JAMES FRASER BRYANT.  


	James Fraser Bryant is well known in Regina as a barrister, active
worker in the Conservative party and leader in educational circles.  He
was born in Glen Allan, Ontario, May 19, 1877, and is the son of Rev.
James and Dora (McGill) Bryant. He was well educated as a boy and
young man, attending the public schools of Bradford and Toronto, Upper
Canada College, St. Catharines Collegiate Institute and Queen's Univer-
sity. Later he studied law in the University of Manitoba. As a student
Mr. Bryant exhibited marked mental powers, taking the honor course in
classics in Queen's University and having the honor of being bronze
medalist in law at the University of Manitoba. It was to teach English
history and languages in the high school at Strathcona that Mr. Bryant
first came west in 1901.  He began to read law under the direction of
Judge Johnstone of Regina in 1902 and four years later, after he had
been called to the bar, he formed a legal partnership under the name of
Jones, Gordon & Bryant. A year later this firm was changed, becoming
Allan, Gordon, Bryant & Gordon, and so continued until 1914. Mr. Bry-
ant's career in the legal profession has held many elements of progressing
greatness and he has risen to the high place in the esteem of his clients
and his colleagues before the bar to which he is entitled by reason of his
outstanding ability and many achievements.
	Many of the qualities that make for leadership have been manifested
in this barrister's career, both in and outside of his profession.  The
organizations of the Conservative party in this region, particularly, have
felt the influence of his executive power. In 1911 and 1912 he was secre-
tary of the Provincial Conservative Association; he presided over the
Regina Conservative Association in 1914; for some years was secretary
of the Regina County Conservative Association, and is at present presi-
dent of the Saskatchewan Provincial Conservative Association.  Mr.
Bryant is in no sense an officeseeker. While he has devotedly served his
party in various important capacities for years, he has never held an
elective office as the result of this partisan loyalty, although offered
nominations on different occasions in both the provincial and federal
arena. His interest in educational affairs has been equal to that in poli-
tics and he has been very energetic in promoting the educational progress
of the city. He was for a number of years school trustee in Regina and
for two years was chairman of the Regina public school board. For the
past six years he has been president of the Saskatchewan Trustees Asso-
ciation. This organization is the largest of its kind in the Dominion and
	Mr. Bryant was married in 1908 to Miss Mabel Myra Boyd of Regina.
In 1906 Mr. Bryant served as a private in the Ninetieth Regiment of Win-
nipeg. He is a member and past grand master of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen of the Canadian Northwest, having held that office in
1914 and 1915. His other fraternal affiliation is with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. For the 1916-1917 term he was president of the
Canadian Club of Regina and also belongs to the Assiniboia, Wascana
Country and Regina Golf Clubs. His religious faith is that of the Pres-
byterian church and he is an elder in the Knox Presbyterian church of
this city. Mr. Bryant is fond of gardening and spends many happy hours
working about his fruits and flowers. He has won the first prize for the
best large garden in Regina for five consecutive years.



         
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