JOHN GORDON ROBERTSON.
 



	Since 1919 John Gordon Robertson has been provincial Live Stock
Commissioner and he maintains offices in the Parliament building, Regina.
He was born in Pictou county, Nova Scotia, on the 1st of September,
1890, a son of Robert S. and Jessie (McHardy) Robertson, likewise na-
tives of that county in Nova Scotia. Both paternal and maternal grand-
parents were born in Nova Scotia, of Scotch descent, their ancestors
having emigrated to Nova Scotia about 1773. Robert S. Robertson has
engaged in farming all of his life and has been successful in his labors.
His wife is deceased.  They had one child, John Gordon, whose name
introduces this review. The religious faith of the Robertson family is
that of the Presbyterian church, in which the father is a zealous church
worker. During her life Mrs. Robertson was also active in church work.
	In the pursuit of his education John Gordon Robertson attended the
Churchville public school and was graduated from the New Glasgow high
school in 1906.  He took a four-year agricultural course in McDonald
College and in 1911 he lead the winning stock judging team at Chicago
"International." He graduated from McGill University with the B. S. A.
degree, with honors, in 1912, and came to Saskatchewan the same year
and accepted a position as live stock manager for a fourteen-thousand-
acre farm near Davidson. A year later he was promoted to be general
manager of the farm. He was holding that position upon the outbreak
of the Great war and soon resigned to enter the service of his country.
He went overseas with the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Battalion in
1916 and was subsequently transferred to the Forty-fourth, with the
rank of lieutenant. He was seriously wounded at Vimy Ridge and was
for two years confined in a hospital in England. While there he became
well acquainted with Lord and Lady Carnarvon. He returned to Canada
in 1918 and was connected with the Soldiers Settlement Board for a
short time, opening up offices for that board in Halifax, St. John and
Charlottetown. On the 1st of May, 1919, he accepted his present position
as Live Stock Commissioner of the province. Mr. Robertson is sincerely
devoted to his duties and he has a staff of twenty-four people under his
control. He has the genius for making friends, and commands confidence
and esteem.
	In addition to his duties as Live Stock Commissioner Mr. Robertson
is secretary of four provincial associations: The Saskatchewan Horse
Breeders Association, the Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Asociation, the
Saskatchewan Sheep Breeders Association and the Saskatchewan Swine
Breeders Association. These organizations do a lot of work in many
ways and Mr. Robertson has had to travel even to Great Britain and
Denmark on their work. He is also secretary of the Saskatchewan Stal-
lion Board and of the Saskatchewan Live Stock Board, and a director of
the Regina Exhibition, so that his time is fully occupied. Mr. Robertson
takes a keen interest in all that pertains to his profession and is a director
of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists.  As a returned
soldier he is a member of the Great War Veterans Association and is also
a member of St. Andrew's Society, the Canadian Club and various other
organizations. Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order.
	In 1916 Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Lydia A. Paulson, a
native of Minnesota, United States of America. She received her educa-
tion in Red Wing College of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson have
two children: Robert Gordon, a student in the public schools; and Jessie
Lucille, three years of age. Mr. Robertson attends the Knox Presbyterian
church.  He is essentially public-spirited and is ever cognizant of the
duties and responsibilities of good citizenship and to that end is ever
ready to lend his aid in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit
of the community.

Bibliography follows: