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full term of four years. He has taken an active part in political matters and has served efficiently on several important com- mittees, being aligned with the Conserv- atives.

In October, 1891, Mr. Morson was united in marriage to Miss May Elizabeth Des Brisay, a daughter of Theophilus Des Brisay, and to them were born two children, Arthur Ormsby'and Clifford Hilton Stewart, whose deaths occurred within four days of each other, at the respective ages of six and one-half years and one year and eight months. Fratemally Mr. Morson belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, while in religion he is a member of St. Peter’s Ca- thedral, of which he is a trustee. The sub- ject gained his military title through his ser- vice with the Fourth Regiment of Canadian Artillery, in which he enlisted as adjutant, subsequently raising to the rank of major. He took an active part in the service until 1899. being now with the Reserves.

F. L. HASZARD, K. C., a leading and well known barrister at Charlottetown. was born at Bellevue, Queens county, Prince Edward Island. on November 20. 1849. and is the son of Charles and Margaret (Longworth) Haszard. the former also a native of Belle- vue, while the latter was born at Charlotte- town. The patemal grandfather. William Haszard, and the great—grandfather, Thomas Haszard. were natives of Rhode Island, U. S. A. The latter was a United Empire Loyalist, and in 1873 came to Prince Edward Island, being given a grant of land in Lot 3. He did not locate on this land, however, but settled at Belle- vue and there followed agricultural pur-

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suits. In this vocation he was succeeded by his son, and he in turn by the subject’s father. The latter was a public spirited cit- izen and possessed a natural gift in the treat— ment of dismses, giving his services freely at all times. He was a member of the Legis- lative Council, and died, respected by all, at the age of fifty years.

F. L. Haszard received his preliminary education in the public schools, after which he attended Prince of Wales College. He then read law in the office of the late Hon. John Longworth, and in 1872 he was ad— mitted to the bar, shortly afterward becoming the junior partner of his former preceptor, under the firm name of Longworth & Has- zard. This association continued until the retirement of Mr. Longworth in 1883, after which Mr. Haszard practiced independently until 1890, in November of which year he became a partner of the present Sir Louis Davis, continuing until the latter’s appoint- ment to the supreme bench of Canada in 1901. In 1902 Mr. Haszard took in as junior partner Gilbert Gaudet, the firm be- ing now known as Haszard & Gaudet. From 1893 until 1900 Mr. Haszard was stipend- iary magistrate and recorder of Charlotte- town. but in 1900 he resigned the former po- sition, retaining the oflice of recorder. In 1904 he was elected a member of the Legis- lative Assembly, representing the fourth dis- trict as a Liberal, and upon the re-organiza- tion of the government he became a mem- ber of the Executive Council, which position he at present holds. Mr. Haszard has taken a deep interest in the agricultural resources of the Island and has been a member of the board of directors of the Charlottetown Driving Park and Provincial Exhibition Association, while since 1897 he has been president of the organization. a position en-