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
authorities thought him fit for.” Appointed Chief Recruiting Officer for
Toronto, July, 1915; Chief Recruiting Officer 2nd Military District,
October, 1915; Director of National Service 2nd Military District,
September 30, 1916. Member of Selective Tribunal under Military Service
Act, October, 1917. Recreations: Reading and, formerly, rifle shooting
and riding, cricket and football. Clubs: The Toronto Club, Toronto Hunt,
University Club, Canadian Military Institute, Toronto; The
Constitutional Club, London, England. Residences: 174 St. George Street,
Toronto, and Park Place, Oakville.
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=Fraser, George B.=, Dry Goods Merchant (Montreal, Que.), was born at
Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, September 29, 1854, and was educated
in the Old Deer Parish School. He married Rebecca, daughter of John
Morrison, Montreal, May 11, 1880, their children being Helen Edith and
James Morrison Fraser. As a Director of Greenshields, Ltd., Montreal, he
is actively engaged in the largest and oldest dry goods house in Canada.
He is also a Director of the Bank of Montreal, the Standard Life
Assurance Company and Hudson’s Bay Insurance Company. Mr. Fraser’s
public offices include the following: Member of the Montreal Board of
Trade, President of the Grace Dart Memorial Hospital, Vice-President of
the McKay Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, Life Governor of the Montreal
General Hospital, Member of the Board of Management and Life Governor of
the Western Hospital, Montreal. He is a member of the St. James,
Montreal and Canadian Clubs, Forest and Stream Club, and of St. Andrew’s
Society. Is a Presbyterian in religion and a Liberal in politics. His
chosen recreation is golf.
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