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
=Boyer, Louis= (Westmount, P.Q.), the son of a merchant, L. Alphonse
Boyer, M.P., and Alphonsine Meilluer, and relation of Hon. Arthur Boyer
and Hon. George Simard; was born in Montreal, Que., January 23, 1872,
educated at the Normal School, Montreal College and McGill University;
graduated from Laval and McGill with the degrees of B.A., B.C.L., K.C.;
was formerly attorney for the city of Westmount and the town of
Cartierville. Is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and on November
3, 1898, married Marie Sophie Alice Mathieu, the daughter of Aimé
Mathieu, of Montreal, her father being a merchant of that city. They
have ten children, Jeanne, Marthe, Claire, Simone, Marcelle, Pauline,
Madeleine, Thérèse, Lucienne and Cécile. Mr. Boyer is a member of the
following clubs: namely, University, Montreal Reform, Shawinigan Fish
and Game and the St. George Snow Shoe Club; is a Liberal in politics and
is well known as a prominent speaker and is in great demand at political
campaigns. He is a Director of the Franco-American Chemical Co., also of
the Canadian Inspections and Testing Laboratories, Ltd.
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=Edwards, John Wesley, B.A., M.D., C.M., M.P.=, son of George Edwards of
the County of Norfolk, England, and Elizabeth Jane Lyon, of the County
of Frontenac, Ont., the latter being of U.E. Loyalist stock and among
the first settlers in Frontenac. Born in the County of Frontenac May 25,
1865, and educated at the Sydenham High School, Ottawa, Normal School
and Queen’s University, Kingston; graduated from the latter in Arts and
Medicine in the year 1900. Married August 12, 1890, to Hester Jane
Purdy, daughter of Robert G. Purdy, and is the father of the following
children: Edna, John Worden, Sadie, Evelyn, and Elizabeth. Before
graduating in medicine the subject of this sketch taught school for
several years, and was County Clerk of Frontenac from 1899 to 1909, and
Gaol Surgeon of the County Gaol at Kingston from 1907 to 1909. First
elected to the House of Commons for Frontenac County in the general
elections of 1908 by a majority of 421, re-elected at the general
election of 1911 by a majority of 851, and again returned in the war
time election of 1917 by a majority of nearly 2,000. Doctor Edwards is
regarded as one of the best informed and energetic of the Conservative
members of the House of Commons, and was selected as one of the
Liberal-Conservative whips for Ontario in the Session of 1911 and 1912.
He is a member of the Executive of the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends,
and for the past three-and-a-half years has been the Executive Head of
that Order. He is a prominent Orangeman, being Deputy Grand Master for
Ontario East. In religion he is a Methodist.
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