PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 477 cation in the public schools of Charlotte - town, after which he attended at Prince of Wales College, and later at King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia . During 1872 and 1873 ne studied law in his father's office, and when the latter was appointed judge of the county court the subject went into the office of Palmer & McLeod. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar as an attorney, being made a notary at the same time, and in 1877 he was made a barrister. In the latter year he became a partner in the firm of Palmer & McLeod, composed of the following gentlemen besides himself: Charles Pal ¬ mer, Malcolm McLeod and D. C. McLeod, the two first named being now deceased. On January 1, 1891, the subject with¬ drew from the firm and engaged in the practice on his own account, in which he has uniformly met with success. In 1898 he was made a King's Counsel . Mr. Palmer represented Fort Augustus in the Provincial Assembly for four years, and occasionally during the absence of Mr. Peters , the present premier, has acted in the place of the attorney general. Mr. Palmer was married, on October 19, 1880, to Miss Ada Palmer , who was born in Charlottetown , the daughter of Charles Palmer , the subject's late law partner. To this union have been born the following children: Helen, Adele, Philip, Harold and Charles. Gilbert Gaudet , junior member of the well known law firm of Haszard & Gaudet, Charlottetown , was born at Muddy Creek , Lot 17, Prince county, Prince Edward Island , on September 16, 1867, the son of John A and Mary (DesRoche) Gaudet, both also natives of Muddy Creek . The paternal great-grandfather, John Gaudet , was of the old Acadian stock, and early settled in the western part of the Island, being one of the first settlers at Malpeque , on the shores of Malpeque bay. His son, the subject's grand- lather, Amable Gaudet , remained in the same section and there followed farming, his death occurring in 1897, at the age of eighty-four years. John A. Gaudet con¬ tinues to reside in Lot 17 and is numbered among the successful farmers of that com¬ munity. Of his five children, the subject of this sketch is the eldest. Gilbert Gaudet received a public school education, after which he attended Prince of Wales College. For some years he was engaged in teaching school, and then entered College, and later Lavell University, at Quebec , where he took the examination entitling him to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. In February, 1896, Mr. Gaudet entered the law office of Davis & Haszard, the senior'member of the firm being the present Sir Louis H. Davis , now of the of Canada , while per¬ sonal mention is made of Mr. Haszard else¬ where in this volume. When, in October, Mini, Mr. Davis was raised to the bench, Mr. Gaudet entered the firm as junior part¬ ner, the style becoming Haszard & Gaudet In May, 1900, Mr. Gaudet had been ad- mtited as an attorney and on May 2nd, of the following year, he was made a barris¬ ter. He gives his undivided attention to his profession and is meeting with marked success. Bruce Stewart .—The subject of this sketch is distinctively one of the representa¬ tive business men of Charlottetown and the enterprise of which he is the head is num-