A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
=Chabot, Lt.-Col. John Leo, M.D., C.M., M.A.= (Ottawa, Ont.), born on
February 23, 1869, at Ottawa. Son of P. H. Chabot and Marguerite Ethier.
Ancestors on father’s side were Normans, and one was Admiral, under the
first Napoleon. His maternal grandfather, Ethier, fought under Drs.
Nelson and Papineau in 1837. Educated at a Private Academy, Ottawa
University and McGill University, Montreal, successively, receiving the
Academic degrees of B.A., M.A., and M.D., C.M. Has successfully
practised his profession at Ottawa for a number of years. Is Senior
Surgeon of The Ottawa General Hospital, also Physician and Surgeon to
the University of Ottawa, and has been Police Surgeon of the City since
1900. Has always taken a keen interest in athletics, believing that
clean sports and games make young men more healthy, manly and
self-reliant. The doctor has been an active supporter of the Canadian
Militia, holding the rank of Lt.-Col., R.M.S., and still member of the
5th Princess Louise Guards since beginning of the war; has been acting
as Officer Commanding, Ottawa General Military Base Hospital; is an
ex-President of the Old Chirurgical Society; also of the Ottawa Medical
Society and latterly of the Medico-Chirurgical Society. Was Conservative
Candidate in Ottawa against Sir Wilfrid Laurier in 1898, and reduced the
Liberal majority of 1,800 to 630. First elected to the House of Commons
as one of Ottawa’s representatives at the general elections of 1911, and
again returned in the general elections in December, 1917, as Union
Government supporting Win-the-War candidate, defeating Sir Wilfrid
Laurier by over 5,000. Is interested in several industrial concerns and
commercial enterprises. Married June 25, 1894, to Mary, daughter of the
late Edward Devlin, of Ottawa, who died; married in 1916 Miss Hope
Brunel, daughter of W. H. Brunel, of Ottawa. Dr. Chabot is a member of
several clubs and societies, including Rideau Club, Ottawa Golf Club,
Knights of Columbus, Canadian Club, Royal Arcanium, I.O.F., C.O.F.,
A.O.U.W., L. Institut Canadien, University Club, Fish and Game Club,
Honorary President Capital Lacrosse Club and City Lacrosse League, and
ex-President of C.A.A.A. Dr. Chabot is extremely popular in his native
city and has long occupied a prominent place in the medical, military,
political and athletic life of the Capital.
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