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Reverend W. Bruce Muir The Kirk Session records that Mr. Muir gave strenuous and faithful service to Saint James and also to the church at large. He expounded and preached the Word of God with zeal and power. He devoted his many gifts to the extension of Christ’s Kingdom and to the welfare of the community.

Reverend Robert Moorhead Legate, D.D. Dr. Legate came from Burlington, Ontario. He had served in Australia and the Fiji Islands. Dr. Legate was a pastor in the truest sense of the word. He is remembered for his diligence in visiting the members of the congregation.

Reverend Thomas Henry Bussell Somers, M.A., S.T.M., D.D. Dr. Somers was the first Canadian born minister of the Kirk. He was a native of Toronto, and ordained in Vancouver. He served as the minister of the Kirk until his death on June 24, 1965. His love of people and intellectual genius and diligence both endeared him to the congregation and earned a respect that continues to the present day.

Reverend Malcolm Adams McCuaig, B.A., B.D., D. Min. Dr. McCuaig was born in Montreal and graduated from Sir George Williams University and the Presbyterian College. He gave faithful and distinguished service to the affairs of both the congregation and the community.

Reverend A.G. Faraday, C.D., M.A. Mr. Faraday was an Interim Minister during a study leave granted to Dr. McCuaig.

Reverend John Robert Cameron, B.A., B.D., D.D. Dr. Cameron is a native of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. He graduated from Acadian University in Nova Scotia and from Presbyterian College in Montreal. He came from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia to the Kirk. In 1970-71, while in Lunenburg, he was elected as Moderator of the Maritime Synod. In 1981 he was awarded an honourary doctorate from Presbyterian College in Montreal. In 1983, Dr. Cameron was invited to write a booklet on the pastoral responsibility of the elder. The Presbyterian Church in Canada has had three re-printings completed. In June 1991, Dr. Cameron brought great honour to himself, to the Kirk of St. James and to the Province of Prince Edward Island when he was elected as the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Dr. Cameron is the first Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada to come from Prince Edward Island.

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