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with a record of forty-one months actual service in France,
thirty-eight of these having been spent with his battalion in the front line. His
family was represented by four brothers, Lieuts. Gerald and Fred, Sgt. Alan,
and Pte. George; Sgt. Alan dying from wounds received at Vimy. Col. Laws
returned to Canada
after the war and resumed his farming. He is president of the Lloydminster
Agricultural Society. Is officer commanding 1st Sask.
Mounted Rifles (1st C.M.R.,C.E.F.) He holds the Queen's South African Medal
with five clasps.
LESLIE: Andrew, City Commissioner of Saskatoon.
Born at Londonderry, Ireland,
1888, a son of James and Elizabeth (Gibson) Leslie. Educated at the Londonderry
schools. Came to Canada,
1907; Winnipeg, Man. Railway work;
wholesale woollen business. Came to Saskatoon,
- 1909; assistant city clerk, 1910; city clerk, 1921 ; appointed City
Commissioner. Member of the Riverside Country Club,
Rotary Club, Golf Club. Presbyterian. Address, City Hall, Saskatoon.
LACOURCIERE: Joseph Emile, barrister, solicitor. Born at St. Victor de
Tring, Que., a Son of Henri and Emma (Gosselin) Lacourciere. Married Atala
Fortin, May 18th, 1916, and
has two sons and a daughter. Educated at St. Anne's College, Sherbrooke's
Seminary and Laval University.
Versed in economics and finances. President of the Liberal Association for the Constituency of Fort
Qu' Appelle. A member of the Roman
Catholic Church. Address, Montmartre.
KEETON: The Reverend Arthur William, clergyman. Born at Worksop, Notts.,
England, September 7th, 1883, a son of Thomas
Keeton and Sarah Osgood Keeeton of Worksop, Notts. Married Lilian Martha
Fakeley, 15th of January, 1917, and has one daughter. Received primary and
secondary education in England.
Came to Canada
to enter the Methodist ministry in
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