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H. LAMBLY, Inverness, Que., Registrar of Megantic County, was born in Megantic County December 1st, 1839. In 1861, he removed to Inverness, where he has since resided. His father, John R. Lambly, was for nearly twenty years registrar of Megantic County, and his grandfather, Capt. John Lambly, was for nearly a quarter of a century, harbor master of the Port of Quebec. Mr. Lambly commenced his education at Leeds, afterwards attended Newbury Seminary, Vermont, and subsequently Victoria College, Cobourg. He was appointed registrar of Megantic in 1862,

which office he has since held. He was made a J. P. in 1863. He was elected president of the Association of Registrars of the Province of Quebec in 1886, and again unanimously elected in 1887. He was a local municipal councillor for Inverness in 1866, and was appointed mayor of the town at the first meeting thereafter. He declined re-election in 1868, and was appointed secretary-treasurer of the Council, and of the Board of School Commissioners. He was also first Licence Inspector of Megantic, and with the noble assistance of the Good Templars and Sons of Temperance, succeeded in eradicating every liquor establish

ment in the town. He joined the S.O.T. in 1855, and the Good Templars in 1869, and has held the highest offices in the gift of these societies in Canadian jurisdiction. He has also

travelled very extensively, and on different occasions has visited the White House, Washington. In religion, Mr. Lambly is a Methodist, and has held nearly every position of honor and responsibility open to laymen, among others, was appointed to represent the Methodist Church, by the Montreal Conference, in 1892, at the Ecumenical Council held at Washington. He has always endeavored, by precept and example, to make the world better. He was married, May 25th, 1863, to Isabella D. Brown, daughter of Rev. Wm. D. Brown, Methodist Clergyman. His family consists of four sons and two daughters.

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ON. LOUIS BÉLANGER, Judge of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec, was born in the Parish of St. Vincent de Paul, August 25th, 1825. His father, François Bélanger, was a farmer of St. Vincent de Paul, while his mother was Françoise Allair. Judge Bélanger attended school in his native parish, and then went to Montreal College and completed a classical course. He then studied law with Messrs. Pelletier & Papin, and was admitted to the Bar, October 8th, 1852, when he became a member of the firm. Soon after, Mr. Papin withdrew, and Mr. Bélanger became the only partner of Mr. J. F. Pelletier. In May, 1858, Mr. Pelletier died, and Mr. Bélanger practised alone for eighteen months, when he entered into partnership with Hon. Louis T. Drummond. After three years, this partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Bélanger took with him Mr. Desnoyers, then Bélanger, Desnoyers & Ouimet. In the spring of 1873, Mr. Bélanger became a Q.C., and was appointed a Judge for the District of Beauharnois on September 20th of the same year. Some years after, a law was passed by the Parliament of Quebec, providing that the District of Terrebonne, would be attended to by the judge residing in the District of Beauharnois, and consequently this responsibility had to be assumed by Judge Bélanger. He held the position for over ten years, when another law was passed providing for a residing judge for the Dis

trict of Terrebonne. Judge Bélanger has several times been asked to represent the Liberal party, but has always declined, not wishing to take an active part in politics. His Honor is a man of quick insight and deep penetration in all matters pertaining to his high office, and discharges the duties of his responsible position with becoming dignity and marked ability. In religion, he is a Roman Catholic. November 8th, 1853, he married Marie Louise Herminigilde, daughter of Jos. A. Labadie, now deceased, who was a Notary Public in Montreal. His family consists of one son, a lawyer in Montreal.

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UFUS HENRY POPE, M.P., Cookshire, Que., was born in that town, September 13th, 1857. His father was the distinguished Hon. John Henry Pope, whose portrait is the frontispiece of this volume. His parents were descended from old and distinguished families of U. E. Loyalist stock. Our subject was educated at Cookshire Academy, Sherbrooke High School, and under a private tutor. He also studied law at McGill, but his tastes were in the line of agriculture, and he took possession of the fine estate comprising about 1,400 acres, known as "East View Stock Farm," previously

owned and conducted by his father. He proved himself a born agriculturist, and applied his energies to the importation of thoroughbred stock, making a specialty of the Polled Angus or Aberdeen Cattle, and has the credit of introducing this breed into America. Compton County is celebrated for highclass farming, and Mr. Pope has ranked foremost among those who have been instrumental in raising the standard of agricultural science. agricultural science. He is at present devoting himself to dairying upon the latest scientific principles. He was first a candidate for the House of Commons, at the By-Election of 1889, which fol

