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Born at Woolwich,
England, November 25th, 1857, son of
Lieut.-Col. F. W. Haultain, R.A., and Lucinde Helen Haultain, Sir Frederick
came to. Canada
in early life, was educated at Montreal
High School, attended the
Collegiate at Peterboro, Ont., graduated from Toronto
University in 1879, with the degree
of B.A., and was honoured by his Alma Mater in 1915 with the (hon.) degree of
LL.B.
Called to the Ontario
bar, 1882. Created K.C. (Dom.), 1902; Saskatchewan,
1907. Practised at MacLeod, Alta.,
1884. Member North-west Council, 1887-88. Member Legislative Assembly,
1888-1905. Was called upon by the Lieutenant-Governor to form the first
Executive Committee of the North-west
Territories, December, 1891.
Remained leader of the Executive Committee until 1897, when by Federal Act
provision was made for an Executive Council, and he was called upon by the
Lieutenant-Governor to form an Executive Council. Premier; Attorney-General;
Commissioner of Education, North-west
Territories, 1897, until Province
was established in 1905. Member of Saskatchewan Legislature and leader of
Provincial Rights Party, 1905-12. Represented North-west
Territories at the Coronation of
His late Majesty King Edward VII, 1902. Appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court
of Saskatchewan in October, 1912,
and Chief Justice Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
in March, 1918. Knighted on the first
of June, 1916. Elected Chancellor of the University
of Saskatchewan, 1917. Club,
Assiniboia. Recreation, golf. In religion an Anglican. Address, Regina,
Sask.
DUNNING: The Honourable Charles Avery, Premier of Saskatchewan.
Born at Croft, Leicestershire, England,
a son of Samuel and Katherin Dunning. Married Ada Rowlett, July 3rd, 1913, and has two children. Came to Canada
in 1902, at the age of seventeen, and engaged in farming near Yorkton,
later acquiring a homestead near Beaverdale. Became a leading spirit
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