22 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

His Worship Mayor Dawson

His Worship Mayor Dawson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1829, and came to this Island with his father and mother in 1843. At the age of 15 years he engaged in business as a clerk. In 1854 Mr. Dawson began business on his own account, and for a number of years managed a large department store—which, at the present day, has resolved itself into one of the leading wholesale and retail hardware establishments in P. E. Island. Mr. Dawson has been a member of the Ctty School Board since its inception; served as City Councillor for seven or eight

ears; and has twice had the honor to be Mayor—from 1879 to 1882, and from 1893 up to the present time.