‹ Histoire de la corporation de la cité de Montréal depuis son origine jusqu'à nos jours; comprenant, en outre les portraits et biographies des membres du Conseil municipal de Montréal et des principaux fonctionnaires actuels, ainsi que de tous les maires qui ont présidé à nos délibérations civiques, des échevins qui ont siégé à l'Hôtel de ville depuis 1883, c'est-à-dire depuis la période d'annexion des municipalités limitrophesChapitre 126 sur 328 · HON. HENRY STARNES · texte numérisé non relu

HON. HENRY STARNES

Hon. Henry Starnes, who was ma3^or of the citv of Montréal, froni 1856 to 1857, ^^^^ from 1866 to 1867, is the grandson of a lo3^alist of Scotch descent, who settled in Canada at the close of the american révolution. He was the son of J. P. Starnes and Elizabeth Neville, and was boni in Kingston, on the i3th da^^ of October 18 16. During his long public career, Mr. Starnes lias alwa3's taken a deep interest in ail municipal matters and questions pertaining to the enlightment of the public spirit. He took great pride in

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tlie rapid growtli of the city, in wliich lie lived for the longest part of his life, a growth to wliicli lie reiiderecl no inconsiderable aid. For maiiy years, onr snbject was connected witli the military service and lield tlie rank of lient. -colonel of the First Montréal Central Reserve. Heniy Starnes received his éducation at the Mr. Esson's Acadeni}^ and at the Montréal Collège. For sonie years, he was a niember of the iirm of Leslie, Starnes & Co., wholesale merchants of Montréal.. His business career saw him at the liead of inany important mercantile enterprises, more especially as director of banks and transportation companies. He was director of La Banque du Peuple ; manager of the Ontario Bank, in Montréal ; warden of the Trinity House, vice-président of the Board of Trade, Chairman of the Canadian Board of Directors of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company. He was also président of The Shedden Company, Limited, and a director of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company. He sat for the Canadian Assembly as a représentative of the Chateauguay division, at the outcome of the gênerai élections of 1857 ^^^^ kept his sea.t till the year 1863, when he retired. In 1867 he was offered a portfolio in the Québec Cabinet but declined the honor. On the 8tli of Mardi 1878, he was sworn in as a member of the Executive Council, and, during the following year his colleagues elected him to the speaker's chair. Mr. Starnes was also acting commissioner of x\griculture and Public Works during the absence of the Hon. H. G. Joly de Lotbinière. Subsequently, for sometimey lie took charge of the Department of Railways and several years later in 1887 was commissioner of the Public Works in the Taillon Ministr}^ He entered the Législative Assembly in 1867 and remained there till death's grim hand laid him in his grave. Mr. Starnes was joiiied in wedlock to Miss Eleanor Stuart of Québec.

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