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Wm. Power, Esq., M.P., President Canadian Forestry Association, 1914-15. 



OUR PRESIDENT. 



Mr. William Power, M.P., President of 



the Canadian Forestry Association, has 



been connected with forest industries all 

 his life. Born at Sillery, a suburb of Que- 

 bec, he early entered the employ of the 

 firm of W. and J. Sharpies, lumbermen and 

 timber exporters of Quebec. After that 

 connection had lasted for over fifty years, 

 during a good part of which he was a part- 

 ner, he became, last year, the sole surviv- 

 ing partner, through the death, within a 

 few weeks, of each other, of Hon. John 

 Sharpies and Mr. E. Harcourt Smith. This 

 has thrown a great deal of additional 

 work on Mr. Power, but the business is 

 being carried on vigorously on the lines on 

 which it has developed for nearly a cen- 

 tury. Mr. Power's activities have not 



been confined to one line. In addition to 

 other important business interests, he has 

 filled the offices of president and director 

 of the Quebec Board of Trade, school com- 

 missioner for Quebec city, director Cana- 

 dian Lumbermen's Association, and was 

 a member of the special committee for the 

 Tercentenary Celebration of the founding 

 of Quebec. He is the member of the Cana- 

 dian House of Commons for Quebec West, 

 In spite of these private and j)ublic duties, 

 Mr. Power has found time to personally 

 explore a large part of the northern timber 

 country of Quebec, ami few living men 

 have been over more of that territory, or 

 have a better knowledge of it. Mr. Power 

 has been a member of the Canadian 

 Forestry Association since its foundation 

 and a director for five years, and there is 

 no doubt he will maintain the high tradi- 

 tions of the office. 



