HAMMEL M. P. DEROCHE.

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		A prominent barrister and solicitor of Melville, Saskatchewan, is
Hammel M. P. deRoche, who was born in the province of Ontario, on
the 11th of October, 1878, a son of Hammel M. and Sarah (Pile) deRoche.
The father was likewise born in Ontario and was one of the foremost
members of the legal profession in that province. Mr. deRoche was a
high honor graduate of the University of Toronto and a King's Counsel,
and he was likewise prominent in political affairs and a member of the
Ontario legislature from 1871 to 1883. At the time of his death, which
occurred in his seventy-seventh year, he was county attorney for the
district of Napanee.  To Mr. and Mrs. deRoche four children were
born, Hammel M. P. being the third in order of birth.
		In the pursuit of his education Hammel M. P. deRoche attended the
public schools of his birthplace and in 1901 was graduated from Toronto
University.  In boyhood he determined to follow in his father's foot-
steps and subsequently entered his father's law office for the study of the
profession. He was admitted to the bar in his native province in 1904.
In 1908 he came west and located at Moose Jaw, where he was a pioneer
lawyer, and the following year he came to Melville and has since resided
there. Mr. deRoche has achieved well-merited success in his profession
and is a worthy representative of the name he bears.  He is not only
thoroughly grounded in the principles of jurisprudence, but be possesses
keen discernment, fine analytical powers and the retentive memory so
essential to the successful barrister.  He has been Crown Prosecutor
since the year 1913.
		In 1905 Mr. deRoche was married to Miss Marion S. Taylor of To-
ronto, and to them two children have been born: Wheatley, fourteen years
of age; and Jean, aged twelve.
		Since attaining his majority Mr. deRoche has given his stanch sup-
port to the Liberal party and the principles for which it stands.  He
maintains an active interest in local affairs and is well informed on all
important questions and issues of the day.  Fraternally he is identified
with the Masons and was one of the first grand superintendents of the
new grand chapter of the Royal Arch Masons of Saskatchewan.  He is
identified with the Board of Trade and is a member of the school board,
and for some time was a trustee of the Melville public schools. He is a
member of the Executive Synod of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle, and is secre-
tary of the local Council for Boy Scouts.





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