=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.
=Patrick, John Alexander Macdonald, K.C.= (Yorkton, Saskatchewan), one of the best known barristers of that province, was born at Ilderton, Ont., June 28, 1873, the son of George B. and Alecia Patrick, both deceased. His father was a farmer and the son was educated at the Collegiate Institute and Model School, London, Ont. Later he took a course at the Normal School, Regina, in 1896, and taught school for six years, concurrently taking up the study of law with Mr. Gifford Elliott, of Yorkton, in 1899. Subsequently, in 1903, he entered the office of George W. Watson, Yorkton, and in 1904 that of the late Hon. G. W. Brown, ex-Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan. In the latter year he was called to the bar and since 1905 has practised in Yorkton. He is at present head of the firm of Patrick, Doherty, Killam & Walton. He was created King’s Counsel in 1913, is ex-President of the Law Society of Saskatchewan and has been a Bencher of that body since 1906. He is also a member of the Executive of the Canadian Bar Association. Mr. Patrick has also taken a prominent part in public affairs and was Mayor of Yorkton for four terms, 1908-9 and 1913-4, and President of the Board of Trade from 1910 to 1913, inclusive. Earlier he held the post of Public School Trustee from 1906 to 1909, inclusive. He is a Conservative in politics and was an unsuccessful candidate for the Legislature at the provincial elections of 1917. He is also a member of the Executive of the Navy League of Saskatchewan, and of the Executive of the Canadian Patriotic Society for that province. In religion he is a Methodist and a Governor of Regina College, affiliated with that religious body. He is a Past Grand Master for his province of the I.O.O.F., and his recreations are big game hunting and farming. On Oct. 15, 1905, he married Sadie Pearl, a daughter of the late William A. Hawkins, retired contractor, of Yorkton, Sask., and has six children, William Alexander, John Arden, Ethel Cecilia, Sadie Alecia, Hugh-Arthur and Mona Ione.