Background
M'GOUN, Archibald was born in 1853 in Montreal. Son of Archibald M‘Goun, a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and Jane Mackay, daughter of Samuel Mackay of Ayr, Scotland.
M'GOUN, Archibald was born in 1853 in Montreal. Son of Archibald M‘Goun, a native of Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and Jane Mackay, daughter of Samuel Mackay of Ayr, Scotland.
Studied at M‘Gill University,*Montreal. L’Ecole de Droit, Paris, France. Bachelor of Civil Law.
Twice President University Literary Society 1884-1885. One of the founders of the" Imperial Federation League in Canada, 1885. Delegate to Imperial Federation Council in London, 1SS6.
Vice-President of League (now the British Empire League) in Canada. Fellow7 Royal Colonial Institute. Chairman of meeting, Montreal, to promote Free Trade within the Empire, 1907.
President Graduates’ Society, M‘Gill University, 1887. Course of lectures on Constitutional Law7, 1897. Now lectures on Corporations and on Agency and Partnership.
Queen’s Counsel 1899. Attorney as practising advocate for various commercial corporations. President Montreal Economic and Statistical Society, 1907.
Professor of Civil Law, M‘Gill University, Montreal, since 1888. M.A, King’s Counsel.
Spouse 1887, Abigail, daughter of Thomas Mackay of Toronto.