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Section chiefs and panel members

Listed here are the section chiefs and others who contributed to the First Edition of Historical Statistics of Canada and whose work was of great value to those who prepared this subsequent volume.

Section A: Population and Migration

Section Chief:
K.A.H. Buckley - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Panel members:
A.H. Leneveu - Chief, Analysis Immigration and Citizenship Statistics Section, Census Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J.P. Delisle - Chief, Statistics Section, Administrative Services, Department of Citizenship and Immigration
Mrs. Helen Buckley - Centre of Community Studies, University of Saskatchewan

Section B: Vital Statistics, Health and Welfare

Section Chief:
Jacques Henripin - Department of Economics, University of Montreal

Panel members:
Gordon H. Josie - Principal Research Officer, Research and Statistics Division, Department of National Health and Welfare
Joseph W. Willard - Deputy Minister, Department of National Health and Welfare
F.F. Harris - Director, Health and Welfare Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Yves Martin - Faculty of Social Sciences, Laval University

Section C: The Labour Force

Section Chief:
K.A.H. Buckley - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Panel members:
W.A. Nesbitt - Chief, Processing and Analysis Section, Special Surveys Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
A.H. Leneveu - Chief, Analysis Immigration and Citizenship Statistics Section, Census Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
G.V. Haythorne - Deputy Minister, Department of Labour, Ottawa

Section D: Wages and Working Conditions

Section Chief:
Douglas Hartle - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto

Panel members:
CH. Curtis - Department of Political and Economic Science, Queen's University
J.C. Weldon - Department of Economics and Political Science, McGill University

Section E: National Income and the Capital Stock

Section Chief:
M.C. Urquhart - Department of Political and Economic Science, Queen's University

Panel members:
Simon Goldberg - Assistant Dominion Statistician, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Acknowledgement:
H.J. Adler - Assistant Director, National Income and Balance of Payments Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section F: The Balance of International Payments, International Indebtedness and Foreign Trade

Section Chief:
Herbert Marshall - Dominion Statistician, Retired

Panel members:
F.A. Knox - Department of Political and Economic Science, Queen's University
George Watts - Research Department, Bank of Canada
C.D. Blyth - Director, National Income and Balance of Payments Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
A.E. Safarian - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Section G: Government Finance

Section Chief:
J.H. Perry - Director, Canadian Tax Foundation, Toronto

Panel members:
J. Lowther - Commissioner of Finance, City of Ottawa
G.A. Wagdin - Director, Public Finance and Transportation Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J Howes - Secretary, Metropolitan Study Committee, Vancouver, British Columbia
H.R. Balls - Comptroller of the Treasury, Department of Finance, Ottawa

Acknowledgement:
Miss E.R. Cram - Chief, Public Finance Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section H: Banking and Finance

Section Chief:
E.P. Neufeld - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto

Acknowledgement:
P.A.T. Campbell

Section J: Price Indexes

Section Chief:
A. Asimakopulos - Department of Economics and Political Science, McGill University

Panel members:
J. Weldon - Department of Economics and Political Science, McGILL University
L.E. Rowebottom - Assistant to the Dominion Statistician, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
W.C. Hood - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto

Acknowledgement:
F. Curry - Chief, Retail Prices Section, Prices Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
K. Wallace - Chief, Wholesale Prices Section, Prices Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Miss BA. Emery - National Accounts and Balance of Payments Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section K: Lands and Forests

Section Chief:
G.K. Goundrey - Department of Political Economy, University of Alberta

Panel members:
Vernon Fowke - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan
A.L. Best - Department of Forestry, Ottawa

Section L: Agriculture

Section Chief:
D.L. Macfarlane - Macdonald College, McGill University

Panel members:
J.W. Channon - Grain Division, Department of Trade and Commerce, Ottawa
J.A. Dawson - Economics Division, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
R.S. Ellis - Chief, Census of Agriculture Section, Census Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
W.F. Ewert - Chief, Livestock and Animal Products Section, Agriculture Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
A.D. Holmes - Director, Prices Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
C.V. Parker - Director, Agriculture Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
W.D. Porter - Assistant Director, Agriculture Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J.B. Rutherford - Assistant Director, Economics Service, Department of Fisheries, Ottawa

