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continuously ever since. He has been President of the Manitoba Wholesale Grocers Assoc., Vice-President Wholesale Grocers Assoc., President Regina Board of Trade, 1914-15. He is a Potentate of Wa Wa Temple, A.D. and M.S. and a 32nd. degree, Mason. Alderman of the city from 1919 to 1922. Elected Mayor in 1923 and again in 1924. Member of Assiniboia Club, Regina, Wascana Country Club, Rotary Club Canadian Club. Address, City Hall, Regina.

 

STAPLEFORD : Ernest William, B.A., D.D., President Regina College. Born St. Catharines, Ont., 1874, son of Edmund and Annie (Blake) Stapleford. Married Maude Bunting, B.A., and has one son and three daughters. Educated at Victoria College and Toronto University. Ordained minister of the Methodist Church, 1906. Spent 1907 abroad in study at Oxford. Pastor Fairview Methodist Church, Vancouver, 1908. Resigned in 1911 to become secretary British Columbia Educational Conference. Appointed President Regina College, 1915. Member Regina Golf Club. Recreation, golf, motoring. Address, Regina College, Regina.

 

BROWN: The late Honourable George William, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan, born at Holstein, Gray County, Ontario, May 30th, 1860. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown. Was educated at Mount Forrest High School, Brantford College, and Toronto University. Married Annie Gardner Barr, of Norwich Ont. Came to Regina in 1882, and farmed for many years at Rose Plains. Studied law and was called to the bar for the North-west Territories, forming a partnership with Norman MacKenzie, K.C. MacKenzie Brown & Company. Was defeated as a candidate for the North-west Territories in 1888. Elected in 1894 and again elected in 1898. Played a very prominent part in all the affairs of the City of Regina, and the Province of Saskatchewan, for many years. Director of the Northern Trust Company and

 

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