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
=Trahan, Arthur, B.S., K.C.= (Nicolet, Que.), born on May 26, 1877, at
Nicolet, P.Q., son of Narcisse Trahan and Rebecca Rousseau, both
Canadians. Educated at the Nicolet Seminary (B.S.). Married, Sept.,
1902, to Josephine R. Dufresne, daughter of H. R. Dufresne, N.P., of
Nicolet. He is the father of six children: Marie Therese, Madeleine,
Paul Arthur, Bernard, Jacques and Marcel. Mr. Trahan is an
attorney-at-law, barrister, solicitor, etc. Was a political candidate
for the first time at by-election held June 2, 1913, to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation of Hon. C. R. Devlin elected for two seats,
and was elected by 870 majority over D. H. Rheault, N.P. Re-elected in
1916 by acclamation. In November, 1917, resigned seat as member of
Legislative Assembly to become a Federal candidate. Elected by
acclamation to the House of Commons. Secretary of the Commission charged
with the revision, consolidation and modification of the Municipal Code
of the Province of Quebec (1910-12). In 1912 was appointed a K.C., and
has been alderman of the town of Nicolet from 1911 to 1919. Moved the
address in reply to the speech from the throne at the session of 1915 in
the Quebec Legislative Assembly. Is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a
Liberal in politics.
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=Campbell, Colin=, Montreal and St. Hilaire, Que., is one of the most
widely known horsemen of the Dominion and a very prominent figure in the
social and business life of his province. He is a son of Major Campbell,
C.B., of Inverawe, Scotland, an officer of Her Majesty’s 7th Hussars and
a member of the same family as the famous Col. Duncan Campbell, of
Inverawe, who was on the staff of General Lord Howe at Ticonderoga, and
whose death in that battle, and the accompanying psychical phenomena,
form the theme of one of Robert Louis Stevenson’s most thrilling
ballads. Another relative was Col. de Salaberry, who commanded the
French-Canadians in their heroic resistance at the Battle of Chateauguay
in the war of 1812. The mother of the subject of this sketch was, prior
to her marriage, Miss Duchesnay of Quebec, and he was born at St.
Hilaire, on May 28, 1860. He was educated at Lennoxville Academy and
later engaged in business as a merchant with great financial success. At
the outbreak of the great war he organized and commanded the Mounted
Section of the 1st Regiment of Reserve Militia, in which he holds the
rank of Captain. Strong advocate of and keen worker for the “Daylight
Saving” measure, which was passed in 1918. All legitimate sports have
from youth claimed his enthusiastic support and he is noted not only as
a breeder of horses, but as a skilled equestrian. As a steeplechase
rider of his own horses, he won the Montreal Hunt Cup on four occasions
and the Allan Cup on three. As an expert on the subject of horses he is
widely known and has acted as Judge at the Olympia Horse Show, New York,
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