STEWART McKERCKER, B. A. LL. B.
 



	One of the barristers at the provincial bar is Stewart McKercker, a
member of the firm of McKercker & McCool, of Saskatoon. He was born
at Wroxeter, Ontario, on the 13th of June, 1893, a son of W. S. and Isabelle
(Gibson) McKercker, natives of Wroxeter, Ontario. Mrs. McKercker's
parents were among the first settlers in that district and they played a
dominant part in its development and improvement. They started flour,
grist, woolen, oatmeal and saw mills there and were representative and
influential citizens of the community. Mr. McKercker is secretary-treas-
urer of the Howick Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Wroxeter. Mrs.
McKercker is deceased.
	In the acquirement of his education Stewart McKercker attended the
public schools of Wroxeter, Brussels and Wingham, Ontario.  In 1912
be came to Saskatoon, where he attended Normal School and then taught
in the schools at Young, Saskatchewan, for one year. At the termination
of that time he entered Queen's University and while a student there
the Great war broke out. He joined the University Contingent of the
Officers' Training Corps and was with that contingent nine months. He
then received a commission with the Sixty-fifth Battalion and went over-
seas in 1916, with the rank of lieutenant.  In France he was transferred
to the Seventy-second Canadian Regiment and later to the Royal Flying
Corps. He was a member of No.1 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps,
Second army, under the command of General Plummer. On one of his
trips he was shot down by an enemy plane, and was confined to the hospital
for twenty months.  He returned to Canada in the fall of 1917, and
received his honorable discharge from the army hospital in Toronto in
1919. He then resumed his studies at Queen's University, which institu-
tion conferred the B. A. degree upon him in that year. The same year
he entered the University of Saskatchewan, from which he received the
LL. B. degree in 1922. He was soon thereafter admitted to the bar and
he practiced at Conquest, Saskatchewan, until January, 1923, when he
returned to Saskatoon and formed a partnership with T. A. Lynd, and
later with Charles W. McCool, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The firm is
known as McKercker & McCool.
	Fraternally Mr. McKercker is identified with the Masons and he is a
life member of Lodge No.64 of Saskatchewan. Along the lines of his
profession Mr. McKercker is identified with the Saskatchewan and Saska-
toon Bar Associations and he is an active member of both organizations.
He is a member of the executive committee of the Eclectic Club and is
identified with the Great War Veterans Association.  He is likewise a
member of the Lawn Bowling Association.  Although his professional
interest make extensive demands upon his time and attention, Mr. Mc-
Kercker is essentially public-spirited and he maintains an active interest
in civic affairs. He has given his political allegiance to the Liberal party
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and he is a firm
believer in the principles of that party as factors in good government.
His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and Mr. McKercker
is an active worker in its behalf.


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