HAROLD C. BINGHAM.
 

	One of the young professional men of Moose Jaw who is forging to
the front is Harold C. Bingham, a civil engineer engaged in private prac-
tice. He was born on the 7th of August, 1889, in Denver, Colorado, of
Canadian parentage, and as a small boy was brought to the Dominion
where he grew to manhood and was educated. His father, Peter Bingham,
was a native of Ontario, who moved his family to Denver, Colorado, in
1882, remaining there for thirteen years. He was a farmer and a rancher
by occupation and after his return to his native province in 1895 he
bought a farm, on which he spent the remainder of his life. He was a
Liberal in his political views, a member of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and an adherent of the Presbyterian church, to which his wife
also belonged. She was also born in Ontario and bore the maiden name
of Margaret Taylor.  Harold C. Bingham was one of two children and
has a sister, Mrs. 0. C. Johnson of Brier Creek, Saskatchewan, whose
husband is a hardware merchant of that place.
	As he was about six years old when the family moved back to On-
tario, Harold C. Bingham was educated in that province, attending the
rural schools of Bruce county, the Walkerton high school and the Toronto
University. He took the civil engineering course in the university, where
he completed his work and was graduated as a member of the class of
1910. He came out to Moose Jaw the year that he finished his engineer-
ing course and found employment of a professional nature in the office
of the city engineer of Moose Jaw. After a year of experience in that
office he accepted a position in the department of public works, where
he obtained some twelve months' more of practical experience in his pro-
fession before he launched out in practice for himself. The young engi-
neer resigned his position in the department of public works to open an
office of his own as a surveyor.  He is now a Saskatchewan and a
Dominion Land Surveyor and a Dominion Topographical Surveyor, hav-
ing obtained this last degree in 1918. Out in this western country, where
construction and development projects of all sorts and descriptions are
constantly being undertaken, there is a' wide field for a man of Mr. Bing-
ham's training, nor has he been slow to avail himself of the opportunities
thus presented. He has built up an excellent practice as a surveyor and
made a reputation for accuracy and reliability that is an invaluable asset
to him in the continuance of his professional work.
	Mr. Bingham was married to one of Moose Jaw's native daughters in
1919-Miss Anne Thomson, daughter of R. K. Thomson. Mrs. Bingham
was educated in the Collegiate Institute of this city, where she is well
known and a favorite in the younger social set. She belongs to the Pres-
byterian church and takes an active part in the work of its various so-
cieties. Mr. Bingham is a Mason, belongs to the Rotary Club and is at
present serving his third year as a city councillor. He has always taken
a commendable interest in civic affairs, giving his whole-hearted support
to all the movements for the advancement of the city along civic, com-
mercial and cultural lines.  This public-spiritedness, together with the
excellent progress he has made professionally, has brought Mr. Bingham
the favorable attention of the older and most prominent men of the com-
munity of today, who consider him one of the most promising of the
younger men of the city.




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