DAVID M. HACKNEY.
 

	David M. Hackney, a well known real estate dealer of Regina, with of-
fices in the Western Trust building, first came to this city in 1906. He is a
native of Ontario, his birth having occurred at Exeter, on the 31st of May,
1864. His parents, James and Margaret (Millar) Hackney, came to On-
tario from their native Scotland in their early married life.  James
Hackney was a farmer by occupation, a stanch Liberal in politics and
chairman of the Liberal Association for many years. True to their Scotch
training, both he and his wife were strict Presbyterians. They were the
parents of eight children, seven of whom are living.
	Until he was thirty years old David M. Hackney worked on his father's
farm, gaining his education in the common schools during the fall and
winter months. At the end of that time he bought a farm of his own,
which he operated for seven years, following which he became a horse
dealer and maintained a sales barn in St. Mary's, Ontario, whence he
shipped horses to the different markets. He carried on this business at
St. Mary's for about five years and continued it for a short time after he
came to Regina in 1906.
	Mr. Hackney has specialized in farm lands and city property since he
entered the real estate business in 1909, and at present holds a large
amount of valuable property. This business has occupied his chief atten-
tion from the time he first established it, with the exception of 1922 and
he has felt that his efforts have been rewarded with a due amount of
finnancial success. In 1922 he suspended his operations in real estate to
take charge of the Rose Theatre, which he had erected in 1914, but the
following year found him again engrossed in the management and dis-
position of his various properties.
	In 1896 Mr. Hackney was married to Miss Elizabeth Ann Campbell, a
native of Ontario, and they are the parents of three sons: James Camp-
ell Hackney; Harold Millar Hackney, an accountant with the Imperial
Oil Company; and David Lloyd Hackney, a student in the Collegiate In-
stitiute. The oldest son graduated from the University of Saskatchewan
in 1923, with the degree of B. S. A. He served in France for four years
during the Great war and participated in some of the principal engage-
ments of the latter part of the conflict. He also spent some little time
in England.  He joined the service with the One Hundred and Ninety-
fifth Regiment, but was later transferred to the Machine Gun section.
	Shortly after locating in this city Mr. Hackney purchased a good two-
story brick residence, that was well situated in a good-sized plot of ground.
He immediately set out shade trees, which he has cared for painstakingly,
until now some of the most beautiful trees in Regina are those on his
front lawn, which has a street frontage of two hundred feet. Mr. Hack-
ney. has always been identified with the Presbyterian church.  In St.
Mary's he was a member of the Knox Presbyterian church and since com-
ing here has been active in the congregation of the Regina Knox Presby-
terian church, of which he is now manager on the board of trustees. Like
his father, he supports the Liberal party in politics, but he is not partisan
in the sense of being an office seeker. His real hobby is horses. When
he was on the farm he raised good horses and frequently had the pleasure
of seeing one of his own animals take a prize at a fair. He is an excellent
judge of horses, having acted as judge at many fairs where good animals
were being shown. He has the enthusiasm for Regina, characteristic of
its citizens, is a believer in its future and has worked earnestly to do his
part in advancing public progress and improvement here.


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