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schools. Mr. Paul was articled to R. S. Gordon, Procurator Fiscal of
Elginshire, and to E. D. Jamieson, LL.B. (nine years) ; three years in
commercial office, Elgin county. Came to Canada,
April, 1911; was articled here to R. W. Cumming, Yorkton
and Canora. Enlisted in April, 1916, 214th Battalion (in the ranks); overseas, 1917, 15th Reserve, to 6th Canadian
Reserve Brigade, C.A.P.C. Bramshott (staff clerk). Served until the end of war
and returned to Canada,
Jan., 1919, took final law examination, Sept., 1919, and was called to the bar,
Dec., 1919. Member of the Saskatchewan
Law Society,. Canadian Bar Association, ex-president G.W.V.A, Was paymaster
local Militia, 1921-22. Member of the Masonic Lodge, A.F. and: A.M., C.O.F.
Presbyterian. Conservative. Has been member and secretary local Board of the
Union Church. Address, Canora, Sask.
PICKETT: Lieut.-Colonel, H. D., B.C.L., LL.B., barrister. Born at Kingston,.
King's county, N.B., Dec. 6th, 1876,
a son of Wm. Elias and Julia (Appleby) Pickett. Married Louisa Isabella Holden,
Bamford, Sept. 4th, 1907,
and has two sons and a daughter (three deceased). Educated Kingston
Superior School,
St. John Law
School, and King's College, Windsor,
N.S. Comes of an old Empire Loyalist
family. Great grandfather settled in Kingston,
in 1784; was deported, from Connecticut
after the American Revolution. Came to the U.S.A.
from Ireland in
1766. Colonel Pickett was articled to Colonel J. R. Armstrong, now Judge
Armstrong; graduated from St. John Law
School, 1903, and from King's College
the same year. Practised in St. John,
N.B., in office of Hon. A. A. Stockton. Came to the N.W.T. in 1904; Moose
Jaw, and entered the Office of Hon. W. B. Willoughby;
practised in Humboldt in 1905, partnership with Senator Willoughby. in 1906,
opening present office in 1907, partnership with H. J. Schull in 1911-1915.
Joined C.E.F. that year, officer in charge of Recruiting Area
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