Background
Howard, Wilbert Harvard was born on January 2, 1890 in Inverness, Quebec, Canada. Son of Daniel Hersey and Marion Isabella (Lambly) Howard.
Howard, Wilbert Harvard was born on January 2, 1890 in Inverness, Quebec, Canada. Son of Daniel Hersey and Marion Isabella (Lambly) Howard.
Student Alberta Normal, 1909-1910. Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University, 1915.
Admitted to Quebec bar, 1916, advocate, 1916, Queen's counsel, 1929. Practice of law. Montreal, since 1919. Chairman of Sogemines, Limited, Canadian Petrofina, Limited., also chairman of the Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills, Limited.
Chairman of the executive committee Montreal Trust Company.
Director Dominion Tar & Chemical Limited company, United Corps, Limited., Anglo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Mills, Limited., Canada South.S. Lincolnshire, Limited., Canadian Spool Cotton Company, Consolidated Paper Corporation, Limited., Dryden Paper Limited company, Investment Bond & Share Corporation, Westburne Oil Limited company, Albert East. Reed Canada Holdings Limited., Albert East. Reed Canada Limited. Honorary director Algoma Steel Corporation Limited.
Coordinator Pulp and Paper Administration, World World War World World War II Director, vice president Sir James Dunn Foundation, Christofor Foundation.
Served from Lieutenant to captain, Canadian Army, 1914-1918.
Married Annie Olive Partridge Simpson, January 25, 1916. Children: Sylvia Eleanor (Mistress Donald West. M. Smith), Wilma Hersey (Mistress James Vernon Emory), Kenneth Simpson, Gwenna Mary.