=Middlebró, William S., K.C.= (Owen Sound, Ont.), son of John and Margaret Middlebró. Born, October 17, 1868, at the town of Orangeville, Ont. Educated at the Owen Sound Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall, Toronto; called to the Bar, 1892, and created a King’s Counsel in 1910; Mayor of the city of Owen Sound, 1889, and 1900. Married, September 2, 1903, to Laura J. Trethewey, who died April 21, 1907, leaving no children; on October 22, 1913, married Pearl Irene, daughter of G. B. Ryan, of Guelph, Ont. Mr. Middlebró, who enjoys a large legal practice in the city of Owen Sound, was first elected to the House of Commons in 1908; re-elected in 1911 and again in 1917, by a majority of 2,291, to represent the constituency of North Grey. He has been a prominent member in the House since his first election to Parliament and has been Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and Chairman of the Special Committee appointed to investigate Army boots in 1915, and also chief Government Whip of the former Borden Government and of the Union Government. Mr. Middlebró is a fluent platform speaker and well versed in all questions of National importance. He is a member of the Church of England, and belongs to the Sydenham Club of Owen Sound, and has one son by his second marriage, William George.
=Marsh, Lieutenant-Colonel Lorne Wilmot= (Belleville, Ont.), born at Frankford, Ont., June 29, 1871, son of John Secord Marsh and Lydia M. (Hunt), U.E. Loyalist descent. Educated at the Public and High Schools, Belleville. Matriculant of Toronto University and an Undergraduate. Married, February 13, 1894, Euretta M., daughter of John and Isabella Smith, Point Fortune, Quebec. Father of one son, John Edward, born June 16, 1900. Is a member of the Masonic Order and a Past Master, and a Member of The Chapter, a Knight Templar, A.O.M.S., also the I.O.O.F. and the I.O.F. Interested himself in the Municipal affairs of the city of Belleville, and served as Alderman five years, 1903-1907, inclusive, and elected Mayor in 1909 and 1910, Took active interest in military matters: Served in the ranks of the 15th Argyll Light Infantry. Lieutenant, 1898-9; Captain, 1899, and by gradual promotion rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Commanding Officer of the Battalion. Has been a successful manufacturer since 1897, when he took over the manufacturing business of the defunct G. & J. Brown Manufacturing Company, with the late W. H. Henthorn, which was incorporated in 1908 and conducts the manufacture incident to a foundry, machine shop and boiler shop, specializing in hoisting machinery, steel tanks and general contractors’ machinery, and has recently built a $75,000.00 plant to take care of the rapidly increasing output. The nomenclature of his business is “Marsh Engineering Works, Limited.” Lieutenant-Colonel Marsh is a Methodist in religion, and has been classed as an Independent Liberal.