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Elizabeth Harrison (nee Tatchell) was born in London, England in 1907. She studied for seven years at the Brighton College of Art and later worked in the studios of Louis Ginnett, R.O.I. in Sussex and of George Alexander, R.B.S. in Chelsea. She also was employed for four years in the London workshops of Clayton and Bell, the internationally known firm of glass painters. In 1931, she came to Canada and settled in Kingston, where both she and her husband, Eric Harrison were employed at Queen's University. Elizabeth taught in the Department of Fine Arts and was also art consultant to the Kingston Board of Education. Elizabeth Harrison's paintings have been exhibited widely in both Canada and Britain and she has given many lectures and addresses across Canada on radio and television. Elizabeth Harrison was also an author, she wrote of her life experiences in Ottawa during the war years and of her life and interests in Kingston. One of her books, Self Expression Through Art, is now in its second edition. Mrs. Elizabeth Harrison passed away in October of 2001.

Clergyman.

Alfred Edward Lavell was born in Kingston in 1870 to Michael Lavell, M.D. and Betsy Reeve Lavell. He was educated at Queen's University and Victoria University, Toronto where he obtained a B.A. and D.D. In 1897 he married Laura Ethel Gillespie of St. Catherines, Ontario. They had two daughters. From 1916 to 1919 he served in World War I. He was appointed Parole Commissioner in 1919 and Provincial Historian in 1932. He was the author of The Convicted Criminal and His Reestablishment, A History of the Ontario Hospitals for the Insane and Mentally Defective, and A History of Penal and Reformatory Institutions in Upper Canada, 1792-1932. He was for eight years a member of the Board of Regents, Victoria University. He died in 1951.

Loyal Orange Lodge #1042 (Perth Road) was established approximately in the mid-19th century. It was situated in Kitley Township in Leeds County, Ontario.

Loyal Orange Lodge #183 (Schomberg) was established in the mid-nineteenth century in Elgin, Ontario. Loyal Orange Lodge #127 (Newboro, Height of Land no Surrender) was established in the mid-nineteenth century in Newboro, Ontario.

James Joseph McCann was a physician and politician from Renfrew, Ontario. He was born at Perth, Ontario on March 29, 1886. He attended Perth public and high schools and studied medicine at Queen's University, graduating in 1909. After working for two years as a medicial practitioner with the Canadian Pacific Railway in Sudbury, Ontario, he did post-graduate work at the University of Chicago, where he was connected with the Cook County Hospital. He married Ceclia Devine in 1913 (deceased 1941). He married Blanche Hélène Desjardins of Luskville, Quebec in 1943.

For more than 30 years, Dr. McCann was Coroner for Renfrew County, and Medical Health Officer for the town of Renfrew. He was president of the Ontario Health Officers' Association in 1934, and president of the Canadian Public Health Association in 1935. He represented Canada at the International Medical Conference in Atlantic City in 1942, was Chairman of the Canadian delegation to the World Health Organization in 1950, and Vice-Chairman of the Canadian delegation to the United Nations in 1955.

He was first elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal member for Renfrew in the general election of 1935, and was re-elected for five consecutive terms until his defeat in 1957. Throughout his political career, he served as Minister of National War Service (1945-1948), Minister of National Revenue (1945-1957) and Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1950). He was responsible for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), National Film Board (NFB) and the Division of Government Office Economies Control.

Dr. McCann passed away 11 April 1961.

The Honourable Alexander Hamilton McDonald (1919-1980) was born at Fleming, Saskatchewan. He was educated at Moosomin College and served as a Flight Lieutenant in the R.C.A.F., 1940-1945. In 1948, Mr. McDonald was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature. He became the leader of the Liberal Party in Saskatchewan (1954-1959) and was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Deputy Premier in 1964. In 1965 he resigned as an M.L.A. and was appointed to the Senate that same year where he became Assistant Leader of the Government in 1968 and Chief Whip a year later. Senator McDonald was a strong supporter of NATO and was active in the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association from 1955, serving on both the executive and several committees as well as participating in conferences. He also participated in the North Atlantic Assembly, the annual meeting of members of parliament from NATO countries. Senator McDonald died suddenly in 1980.

Merchant, member of Legislative Council, Gananoque, Ont.

Born in Kingston in 1884, James MacKerras Macdonnell attended Queen's University, graduating in 1905 with his Master of Arts degree. In that year he was the Rhodes scholar for Ontario, and in 1908 he graduated from Oxford University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Upon his return to Canada he enrolled in the Ontario Law School, Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1911. From 1911 to 1944 Mr. Macdonnell held various positions with the National Trust Company, resigning as President to seek election to the House of Commons. He was elected in 1945 for the riding of Muskoka-Ontario and was named financial critic for the Progressive Conservative Party. He remained active in politics until 1962. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of Canada on December 22 1967. Macdonnell died on July 27 1973.

Donald Mackay was a merchant in Kingston, Ontario.