Section M: Fisheries

Section Chief:
H.S. Gordon - Department of Economics, Carleton University

Panel members:
W.C. Mackenzie - Director, Economics Service, Department of Fisheries, Ottawa
J.B. Rutherford - Assistant Director, Economics Service, Department of Fisheries, Ottawa
R.E. Johnson - Chief, Fisheries Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Acknowledgement:
D.A. Maclean - Economics Service, Department of Fisheries

Section N: Minerals and Fuel

Section Chief:
John Davis - British Columbia Electric Company Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia

Panel members:
A.R. Deir - Chief, Mineral Statistics Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
W.K. Buck - Chief, Mineral Resources Division, Mines and Technical Surveys Department, Ottawa
R.D. Howland - Commissioner, Royal Commission on Energy
C.L. O'brian - Chairman, Dominion Coal Board
L.S. Evans - Chief, Communications, Distribution and Transmission Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section P: Electric Power

Section Chief:
John Davis - British Columbia Electric Company Limited, Vancouver, British Columbia

Panel members:
R.D. Howland - Commissioner, Royal Commission on Energy
C.L. O'brian - Chairman, Dominion Coal Board
R.L. Borden - Chief, Communications, Distribution and Transmission Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
S.A. Wagdin - Director, Public Finance and Transportation Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section Q: Manufactures

Section Chief:
Arthur J.R. Smith - Director of Research, Private Planning Association of Canada, Montreal

Panel members:
T. Vout - Economist, Prime Minister's Office
V.R. Berlinguette - Assistant to Director, and Chief, Manufactures Section, Industry and Merchandising Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
D.H. Fullerton - President, Fullerton, MacKenzie and Associates Limited, Investment Consultants
John Dales - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto
A. Cohen - Assistant Director, Industry and Merchandising Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section R: Construction and Housing

Section Chief:
K.A.H. Buckley - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Panel members:
Mrs. Helen Buckley - Centre of Community Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Albert Goracz - Economist, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Derek Knight - Supervisor, Economic Research Department, Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
D.A. Traquair - Business Finance Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section S: Transportation and Communication

Section Chief:
J.L. McDougall - School of Business, Queen's University

Panel members:
John Stenason - Director of Economic Research, Canadian Pacific Railway Co
R.A. Bandeen - Senior Staff Officer, Planning, Department of Research and Development, Canadian National Railways
G.A. Richardson - Chief, Transportation and Public Utilities Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
C.S. Carter - Chief Statistician, Bell Telephone Company of Canada
A.W. Currie - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto
K.W. Studnicke-Gizbert - Chief, Economics Division, Air Transport Board, Ottawa
A.L. Brown - Chief, Transportation Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Adam Jaworski - Economic Policy and Research Branch, Department of Transport
N.M. Griffith - Comptroller, Post Office Department, Ottawa

Section T: Internal Trade and Service

Section Chief:
M.C. Urquhart - Department of Political and Economic Science, Queen's University

Acknowledgements:
J.C. Brierley - Merchandising Section, Retail Trade, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
G. Snyder - Merchandising Section, Retail Trade, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

Section V: Education

Section Chief:
R.W.B. Jackson - Director, Department of Educational Research, Ontario College of Education, University of Toronto

Panel members:
Charles Bilodeau - Department of Education, Quebec
Oswald Hall - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto
C.E. Hendry - School of Social Work, University of Toronto
E.F. Sheffield - Canadian Universities Foundation
F.E. Whitworth - Education Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Acknowledgements:
Willard Brehaut - Department of Educational Research, Ontario College of Education, University of Toronto
N. Leseelleur - Education Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
R.D. MitchenerI - Education Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Section W: Politics and Government

Section Chief:
Norman Ward - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan

Panel members:
Charles Dunlop - Department of Economics and Political Science, University of Saskatchewan
J.E. Hodgetts - Department of Political and Economic Science, Queen's University
Howard Scarrow - University of Michigan

Section Y: Justice

Section Chief:
Nicolas Zay - Director of Research, School of Social Work, University of Montreal

Panel members:
W.A. Magill - Chief, Judicial Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics
P.J. Giffen - Department of Political Economy, University of Toronto
B.R. Blishen - Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of British Columbia
Stuart Ryan - Faculty of Law, Queen's University

Special Acknowledgement:
W.A. Magill - Chief, Judicial Section, Dominion Bureau of Statistics