. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hon. J. M. Gibson. and we therefore take pleasure in presenting herewith a capital likeness of the new head of the department. Having had charge of the public finances of the province for a number of years, he is well qualified to manage the depart- ment of which he has been given control, and from which is derived a large share of the pro- vincial revenues. Hon. John Morrison Gibson was born in the Township of Toronto, County of York, Province of Ont
. Canadian forest industries 1894-1896. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Hon. J. M. Gibson. and we therefore take pleasure in presenting herewith a capital likeness of the new head of the department. Having had charge of the public finances of the province for a number of years, he is well qualified to manage the depart- ment of which he has been given control, and from which is derived a large share of the pro- vincial revenues. Hon. John Morrison Gibson was born in the Township of Toronto, County of York, Province of Ontario, on the 1st of January, 1842. He is a son ot the late Wm. Gibson, farmer, who came to Canada in 1827 from Glamis, Forfarshire, Scotland, and a cousin of the late David Smith, who formerly represented North York in the old Parliament of Canada, and who was prominently associated with the late W. Lyon Mackenzie in the troubles of 1837. Educated at the Central School, Hamilton, and University College, Toronto, he took the degree of B. A. in 1863, carrying off the Prince's prize of that year, together with the silver medal in classics and modern languages and the prize in Oriental languages. In 1867 he was called to the bar, and entered the law course at Toronto University, receiving the degree of L. L. B. and a gold medal in 1869, and was afterwards made examiner in that faculty for the years 1871-72. For many years he was a member of the Board of Education in Hamilton and for two years chairman of the board. He was ehcted a mem- ber of the Senate of Toronto University in 1873, and re-elected in 1878 and 1883. Mr. Gibson, as lieutenant of the 13th Battalion of Hamilton, was with his regiment at Ridgeway in 1866, and now commands that corps. He has attained a high reputation as a marksman, and has won many valuable prizes, one of which was the Prince of Wales' prize of .£100 and a badge in 1879. Mr. Gibson is a prominent member of the Masonic order, having been Grand Master o
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