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Edinburgh University, graduating in 1880. He entered upon the practice of his pro- fession at Fifeshire, Scotland, where he re- mained about two and a half years. In 1882 the Doctor returned to Charlottetown, where . he has since remained actively engaged in the practice and meeting with pronounced success. He keeps in close touch with the latest advances in his profession, possessing a well selected library, both technical and general, and a full line of the most improved surgical instruments.

The Doctor has at all times taken a deep interest in public affairs and in 1893 was honoured by election to the office of mayor of Charlottetown. In 1900 he was elected by acclamation, and in 1902 was again chosen, thus serving three successive terms in the mayoralty, with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the people. In the bye-election of 1903 Doctor Warburton was elected to the Legislative Assembly, and in 1904 was re—elected for a four years' term, polling the largest vote ever cast for a can- didate for any office in the city of Charlotte- town. During his period of service as mayor many splendid improvements were made, in- cluding the macadamizing of streets and the construction of the sewerage system.

On July I2, 1887, Doctor Warburton married Miss Louise Margaretta Hobkirk, of Charlottetown, a daughter of Doctor Hob- kirk, for many years the leading physician of this city. To them have been born three children, namely: Helen M., now a student at Windsor College, Nova Scotia, and James Arthur and William Eric. Politically ‘ the Doctor is a Liberal, while his religious affiliation is with the Episcopal church. Fra- ternally he belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of For- esters, and he keeps in close touch with his

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professional brethren through his member— ship in the Canadian Medical Association, the Maritime Medical Association and the Prince Edward Island Medical Association, he having held oflicial positions in each of these organizations.

J. A. JOHNSTON, M. D., a leading mem- ber of his profession in thislocality, was born at Kincora, Prince Edward Island, on June 23, 1864, and is a son of James and Mary (McWade) Johnston. the former a native of Ireland and the latter also a native of Ire— land. The paternal grandfather, John Johns- ton, was a native of Scotland, but later ’ moved to Ireland, where he died in compar- atively young manhood. His widow came to Prince Edward Island with her family in about 1830 and located in the district of Kincora, where her death occurred. Her son, the father of the subject of this sketch, engaged in farming on the place where he now resides, which comprises three hundred acres of fine cultivable land and he is now, at the age of eighty years, considered one of the most successful farmers in Prince county. As a very small boy in his native Ireland, he signed the Father Matthew pledge and today takes pride in the fact that he has never broken it. He is the father of'six children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the fifth in order of birth.

The latter received his elementary educa- tion in the schools at Kincora, and at an early age he went to the United States and was engaged as an attendant in a hospital, by which means he earned sufficient funds to enable him to return to the Island and take a course in the Centreville School and later Prince of Wales College, where he received