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Mr. Dobell was educated at the Charterhouse School, Surrey, England. On the completion of his school studies, in 1886, he entered the employ of the firm of Dobell, Beckett & Company, a concern which was founded by his father in the year 1856 and carries on an extensive business in the exportation of timber and lumber to Great Britain and Europe. Always bringing to bear on the solution of difficult commercial and financial problems keen insight and ready discrimination, he was admitted a partner of the firm in 1895. On the death of his father in 1902, he took the leading part in the management of the firm, in which capacity he continued until 1907, when he retired from the business. Mr. Dobell stands for reform, advancement and improvement in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the city of Quebec and of the Province. He has always exhibited a keen interest in shipping matters, and for the last five years has been a member of the Quebec Harbor Commissioners, having been elected to represent those interests. He is also a School Commissioner and a member of the Council of the municipality of St. Colomba of Sillery, near Quebec, where he resides, both of which offices he has held for several years. He also served for several years as an officer in the Eighth Royal Rifles, of Quebec, and retired with the rank of Captain. In religious faith he is an Anglican.
Mr. Dobell is a member of numerous clubs, among which may be mentioned the following: Garrison Club, Quebec, Rideau Club, Ottawa, Montreal Hunt Club, Mount Royal and St. James Clubs, Montreal, and the Junior Athenaeum, London, England. He is also Vice-President of the Turf Club, Quebec. Mr. Dobell has travelled extensively, and has visited Europe, Australia, New Zealand, etc., in order to gain some knowledge of foreign parts of the world.¹