JOHN M. BRODERICK.
 

	Prominent in the automobile circles of Regina is John M. Broderick,
manager and owner of the Saskatchewan Motor Company, one of the old-
est concerns of its kind in the southern part of this province. He was
born near Exeter, Huron county, Ontario, on the 27th of May, 1888, son
of the late John and Margaret (Hodgins) Broderick, both natives of
that province.  John Broderick was a teacher in early manhood, but
after a dozen or 50 years in the schoolroom left his profession for farm-
ing, in which he engaged until five years before his death, when he retired
and went to live in Exeter. He was much interested in the work of the
Methodist church and for years was superintendent of the Sunday school.
His political allegiance was given to the Liberal party. He passed away
in 1916, leaving a widow and eight children to mourn his death. Mrs.
Broderick, who has continued to make her home in Exeter, is of Irish
descent, while her husband's father came from England. John M. Brod-
erick, of this review, is the youngest of the eight children. He grew up
on his father's farm and gained his early school training in the schools
near his home. Later he attended the high school in Exeter and took a
commercial course in London.
	Mr. Broderick's first position was with the National Drug Company
as a clerk in the London branch. In 1911 he was transferred to Regina
as an accountant and remained in the employ of this firm for a year and
a half after coming west.  He resigned his position with the National
Drug Company to accept a position with the Saskatchewan Motor Com-
pany as an accountant in 1912. Six years later he was made manager
of the concern, his present office. Meanwhile he had acquired an interest
in the company and now owns it in partnership with George A. Thomp-
son and Maurice Reynolds.  The Saskatchewan Motor Company is one
of the oldest in the southern part of Saskatchewan. It was organized in
1910 when the motor car industry was in its infancy and has kept pace
with its development ever since. The company maintains a fully equipped
repair shop and also a machine shop. It has the agency for the Durant
and Star motor cars for the province of Saskatchewan and until the fall
of 1922 was the distributor for the popular Ford car. During its period
of operation it has placed over twenty thousand cars in its district, a
record of which any firm might well be proud.
	In 1910 Mr. Broderick and Miss Sarah Jane Tiffany were united in
marriage and they are the parents of a daughter: Betty, five and a half
years old. Mrs. Broderick is also a native of Ontario, her birthplace being
Delaware, near London. She was educated in the public schools of Dela-
ware and the high school at London. The Brodericks are affiliated with
the Metropolitan Methodist church.
	Mr. Broderick is a Mason, belonging to the blue lodge. He is a char-
ter member of the Kiwanis Club in Regina and one of its enthusiastic
workers. His name is also found on the membership lists of the Assini-
boia and Wascana Country Clubs. As might well be imagined from his
business interests, Mr. Broderick is thoroughly devoted to motoring as
a sport and takes many long, interesting trips. He left home at the age
of seventeen and now, a young man of barely thirty-five, has reached a
place in the business life of Regina that would indeed satisfy the ambi-
tion of an older man. All that he has accomplished he has done without
assistance, relying entirely upon his own powers for his advancement.
His fellow citizens will do well to watch his future career, for he seems
destined to become one of the leading business men of his community and
a person whose influence will count for much in its future development.




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