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
History
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
* * * * *
=Wallis, Horace= (Toronto, Ont.), born in London, England, 1862. Has had
extensive newspaper experience and understands the work of a practical
printer in all branches of the craft. Has had a successful career as an
editor, journalist and parliamentary correspondent, having been editor
and managing director of “The Quebec Chronicle,” and Associate Editor of
the “Mail and Empire,” Toronto, for which paper he acted as
Parliamentary correspondent, 1887-91, and resident Ottawa Correspondent,
1894-8; presented with silver service by the citizens when leaving
Ottawa. Resigned position of Associate Editor of “The Mail and Empire,”
1905, to become Secretary to the Prime Minister of Ontario, and has been
Deputy Minister of the Department of the President of the Privy Council
since 1914. Has been President of the Parliamentary Press Gallery at
Ottawa and Toronto; Vice-President of the Quebec Associate Press.
Interested in motoring and golfing and identified with the Masonic
Order. Has taken an active part in the establishment of Temperance
organizations, and in the promotion of the Prohibition movement. A. F.
Wallis, Registrar of the Surrogate Court of the County of York, is a
brother, who has also had a distinguished career as a journalist. Mr.
Wallis married in 1893, Miss Margaret J. Tripp, of Toronto. He is an
Anglican in religion and has received many tributes to his worth and
acknowledgements of the esteem he is held in by his fellow citizens.
* * * * *
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account