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One of the most prominent
stockmen in Canada is Gavin Jack, head of the Gavin Jack Commission
Company, Limited, of Calgary. He has been active in this line of
business since starting out in life on his own account and his present
position of prominence is the result of his own intelligently directed
efforts, stanch determination and close application. He was born in
Berwickshire, Scotland, on the 16th of April, 1884, a son of Gavin and
Elizabeth (Kerr) Jack, likewise natives of Scotland. Gavin Jack, Sr.,
engaged in farming for the greater part of his life in his native
country, achieving substantial success. Mrs. Jack is still living, but
Mr. Jack passed away in 1919.
In the pursuit of his
education Gavin Jack attended the common schools of his birthplace and
completed his training at George Watson College in 1904. He immediately
went into the live stock commission business with Oliver & Sons of
Edinburgh and remained with them two years, at the end of which time he
sailed for America and located in Chicago, where he became associated
with Swift & Company as cattle buyer, purchasing cattle for that well
known concern in every part of the American continent. During the twelve
years in which he was active in that capacity he gained invaluable
experience and in 1910 he came to Calgary and embarked in business on
his own account. He established the Gavin Jack Commission Company;
Limited, in that year and has since been chief executive of the
business. The concern is a live stock commission agent and order buyer
and Mr. Jack gives his personal supervision to every department. The
company has grown to be one of the representative enterprises of its
kind in the province and throughout the whole of Canada. in the conduct
of his business Mr. Jack has always employed the highest and most
honorable principles and he is accorded the confidence and esteem of all
who know him. He is a self-made man in the truest sense of the word.
In November, 1913,
Occurred the marriage of Mr. Jack to Miss Alice Baxter and to their
union three sons have been born Gavin, Jr., Ian and Douglas.
In his political views
Mr. Jack is a Conservative, he has never sought nor desired political
preferment but he is public-spirited and is ever cognizant of the duties
and responsibilities as well as the privileges of good citizenship. He
therefore takes an active interest in the furtherance of every movement
for the benefit of the community. His religious faith is that of the
Presbyterian church, and he is a member of the Board of Trade of Calgary
and of the Auto Club. |
