JOHN D. BROWN.  

	John D. Brown, barrister, is one of the representative members of
his profession in Rosthern and enjoys an extensive and lucrative clientele.
He was born in Lorneville, Cumberland county, Nova Scotia, on the 26th
of August, 1872. a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Mahoney) Brown, the
former a native of Nova Scotia and the latter of New Brunswick. Mr.
Brown followed agricultural pursuits all of his life in Nova Scotia and
his death occurred in March, 1876.  His widow survived him until April
of the year 1919.
	The public schools of Capbald, New Brunswick, afforded John D.
Brown his early education and subsequently he enrolled in St. Joseph's
College at Memrancook, New Brunswick. Later he attended St. Francis
Xavier's College, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and then engaged in teaching
school for four years at Dorchester, New Brunswick. During that time
he articled himself to Hon. H. Remerson and in November, 1900, he
was admitted to the bar.  He commenced practice at Chatham, New
Brunswick, where he remained for two years and after being admitted to
the bar in Nova Scotia, removed to Amherst, where he practiced from
1903 until 1909.  He then came west and located in Rosthern, where
he has since resided. His rise in the profession has been rapid and he
stands among the foremost barristers in the town, district and province.
Aside from his professional duties Mr. Brown is engaged in cultivating
some eight hundred acres of land and he makes a specialty of raising
pure-blood Belgian horses. He achieves success in any line of work he
undertakes because he closely applies himself to the task at hand.
	In February, 1902, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Maude Gillespie
of Nova Scotia and they are the parents of six children: Gerald M., born
on the 11th of November, 1902; Ada, born on the 11th of April, 1904;
Fred J., born on the 3d of January, 1906; Harold J., born on the Sd of
June, 1907; Edward J., born on the 4th of December, 1910; and Eileen
E., born on the 30th of December, 1915.  The two eldest children are
attending the University of Saskatchewan and the next three sons are
students in the high school at Rosthern.
	In his political views Mr. Brown is a Liberal and he is actively in-
terested in civic affairs. He is a stanch advocate of education and has
been a member and chairman of the Rosthern school board for ten years.
Along strictly professional lines he holds membership in the Canadian
Bar Association and the Saskatchewan Bar Association and he remains a
constant student of his profession. He is a consistent communicant of
the Catholic church.


         
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