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
=McCuish, Robert George= (Regina, Saskatchewan), was born at Parkhill,
Ont., April 12, 1877, the son of Donald John and Flora McCuish. His
father was a farmer and, the family moving to the West when he was a
child, Mr. McCuish was educated at Morden (Man.) High School and at
Manitoba University. In 1898 he joined the staff of the Winnipeg
“Tribune,” and served as Sporting Editor for some years. From 1901 to
1905 he published the “Chronicle,” of Morden, Manitoba, and in 1905
founded the Fort William “Evening Herald,” which he continued to conduct
until 1907, when he decided to enter the life insurance business in
Winnipeg. He was Manager of the Ætna Life for two years, and then became
Manager of the Manufacturers Life, and in 1912-13 served as
Vice-President of the Dominion Life Underwriters’ Association. In the
latter year he came East and became Montreal Manager of the
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, and on July 1, 1915, accepted the
position of Manager for Saskatchewan of the Canada Life Assurance
Company, with headquarters at Regina, a post he at present holds. Among
the many important offices identified with his name are those of
President of the Regina Liberal Association; Past President of the
Regina Life Underwriters; Honorary Life Member and Past President of the
Western Canada Press Association. He is a member of the Council of the
Regina Board of Trade. Clubs: St. George and National of Montreal, the
Wascona Country Club, Regina, and Assiniboia Club, Regina. His
recreations are curling and golf. He is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason;
at the present time is Deputy Supreme Chancellor for Saskatchewan of the
order K. of P., and a P.G.C. of the order for Quebec. He is a
Presbyterian in religion and on Sept. 14, 1904, married E. Maud,
daughter of Andrew Macfarlane, for many years Superintendent of the
William Hamilton Foundry, at Peterboro, Ont. He has one son, Donald
Emmerson McCuish.
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