PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 635 Scotia, where he passed the remainder of his life. Two sons, the subject's father and a brother, came to Prince Edward Island and settled at Georgetown , where both died at an early age. The maternal grandfa¬ ther, Donald Stewart , came from Perth ¬ shire, Scotland , and settled at Lower Mon¬ tague, where he followed the pursuit of farming. Neil McQuarrie , the subject of this sketch, is the youngest of his father's children, and he secured his education in the district schools. He then took up car¬ pentering, which he followed here a few years, and then spent some time in Huston. Massachusetts . Returning to Charlottetown, he attended Prince of Wales College, and was then engaged in teaching school at Lower Montague and Montague, where he served as principal for a time. He next took up the study of law in the office of Hodgson & McLeod, of Charlottetown , and subsequently, when the firm opened a branch office in side, Mr. McQuarrie was put in charge of that office, so continuing until the dissolu¬ tion of the firm. He then continued his stud¬ ies with the new firm of Macleod & Mor- -"II and in 1883 he was admitted to the bar and became a member of the firm, under the style of Macleod, Morson & McQuarrie, the latter still continuing in charge of the Summerside branch of the business. Judge Macleod 's appointment to the bench in 1893 necessitated his withdrawal from the firm, the business being continued under the old name until 1902, in which year Mr. Mc ¬ Quarrie became senior member of the firm of McQuarrie & Arsenault, at Summerside , which now occupies a leading position in the profession. Mr. McQuarrie combines with a thorough knowledge of the law the ability to apply the same to the facts, and in discus¬ sion he is noted for clearness of statement and candor. He has been engaged in much important litigation and commands a large and representative practice. In 1886 Mr. McQuarrie was appointed a stipendiary magistrate, wihch position he still holds, and in 1903 he was appointed King's Counsel . He has on several occasions been'the choice of his party for official positions. At a bye- election in 1899 he was the Conservative candidate for the Legislature and again in the general election of the following year, bein£ defeated both times, though by greatly reduced majorities. The nomination was again tendered him in 1904, but, owing to illness at the time, he was unable to accept it. On November 9, 1887, Mr. McQuarrie was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Mc ¬ Neill, a daughter of Stephen McNeill , who had been up to the time of his death manager of the Merchants' Bank of Halifax, at ¬ merside. To this union have been born three children, Georgie, Lowell and Ern ¬ est Neil. John Jardine , M. D. , a leading repre¬ sentative of the medical profession at ¬ merside, was born at Freetown , Prince Ed ¬ ward Island, on February 8, 1871. His pa¬ ternal grandfather, James Corie Jardine, was a native of Dumfriesshire. Scotland , and came to Prince Edward Island in 1820. He had married, in Scotland , Miss Jane Hope , and to them was born one child in the old home, named Isabella. Upon coming to this Island, James C. Jardine located at the Head of Hillsborough , afterward removing to Freetown , where he followed farming during his active years. He died in 1871, aged seventy-seven years, and his wife died