JOHN FREDERICK LUNNEY.
 


	John Frederick Lunney, member of the firm of Anderson, Lunney &
Company, Limited, of Regina, which does one of the largest businesses
in insurance in the city, is a native of Ontario, his birth having occurred
in Durham, Grey county, on the 9th of March, 1878.  His father, Wil-
liam Lunney, was a Virginian by birth, who was brought to Canada by
his parents as a boy. He has been a farmer all of his life and still makes
his home on his farm in Ontario, at the age of seventy~three  His wife,
who was Jane Washington Mullin before her marriage, was born on
hoard the ship Washington on the high seas bound for America, and
was presented with a sum of money by the shipowners, with the under-
standing that Washington should be her middle name. Her parents were
Irish. Of the six children born in the Lunney family, three are living,
of whom John F. is the oldest. The mother died many years ago, and by
a second marriage the father had two other children, who are living.
The family was identified with the Methodist church, in which the mother
was very active and taught in the Sunday school for years. The father
is a well-read man who has taken a lifelong interest in public affairs and
follows the trend of current events closely. His support has always been
given to the Conservative party and he has held local offices, 
serving as
councillor for six years and for two years as deputy reeve.
	After obtaining a general education in the public schools and the
Durham high school, John F. Lunney taught school for three years, 1898,
1899, 1900.  In the latter year he went to Hamilton, Ontario, to take
a course in a business college, to fit himself for commercial work. His
first business position was with the Crown Oil Company of Hamilton, by
whom he was employed until 1904. In September of that year he came
out to Regina, arriving on the first day of the month, where for two years
he worked for the International Harvester Company.  He embarked in
the line of work in which he is now engaged in 1906, by going to work
for Tracksell & Clark, a real estate and insurance firm of this city, with
which he was associated for about a year.  He then became connected
with the newly established firm of Tracksell, Price, Anderson & Company.
After two or three years this firm was reorganized as Tracksell, Ander-
son & Company, and somewhat later another change in the organization
took place that resulted in the present firm of Anderson, Lunney & Com-
pany, Limited. The business of this company is largely insurance. It has
many regular clients and writes many thousands of dollars worth of
insurance annually, ranking as one of the leading firms of this kind in
the city.
	Mr. Lunney was married on September 8, 1909, to Miss Pearl Maud
Harwood, daughter of R. J. Harwood, chief of police in Regina in the
early days.  Mrs. Lunney was born in Cannington, Ontario, and was
educated there and in a business college in Toronto.  Mr. and Mrs.
Lunney have a six-year-old son, John H. Lunney. Mr. and Mrs. Lunney
are both prominent in the work of the Westminster Presbyterian church.
Mr. Lunney was chairman of the building committee at the time the new
church edifice was erected, and is now serving on the board of managers.
In the Masonic order he is also a conspicuous figure as a member of
Wascana Lodge, No.3, A. F. & A. M.; Wascana Chapter, R. A. M.; the
Knights Templars and Wawa Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
	At one time Mr. Lunney was secretary of the local Conservative Club
and he has always given his support to the candidates and policies of
chat party. In contributing to those projects that foster civic pride and
tend to develop the community he has always been to the fore, while as
a member of the Regina Exhibition Board and chairman of the racing
committee of the board, he has worked hard for the success of the under-
takings. He is personally fond of horses and racing and in 1912 owned
in partnership with his business associate, Mr. Anderson, a string
running horses that they raced through the Western Canada circuit dur-
ing several seasons. As a citizen and a business man man he stands high
and is considered one of the substantial, progressive men of the com-
munity.


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