=Barnard, Hon. George Henry, K.C.=, Member of the Senate of Canada (Victoria, B.C.), is a son of Francis Jones Barnard, a Canadian who went to British Columbia from Ontario, when gold was first discovered in the Fraser River, in 1859, and shortly afterwards became the founder of the stage and express line from Yale, head of navigation on the Fraser, to Barkerville, 400 miles to the north. On the famous Yale-Cariboo Road the elder Barnard long operated a line of stages and carried the mail to the mountain settlements of the district. The maiden name of the mother of the subject of this sketch was Ellen Hillman, and he was born at Victoria, B.C., Oct. 9, 1868. Sir Frank S. Barnard, K.C.M.G., Lieut.-Governor of British Columbia, is a brother. He was educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, and qualified for the law, entering practice at Victoria. He was appointed King’s Counsel on Dec. 24, 1907. Senator Barnard took an active interest in municipal affairs and served as Alderman, 1902-3. In 1904 he was elected Mayor of Victoria and continued in office for two years. He was first elected to the House of Commons for that city at the general elections of 1908, as a Conservative and was re-elected in 1911. On Oct. 23, 1917, he was elevated to the Senate of Canada by the newly-formed Union Government of Sir Robert Borden. Senator Barnard is a prominent social figure both at Victoria and Ottawa, and is a member of the Union Club, Victoria, the Vancouver Club, the Rideau Club, Ottawa and the Constitutional Club, London, Eng. He was married on June 5, 1895, to Ethel Burnham, daughter of Lieut.-Col. H. C. Rogers, Postmaster of Peterboro, Ont., is an Anglican in religion and a Unionist in politics. * * * * * =Ashby, Joseph Seraphin Aime, M.L.A.= (Lachine, Que.), son of George Ashby and Eprosime Messier, both French Canadians; was born at Ste. Marie de Monnoir, Province of Quebec, April 30, 1876. Educated at the college of Ste. Marie de Monnoir. Married Hectorine Ste. Marie, daughter of Pierre Zotique Ste. Marie, of Longueuil, Que., and is the father of two children, Lucette, born November 7, 1908, and Georgette, born August 7, 1910. Mr. Ashby is a Roman Catholic in religion, and is a member of the Montreal Reform Club, the Order of Catholic Foresters, the Alliance Nationale, Union St. Joseph de Lachine, and The Knights of Columbus. Was elected to the Quebec Legislature as the Liberal representative for the constituency of Jacques Cartier on May 16, 1916. Mr. Ashby is a Notary Public by profession. * * * * *