ASHTON DEWART CECIL CARROTHERS.
Ashton Dewart Cecil Carrothers, member of the legal firm of Car-
rothers & Williams of Regina, is a native of Ontario, his birth having
occurred near Strathroy, in 1881. He is of English and Irish descent.
His grandparents came to Canada from these two countries and here
reared and educated their children. Born near London, Ontario, Mr.
Carrothers' mother, who bore the maiden name of Harriett Bratt, was
educated in her native province and was there married to John Carroth-
ers, who was born in London. The father was a farmer all of his life,
but engaged in other enterprises as well, among which should be men-
tioned a considerable cheese business in Ontario that occupied much of
his attention at one time. The Carrothers first came to Regina in 1889
to take up a homestead, and were among the first settlers in the country
south of the present city. In 1896 the parents went back east, but eight
years later they returned to Regina, where they spent the rest of their
days. John Carrothers was a Conservative in his political views and a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was the father of eleven
children, ten of whom are living. The ninth child born to John and
Harriett Carrothers was named Ashton D. C. Carrothers. As he was a
little fellow of eight when the family first came to Saskatchewan he has
lived most of his life in this region of Canada. When the family went
back east he had completed the work of the Regina public schools and was
ready to enter the Collegiate Institute in his new home in Ontario. Sub-
sequently he took the normal course in the Normal School of Regina and
obtaining a first-class teacher's certificate, he taught for a year.
Mr. Carrothers began his study for his profession in the office of
Judge Embury of Regina, to whom he was articled, and completed his
legal preparations at Osgoode Hall, from which he graduated in the class
of 1908. In December of the same year he was called to the bar and
began the practice of law in Regina immediately afterward, practicing
alone under his own name for several years. The present partnership
was formed in 1913, when Mr. Carrothers took Edwin S. Williams into
his office, thus creating the firm of Carrothers & Williams, which has
its offices in the Westman Chambers of Regina. The practice of the firm
is general in character and has brought its members into close touch with
some very important litigation in Saskatchewan. The first year of his
practice Mr. Carrothers' time was almost solely devoted to work for the
Massey Harris Company, Limited, and he is still retained by that firm as
solicitor. In all of his work Mr. Carrothers has displayed a high order
legal ability and stands high in the estimation of the legal profession
and of the laity.
Mr. Carrothers was married to Miss Augusta Mary Rose Blizard,
daughter of William Howard Blizard, in the month of August, 1911.
Mrs. Carrothers was born in Toronto, and was educated and lived there
until her marriage. Her father is connected with the Toronto Electric
Light Company. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Car-
rothers: A son and a daughter: John Conway, aged eight; and a little
girl of six, named Cecil Harriett.
By inheritance and preference Mr. Carrothers is a Conservative in
his political affiliations and has been active in promoting the cause of
his party in this province. For several years he has been serving on the
executive committee of the Conservative Association, where his opinions
are always sought before any important steps are taken. He attends
the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church and is a Mason, belonging
to the blue lodge. Ever since its organization he has been active in the
work of the United Order of Canadians and is likewise a member and a
former officer of the Canadian Order of Woodmen of the World. He
has retained his boyhood fondness for athletics and sports and whenever
he can find the time in the midst of his busy professional life, he goes
out to the Regina Golf Club for a game of golf. In his work he displays
integrity, ability and industry and these qualities are the basic elements
of his growing success, while in civic and social circles he is identified
with those who are contributing to the progress and development of the
city of Regina.
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