McTAGGART Ernest R.

McTAGGART Ernest R.

Born 1889 in Kempville, Ontario.

Moved as a child with his family to Vancouver. He established himself as a painter and freelanced as an editorial cartoonist for the Daily Province [Vancouver] in the 1920’s after the death of J. B. Fitzmaurice. In the 1930’s he moved to the Sun [Vancouver] and drew cartoons for it through the 1940’s.

He died in 1958.

SOURCE:

Article book:

The Hecklers. Writ. & Ed.., Peter Desbarates & Terry Mosher. McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 1979: 245.