=Sinclair, Victor Albert, B.A., LL.B.=, born May 16, 1872, at Tilsonburg, Ont., son of Dr. Lachlin C. Sinclair and Roxilana Nan Norman, both Canadians. Dr. Sinclair contested North Norfolk on three occasions in the Conservative interests against the late Hon. John Charlton. Educated at the Public and High Schools of Tilsonburg, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall; graduated B.A. in 1892 with first-class honors in Political Science and English, took degree of LL.B. with honors in 1894; called to the Bar at Osgoode Hall, in 1895, receiving medal. Commenced practice at Tilsonburg with W. A. Dowler, K.C., as Dowler & Sinclair, has practised alone for past eight years, entered Municipal Council of his native town in 1896, and served three years as councillor and two years as Mayor, was high school trustee from 1910 until 1919, member of Council, Board of Trade. President of Tilsonburg Conservative Club, President Tilsonburg Horticultural Society 1910-1919, Vice-President Bowling Club, Vice-President Tilsonburg Shoe Company, Limited. The subject of this sketch was first elected to the Ontario Legislature for South Oxford at the general elections of 1914 by a majority of four over Colonel T. R. Mayberry; on recount this majority was increased to five, and on appeal reduced to one. Mr. Sinclair is recognized as a valuable member of the Legislature, he was acting Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee during the session of 1916, he is a member of several fraternal societies, including the Masonic, of which he is now Worshipful Master, C.O.F., A.O.U.W., also O.C.H.C., of which he is Supreme Leader for Canada, and has made a special study of Municipal and Company law. He enjoys a large practice, and is the solicitor for several townships in the counties of Oxford, Elgin, and Norfolk. Married February 6, 1901, to Gertrude L., daughter of George Draper, of Listowel, and is father of two children: Mildred Roxilana, and Gertrude Helen. In religion the member for South Oxford is a Methodist. His chief recreation is bowling and horticulture.
=Robertson, Norman= (Walkerton, Ont.), author of “The History of the County of Bruce,” and Treasurer of the County of Bruce, Walkerton, Ont., was born on June 27, 1845, in Belleville, Ontario. His father, Peter Robertson, was a merchant of Scottish birth and the son of a Presbyterian minister, at Kilmaurs, Ayrshire. Mr. Robertson’s mother, Sarah Ross, was born in England, although of Highland descent, her grandfather being one of those who followed “Bonnie Prince Charlie” into England in 1745. Norman Robertson attended the Grammar School at Belleville, but left school when only eleven years of age, that he might accompany his father and assist him in his business when he came to the County of Bruce and settled at Kincardine in 1856. The disadvantage arising from leaving school at so early an age was in part overcome by private study and tuition. In 1863 he went to Montreal, taking a position in a wholesale dry goods warehouse, rising to the position of English buyer. In 1877 he returned to Kincardine and took over the business of his father, who retired. He was married at Montreal in 1871, to Lilla M. Warren, daughter of S. R. Warren, builder of church organs at Montreal, and afterwards at Toronto. His family consists of three sons and two daughters. In religion Mr. Robertson is a Presbyterian, and has been an active worker in Sunday School work for over fifty years. In politics he is a Conservative. The position of Treasurer of the County of Bruce became vacant in 1887, and Mr. Robertson was chosen from among twenty-five applicants. A desire to have put in book form and so preserved, the records of the settlement of the County of Bruce, induced the County Council in 1896 to offer a prize for a Historical Sketch of the County. The sketch prepared by Mr. Robertson carried off, jointly with another, the prize. This initial effort was followed in 1906 by a volume of 560 pages bearing the title “The History of the County of Bruce.” This work has been very favorably commented upon and classed as one of the best of the County Histories of the Province that have been published. Mr. Robertson was with the Victoria Rifles, of Montreal, when that regiment went to the front at the time of the Fenian Raids in 1866, and has received his military medal therefor.