette,” “Acadia Scientist,” “Educational Review”; editor of “Journal of Education,” etc., represented the province of Nova Scotia at the official Imperial educational conferences of the Education departments of the Empire in 1907 and 1911. Colonel Mackay has written extensively on educational subjects for a number of important magazines and periodicals.
Whalen, George Frederick (Vancouver, B.C.), one of the leading figures in the pulp and paper industry of Canada, was born at Fort William, Ont., November 13, 1880, the son of Joseph and Alice Whalen. He was educated in the Separate School and High School of his native city, and commenced his business career in 1899 as a clerk in the Ontario Bank at the adjacent town of Port Arthur. After a year’s experience he abandoned banking for the lumber business, serving as a clerk in the camps of far-western Ontario from 1900 to 1902, and subsequently a Contractor for taking out timber from 1902 to 1909. Incidentally he acquired a great deal of knowledge of the pulp industry, which at that time was beginning to assume large proportions in Canada, and in 1909 he was appointed Manager in charge of construction and operation of the Sulphite Mill at Mill Creek, British Columbia. In that position he remained until 1917 when he became Vice-President and General Manager of the Whalen Pulp & Paper Mills, Ltd., which has its head offices in the Merchants Bank Building at Vancouver, B.C., and engages extensively in pulp and lumber manufacture on the Pacific Coast. The importance of this corporation, which was organized by the subject of this sketch, may be gauged from the figures of its capitalization: common stock $8,000,000; preferred stock (cumulative from January 1, 1918) $2,102,500; Fifteen year Six per cent. Bonds $2,000,000; Fifteen year Seven per cent. Debenture Stock, $1,500,000. Though young in years Mr. Whalen is recognized throughout Canada and the United States as one of the most able and progressive figures in an industry that enters very largely into the life of every community. His recreations are golf, fishing, motoring and hunting, and he is a member of the Vancouver, Shaughnessy Golf, and Burnaby Golf Clubs. In religion he is a Roman Catholic and on June 1, 1904, married Mary Geraldine, daughter of Patrick D. Doran, Kingston, Ont. He has three sons and one daughter, and resides at 1251 King Edward Ave., Vancouver, B.C.
Cousineau, Joseph Philemon, B.A., K.C., LL.D., of the firm of Cousineau and Lacasse, advocates, 90 St. James Street, Montreal, was born at St. Laurent, Quebec, in 1874, and is one of the many brilliant Canadians of French affiliations who have done so much to enrich the legal history of Canada. He is the son of Gervais and Angelique Cousineau and was educated at Ste. Therese College, and at Laval University, where he secured his B.A. in 1894, his LL.L. in 1896 and his LL.D. in 1901. He read law with J. Beauchamp and with C. R. Charles Bruchesi. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1896 and was created King’s Counsel in 1909. Like many of his compatriots Mr. Cousineau united law and politics. He began his political career as mayor of St. Laurent, an office he held from 1904 to 1908. In that year he resigned his mayoralty to become member of the Quebec Legislature for the district of Jacques Cartier. He was re-elected in 1912 and in 1915 and 1916 was leader of the opposition at Quebec. His authorship in 1901 of a brilliant thesis “Des Corporations” was possibly one of the determining influences in his appointment to the professorship of “Droit Administrative” at Laval University, a position he has held since 1903. He is also a member of the Canadian and the Chapleau Clubs. In 1897 Mr. Cousineau married Helmina, daughter of L. S. Gendron. He has four daughters, Aline, Gilberte, Jeanne and Gabrielle. In politics he is a Conservative, and in religion a Roman Catholic. He still maintains the family residence at St. Laurent.