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
Grocers’ Guild, on “Evolution of a Credit Plan” were considered masterly
expositions of the subjects dealt with. Mr. Hebert has had a
distinguished military career. He served with the 65th Regiment, Mount
Royal Rifles, as private, 1882; saw active service in the North-west
Rebellion, 1885; promoted to Sergeant and Captain, and retired with the
rank of Major, after eighteen years of service. With such a fine record
he is enthusiastic on the winning of the war, and prominent in all
undertakings of a patriotic nature. With admirable diction he is able to
speak English and French, and has all the courtesy and charm of manner
which characterizes the educated French-Canadian. He married Blanche
Robidoux, daughter of J. O. Robidoux, Oct. 9, 1894; has two sons,
Charles P. and Jacques Robidoux, and two daughters, Marielle and
Gertrude. He belongs to the following clubs: Canadian, Jockey.
Recreations: General, military affairs. Politics, Independent Liberal.
Religion, Roman Catholic. Address, Montreal, Quebec.
[Illustration: L. J. Breithaupt, Kitchener.
Hugh Paton, Montreal.]
=McMahon, Edward= (Ottawa), arrived in Canada from Ireland in 1882, and
immediately entered into the real estate business as agent for the
owners of By Estate. In 1891 he was appointed to the Secretaryship of
the Central Canada Exhibition Association, and held that position until
1916, when he retired. During this period he remained in the real estate
business and was also Secretary-Treasurer for Registered Sale Pure Bred
Cattle. Mr. McMahon is a member of the firm of Bate & McMahon, builders
of Connaught Rifle Range, South March (1913), and member of the firm of
Bate, McMahon & Co., Contractors with the Dominion Government for the
construction of Valcartier Camp, Quebec; Camp Sewell, Manitoba; and Camp
Hughes, Alberta; Camp Borden, the largest Military Camp in the world;
also builders of Aviation Camps, viz., Borden, Mohawk and Leaside, under
contract with the Imperial Munitions Board. Mr. McMahon is also senior
member of the firm of E. McMahon & Son, Insurance and Real Estate
Agents, and is on the Board of Directors of the following companies,
viz., Dominion Hardwoods, Limited; the Ottawa Construction Company; the
Standard Paving Company, and the Ottawa Artificial Ice Company. It was
owing to Mr. McMahon’s marked business and executive ability during the
twenty-five years that he held the Secretaryship and, practically, the
General Management, that the Central Canada Exhibition Association, next
to Toronto, is now the best institution of the kind in Canada. Each
year, from the time of his appointment, it grew stronger, more
attractive and more valuable, until to-day it is second only to
Toronto’s Great Annual Exhibition. Mr. McMahon came to Canada from
Monaghan, Ireland, where he was born, January 17, 1862. His father and
mother were Edward McMahon, farmer and accountant, and Jane Mitchell. He
was educated at the National and Collegiate Schools and graduated with
honors.
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