lowed the death of his father, and was elected by a large majority. At the General Elections of 1891, he was opposed by a lawyer of Montreal, over whom he had a majority of 1,050. He is a forcible political speaker, and relating to agriculture, it is doubtful if he has a superior in the House. Mr. Pope was married, September 18th, 1877, to Miss Lucy Noble, daughter of Major C. Noble, of Compton. He was one of the promoters of the Hereford Railway, and is largely interested in many great business corporations in the Eastern Townships. He is the active partner of the Cookshire Mill Company, director of the Scotstown Lumber Company, of the Royal Pulp and Paper Company of Angus, the Paton Manufacturing Company of Sherbrooke, the Dominion Lime Company, the Canada Provident Assurance Company, etc.

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ON. LOUIS FRANÇOIS GEO. BABY, D.C.L., and L.L.D., born in Montreal, August 26th, 1832. His father, a notary and lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Militia, was the son of the Hon. François Baby, adjutant-general of Lower Canada and a member of the Executive and Legislative councils respectively. After a brilliant course of studies, begun with the Sulpicians, and terminated at Joliette College, Judge Baby studied law with Hons. L. T. Drummond and T. J. J. Loranger. He was admitted to the Bar in 1857, and entered into partnership with the former. Having to retire

to the country, on account of ill health, he selected Joliette, Que., where he soon found himself at the head of a large clientelle. For many years, he took part in the municipal affairs, and occupied the position of mayor. In 1872, he ran for the House of Commons, but was defeated by a small majority. The following General Elections, he was elected by acclamation, and held the seat for Joliette until October 1880, when he was elevated to the Bench. His commission was that of a Judge of the Superior Court, but subsequently of the Court of Appeals, in which he still presides. He was Minister of Inland Revenue from 1878-80. Judge Baby has devoted much time to the study of Canadian Archeology and Numismatics, and as such is widely known. For years, he has been president of the Montreal Numismatic and Antiquarian Society, and vice-president of the Historical Society. He was married, July 22nd, 1873, to Hélène Adelaide, daughter of Dr. Barthelet, a Knight of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1888, he was charged with a most important mission to the Holy See, respecting the distribution of the monies granted for the Jesuits' estates, and his services where recognized by His Holiness, conferring upon him the decoration of Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great. Among the eminent men of Canada, Judge Baby occupies a most enviable position. In 1874, he was created Q.C.

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PILL. MITCHELL, general manager and director of the Drummond County Railway, president of Drummond Lumber Company, president of the Drummondville Bridge Company, etc., was born March 14th, 1851, in the township of Durham. His parents were Thomas and Margaret (Patrick) Mitchell, who came to this country from the North of Ireland, in 1841. Mr. Mitchell's early educational advantages were limited, and after attending an elementary school for a short time, he went to Maine, and entered the employ of a railway corporation; turning to Durham, he engaged in lumber enterprises. Success crowned his efforts, and some years later, he removed to Drummondville, and continued on a largely extended basis in the same. line, until 1886. In 1886 he organized a company to purchase a large tract of timber land in the townships of Windover and Simpson, which cost $95,000. In order to make use of the gigantic timber resources, it was found necessary to build a line of railway, extending from Drummondville to Mitchell; this road is now eighty-seven miles in length, and is known as the Drummond County Railway. Since the organization of this company, Mr. Mitchell has been its general manager, and its success clearly demonstrated his executive ability. In 1893, he formed the Drummond Lumber Company, of which he is president, to purchase 40,000 acres of timber land, and then applied his

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energies to building an extension of the Drummond County Railway, through this tract, for twenty-three miles. Mr. Mitchell is a member of the firm of Church, Mitchell & Fee, the widelyknown lumber merchants; he is also a partner of Mr. F. A. Culting, of Boston, in the ownership of 20,000 acres of land in New York State. In politics, he is a Liberal; he is also chairman of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners, a J. P., director of the Richmond, Drummond, Yamaska Fire Insurance Company, etc. November 1st, 1876, he married Dora A., daughter of Geo. H. Goddard, of Danville, Que.

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