EDWARD A. SHAW, M.D. 

	Dr. Edward A. Shaw is among the newest arrivals in the medical
circles of Moose Jaw, for he opened an office for the practice of his pro-
fession as a specialist in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat as re-
cently as January, 1928. Before coming to this city Dr. Shaw had 
thorough training in his profession, a number of years of practical ex-
perience, and special graduate work in the subjects to which he gives
his exclusive attention. He is, therefore, well qualified to occupy a high
place in his profession and is a distinct addition to a notable group of
physicians and surgeons now practicing in this city. He was born in
the neighboring province of Manitoba, at High Bluff, on the 6th of March,
1884, and is the son of the late Edward and Mary Ann (Force) Shaw.
His parents were both natives of Ontario.  The father was born in
Stewarttown and the mother was born near Brantford, and they were
married in that province before they moved out to High Bluff in 1882.
The year that his son Edward was born, Edward Shaw took up a home-
stead near Minto, Manitoba, on which he lived until his death, which
occurred in 1923. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shaw were parents of three
children: Edward A. Shaw of this review; James, a farmer by occupation,
who died at the age of forty-four; and William Wesley, whose death oc-
curred in 1922. The father was a stanch Conservative in his political
affiliations and very active in his party as an organizer, frequently acting
as a delegate to party conventions, but he never sought office for himself.
He held all the chairs in the Order of Orangemen and was a communicant
of the Anglican church. Mrs. Shaw, who is still living, is a Baptist in
her religious faith.
	Edward A. Shaw spent his boyhood on his father's farm and ob-
tained his first introduction to the world of books in the. near-by rural
schoolhouse. Later he attended the Minto high school and the Collegiate
Institute at Brandon. After teaching for three years to earn money
to help pay for the expensive medical education he desired to complete,
he became a student in the Medical College at Toronto, where he re-
inained for a year. The remainder of his medical training was obtained
in the University of Manitoba at Winnipeg, from which he graduated
with the Doctor of Medicine degree in the class of 1912. The young
phyalcian opened an office for the practice of his profession in Shau-
navon, Saskatchewan, as soon as he had completed his year as an Interne
in the McKeller Hospital at Fort William, which he entered just after he
had obtained his degree in the spring of 1912.
	During the several years that he practiced in Shaunavon, Dr. Shaw
found opportunities to go to New York city for graduate work. In 1921
he disposed of his practice in order to be free to return to New York
for an extensive period of study and research in the Polytechnic Hos-
pital, following which he worked for fifteen months in the General Hos-
pital of Winnipeg, in the department of the eye and ear. When at the
beginning of the new year-1923~he was ready to resume the duties
of a private practice Dr. Shaw came to Moose Jaw to specialize in dis-
eases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. His offices are located in the
Dominion Bank building and he is building up a very satisfying practice.
He enjoys the confidence of his many patients and has won the respect
of his colleagues in the profession, who frequently call him into consulta-
tions when his experience as a specialist can be of value in the case.
In connection with his work he maintains memberships in the Manitoba
and Saskatchewan Medical Associations and the Moose Jaw Medical Society.
	In 1917 Dr. Shaw was married to Miss Margaret Webber of Stewart-
town, Ontario, and they have become the parents of two sons: Wesley
Edward and James Morley. Both Dr. and Mrs. Shaw are members of
the Presbyterian church and the Doctor is well known in fraternal cir-
cles as a Mason of high rank. He belongs to the lodge, Royal Arch chap-
ter, Knights Templars and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine and be has
also passed through all the chairs of the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows. In politics he has remained loyal to the family traditions by sup-
porting the Conservative party at ~he polls. Since coming to Moose Jaw
he has been asked to represent hi~ branch of the medical profession in
the local Kiwanis Club and in various other ways has become closely
identified with the life of his adopted city.



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