JOHN J. STAPLETON. The legal profession in the capital of Saskatchewan has an able repre- sentative in the person of John J. Stapleton, of the firm of Stapleton & Gerrand. Born near Brantford, Ontario, he is the son of Andrew and Elizabeth Stapleton. From his mother he inherited a kindly understand- ing of man and nature, and the temperamental traits and characteristics of the Celts, while his father, whose ancestors had their place of abode near the ancient town of Stapleford, in the border country between Eng- land and Scotland, endowed him with the restless "do and dare" spirit of the borderland and the commercial instincts of the Saxons. After obtaining his early education in the Brantford Collegiate Insti- tute "John J." attended Woodstock College and McMaster University, receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree from the latter institution in 1908 and the Master of Arts degree in 1910. For a number of years after leaving the university, Mr. Stapleton engaged in teaching and also carried on a course in postgraduate work at the University of Chicago. In the educational world of this province he is known as a former principal of Prince Albert Collegiate Institute, a mathematical master of Regina Col- legiate Institute and later an Inspector of Schools with headquarters at Shaunavon. In 1915 Mr. Stapleton entered the office of Halliday & Davis, Prince Albert, as a student at law, and obtained his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1919. Mr. Stapleton was married in August, 1911, to Miss Etta Christina Hamren of Camrose, Alberta, who was born in the United States. They are the parents of three children: Etta Mae, eleven years old; John H., aged seven; and a baby girl, Mary Eileen. Both Mr. Stapleton and his wife belong to the Baptist church and for some years have been actively engaged in Sunday school work. Mr. Stapleton belongs to a number of fraternal societies, but the Masons and United Order of Canadians occupy first place in this respect. In the field of sports and athletics this busy professional man has an excellent record as a sprinter, baseball and asso- ciation football player, and still retains his enthusiasm for these sports. Mr. Stapleton is now irrevocably committed to the field of law, in which he has already achieved no mean success. Ever a student, he is presently pursuing a further course of postgraduate work in his chosen profession and hopes soon to obtain the Doctor's degree therein. Bibliography follows:

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