EONARD OVIDE HÉTU, notary public, Montreal, Que., was born in Lavaltrie, Berthier county, Que., August 16th, 1834. His father, Joseph Hétu, died in 1892, at the advanced age of 88 years. Mr. Hétu was educated at L'Assomption, district of Joliette, and after terminating the regular course of study in 1853, entered on a three years' theological course, first in the Seminary of St. Sulpice, Montreal, and later in L'Assomption College, where he became professor and had the honor of having the Hon. Wilfrid Laurier for one of his pupils. In 1856, Mr. Hétu abandoned his theologi

cal course and began to study law under the late F. X. Lafond, notary, of Berthier, and later on, under the late T. Doucet, of Montreal. After following a regular course of law in St. Mary's College, Montreal, he obtained his diploma and was admitted to the notarial profession in October, 1859, after which he opened an office in Montreal, where he has since remained. In 1874, he entered into partnership with L. N. Dumouchel, and continued with him until 1888, when the firm was dissolved, Mr. Hétu forming a partnership with his son, an amateur musician, and a young man of high cul

ture and standing. He is a member of the Board of Notaries for the Province of Quebec since 1885, justice of the peace, commissioner for the erection of civil parishes in the archdiocese of Montreal, and president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Montreal. Mr. Hétu is administrator of very large and important estates, and the notary of several public institutions. and corporations, notably the Roman Catholic Archepiscopal Corporation of Montreal, the Rev. Jesuit Fathers, the Sisters of Providence and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. Although a sincere Conservative, he never took an active interest in politics. He is, in religion, a Roman Catholic, and a man of sterling integrity. Mr. Hétu was married May 7th, 1861, to Marie Louise Euphrosine Martin, eldest daughter of the late Simon Martin, of Montreal.

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ENRY ABBOTT, B.C.L., Q.C., advocate, Montreal, Que., was born there October 5th, 1857. He is a son of Sir John Caldwell Abbott, and Mary M. Bethune, daughter of the late Rev. John Bethune, Dean of Montreal. Mr. Abbott was educated at the High School and St. John's School, Montreal, Bishop College School, Lennoxville, Que., and Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ont. He obtained his B.C.L., at McGill University, March 30th, 1878, was admitted to the Bar, January 11th, 1879, and made Q.C., February 18th, 1887. Mr. Abbott was appointed professor of

Commercial Law in McGill University in 1890, and has often appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Privy Council in England. He has also taken an interest in military matters, having served in the Victoria Rifles from 1878 to 1884; was 2nd lieutenant in 1880, 1st lieutenant in 1881, captain in 1883; he left the regiment in 1884, but rejoined as 2nd. lieutenant on the outbreak of the Riel rebellion, 1885. In religion Mr. Abbott is an Episcopalian. In politics a Conservative. He was married May 17th, 1882, to Jane Ratcliffe Liddell, who died in 1883.

ILLIAM ROAF CLIMIE. editor and proprietor of the Bowmanville Sun, was born in Simcoe county, January 28th, 1839, and has resided in Bowmanville forty-eight years. His father was the late Rev. John Climie, Congregational Congregational minister, a pioneer in the Temperance movement and an advocate of the separation of church and state. Mr. Climie was educated at the public schools, and when fifteen years of age, entered the printing business. In 1860 he became proprietor of the Canadian Statesman, which he published until 1878. In 1884, he established the Bowmanville

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Sun. From 1876 to 1890 he was secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Press Association. Association. He is, in religion, a Congregationalist; for thirty years leader of the choir; trustee of church property and senior member of the board of deacons. He is a life-long teetotaller and thorough prohibitionist. In politics he is an active Reformer and secretary of the West Durham Reform Association for thirty years. He is the only surviving member of the deputation who induced the Hon. Edward Blake to enter public life. Mr. Climie was married March 1st, 1864, to Miss Elizabeth Sanderson of Colborne, Ont.

HARLES CUSHING, B. C. L., N.P., Montreal, Que., was born at Cushing, in the county of Argenteuil, Quebec, in 1848. His father, Lemuel Cushing, merchant and warden of the county, armed a company of volunteers for the defence of the British Flag during the Canadian Rebellion of 1837. Mr. Cushing was educated at the Montreal High School, from which he graduated as an Associate in Arts, and entered the Law Course of McGill University, taking the degree of B.C.L. in 1869, and graduating from the Military School the same year. He subsequently inden

tured with Gibb & Hunter, the oldest English notarial house in Montreal, entered the firm in 1871, and succeeding to the business, associated with himself Robert A. Dunton, B. C. L., N.P. The Cushing family has always occupied an honorable position, and probably no other has, in the United States, furnished more judges for their probate, municipal and supreme courts. Chief Justice William Cushing of the Supreme Court, an ancestor, administered the oath of office to the first president of the United States, George Washington. Mr. Cushing is a white seal Chautauqua graduate of 1892, a

director and life member of the Montreal Y.M.C.A., representing the province of Quebec on the International Committee, an ex-vicepresident of the International United Society of Christian Endeavor, and a life member of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association. He is a prominent Congregationalist, a deacon and trustee of Calvary Church, a life trustee of the Point St. Charles Church and superintendent of its Sunday school, a director of the Congregational College of Canada, and vice-president of the Montreal Congregational Club. In politics he is a Liberal. He is a justice of the peace and issuer of marriage licenses. He is also the author of Cushing's Notarial Form Book and Historical Outline. Mr.Cushing was married, June 28th, 1883 to Lily M., daughter of Robertson Macaulay, president of the Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada.

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ILLIAM RENWICK RIDDELL, B.A., B.Sc., LL.B., barrister, Cobourg, Ontario, was born in Hamilton Township, county of Northumberland, on April 6th, 1852. He is a son of Walter Riddell, a descendant of the Scottish Riddell family. Our subject began his education at the Cobourg Grammar School, from which he passed into Victoria University, and graduated B.A. in 1874, taking mathematics and science as a specialty. He took the degree of B.Sc. two years later and LL.B. in 1878. Mr. Riddell's first position was that of professor of mathematics in the Normal School in Ottawa. He filled this appointment for three years, when he began to study law in Ottawa, and continued his course at Belleville and Toronto. He was called to the Bar in February, 1883, bringing with him the Law Society's gold medal, standing first in all examinations, both as barrister and solicitor. He then began to practice in Cobourg where he now lives and conducts a large civil, criminal and counsel practice. Mr. Riddell has conducted important prosecutions for the Crown, amongst others the celebrated Davis murder case. He is the president and also a shareholder of the well known Crossen Car Manufacturing Company, (Limited), which he, with others, organized on the death of the late proprietor, James Crossen. He was elected to the Senate of Victoria University in the faculty of Arts by his fellow graduates in 1888 and reelected in 1891. He is also

a life fellow of the Botanical Society, Edinburgh, Scotland, and fond of scientific research. In religion he attends the Presbyterian Church. In politics he is a thorough Liberal, and has been president of the Reform Association of West Northumberland for several years. He was chairman of the Cobourg Collegiate Institute Board for 1890-91-92, and was elected a Bencher of the Law Society in 1891, being the youngest Bencher ever elected. Mr. Riddell was married, in 1884, to Miss Anna Hester K. Crossen, daughter of the late James Crossen, Esq., the well known manufacturer of Cobourg, Ont.