LORNE HANSEL MCCONNELL, M.D.
 



	Dr. Lorne Hansel McConnell is a prominent and successful surgeon
of Saskatoon, with offices in the Bowerman block. He was born in Winni-
peg, on the 16th of January, 1889, a son of John Henry and Minnie
Maria (Brown) McConnell, the former a native of Granton and the latter
of Winchelsea, Ontario.  For many years the father was in the grain
business at Hamiota, Manitoba, and he also conducted an implement
business and was an auctioneer for thirty years.  He was well known
not only in commercial circles but in political circles as well and was a
member of parliament for that district, serving about ten years.  He
was always a stanch supporter of the Liberal party and the principles
for which it stands.
	In the pursuit of his education Lorne Hansel McConnell attended the
public schools of Hamiota and in due time was graduated from high
school at Brandon. He then entered the Manitoba Medical College and
was graduated from that institution with the M. D., C. M. degree in
1912. The same year he came to Saskatoon and has since practiced here.
He was enjoying a fine practice upon the outbreak of the Great war but
being very patriotic he did not let personal interests interfere with duty
and he enlisted in the service of his country, going overseas in 1917. For
a time he was stationed at the Orthopedic Hospital in London, England,
and he held the rank of captain.  Later he went to France and then
served in Germany with the Army of Occupation for seven months fol-
lowing the signing of the armistice. He received his honorable discharge
from the army in July, 1919, and returned to Saskatoon and resumed his
practice.
	In Minneapolis, on the 21st of June, 1916, Dr. McConnell was married
to Miss Alma Marie Engen, who was born in Norway, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Nicoline Engen, likewise natives of that country, who never
came to the United States. Mrs. Engen is living but Mr. Engen died in
Norway in 1907.  To Dr. and Mrs. McConnell two children have been
born: Frederick Lorne, whose birth occurred on the 18th of December,
1917; and Lucille Marie, born on the 24th of May, 1920. The political
allegiance of Dr. McConnell is given to the man best fitted for the posi-
tion, regardless of party.  He is essentially public-spirited and is ever
ready to support those measures which make for the progress of his
community.  He was reared in the faith of the Presbyterian church.
Along strictly professional lines the Doctor holds membership in the
Canadian Medical Association, the Saskatchewan Medical Association
and the Saskatoon Academy of Medicine. Socially he is identified with
the Saskatoon Golf Club and he is president of the Saskatoon Gun Club
and vice president of the District Shoot which will be held at Saskatoon
in July and in which the crack shots from Manitoba and Saskatchewan
and also from the States will compete. The Doctor himself is a crack
shot. While attending medical school he received the Hutchinson Gold
Medal and the Silver Medal award by the lieutenant governor of the province.






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