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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

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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

=Seguin, Paul Arthur, B.S., LL.B.= (L’Assomption, Que.), son of Felix
Seguin and Vitaline Noiseux, both French-Canadians. Born October 2,
1875, at Charlemagne; educated at L’Assomption College and Laval
University, from which latter institution he graduated with the degree
of B.S. and LL.B. Married, October 30, 1899, to Marie Anna Rivest,
daughter of François Rivest and Delphine McGoun, and is the father of
the following children: Roland, Rolande, Jeanette, Fernande and Pauline.
Mr. Seguin is a Notary Public by profession and has been
Secretary-Treasurer of the town of Terrebonne from 1900 to 1907, and
Secretary-Treasurer of the Parish of St. Paul l’Ermite from 1907 to
1912, and now practises his profession at the town of L’Assomption, of
which town he is the Mayor, and member of the School Board. Mr. Seguin
was first elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1908 and again
in 1911, and also at the general elections in 1917. He has always been a
staunch Liberal and a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

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=Smith, John Charles, B.A.=, son of William Smith and his wife Sarah
Josephine Whitlow, was born at Kingston, Ont., November 28, 1875.
Educated at Kingston Public Schools, Kingston Collegiate Institute, and
Queen’s University, Kingston, from which latter institution he graduated
with the degree of B.A. in 1898, with honors in Classics. Mr. Smith
taught in the Public Schools in Frontenac County, Ont., and was
subsequently Classical Master in Dutton High School and in Dundas High
School, afterwards Classical Master and Principal in the Wingham High
School, and filled a similar position in the Ingersoll Collegiate
Institute. In 1916 was appointed Inspector of Public Schools for the
Inspectorate of Elgin East. Married Rose, daughter of John Critchley, of
Toronto, and has one child, Hugh Cyprian Whitlow. Mr. Smith is a member
of the Canadian Club and the Masonic and Orange Orders, and of the
Canadian Order of Foresters. He is an Anglican in religion and a member
of Trinity Church, St. Thomas, at which city he resides.

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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

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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

=Seguin, Paul Arthur, B.S., LL.B.= (L’Assomption, Que.), son of Felix
Seguin and Vitaline Noiseux, both French-Canadians. Born October 2,
1875, at Charlemagne; educated at L’Assomption College and Laval
University, from which latter institution he graduated with the degree
of B.S. and LL.B. Married, October 30, 1899, to Marie Anna Rivest,
daughter of François Rivest and Delphine McGoun, and is the father of
the following children: Roland, Rolande, Jeanette, Fernande and Pauline.
Mr. Seguin is a Notary Public by profession and has been
Secretary-Treasurer of the town of Terrebonne from 1900 to 1907, and
Secretary-Treasurer of the Parish of St. Paul l’Ermite from 1907 to
1912, and now practises his profession at the town of L’Assomption, of
which town he is the Mayor, and member of the School Board. Mr. Seguin
was first elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal in 1908 and again
in 1911, and also at the general elections in 1917. He has always been a
staunch Liberal and a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

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=Smith, John Charles, B.A.=, son of William Smith and his wife Sarah
Josephine Whitlow, was born at Kingston, Ont., November 28, 1875.
Educated at Kingston Public Schools, Kingston Collegiate Institute, and
Queen’s University, Kingston, from which latter institution he graduated
with the degree of B.A. in 1898, with honors in Classics. Mr. Smith
taught in the Public Schools in Frontenac County, Ont., and was
subsequently Classical Master in Dutton High School and in Dundas High
School, afterwards Classical Master and Principal in the Wingham High
School, and filled a similar position in the Ingersoll Collegiate
Institute. In 1916 was appointed Inspector of Public Schools for the
Inspectorate of Elgin East. Married Rose, daughter of John Critchley, of
Toronto, and has one child, Hugh Cyprian Whitlow. Mr. Smith is a member
of the Canadian Club and the Masonic and Orange Orders, and of the
Canadian Order of Foresters. He is an Anglican in religion and a member
of Trinity Church, St. Thomas, at which city he resides.

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