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OF-AMUEL JAMES DONALD-SON, Mayor of Prince Albert,Saskatchewan, was born March1 2th, 1856, in the Township of Ramsay,Lanark County, Ont. His parentswere Samuel and Ellen (Fummerton)Donaldson, natives of Scotland.After completing his course inthe public schools, Mr. Donaldson appliedhimself to the furniture businessin Ottawa, and after three years wentto the North-West Territory, as a memofthe Mounted Police, in which capacity,he served for five years In theFall of 1 88 1,he went into the liverybusiness in Prince Albert, which heconducted very successfully. In additionto his livery business, Mr. Donaldsonconducts farming operations inthe vicinity of Prince Albert, and is alsointerested in the electric light supplyof that town. He served in the PrinceAlbert Council for three years, waselected Mayor by acclamation in January,1892, and again in January, 1893.In politics,he is a Conservative, and inreligion, a Presbyterian. He is also amember of the A.F. & A.M., I.O.F.,R.T. of T., and other local organizations.He was married, October30th, 1882, to Miss Jessie, daughter ofJohn Patterson, of Kinistino, Sask.