(4 Nov. 1888-1 June 1946), businessman. (Stanley Christie, Stan Christie, A. Stanley Christie, A. S. Christie) Born at Apple Hill, GC. Parents: John D. Christie (1841-1925), a farmer and Presbyterian elder, and his wife Catherine McKinnon (1855-1926). A. Stanley Christie attended Alexandria High School and McGill University. Giving up his original intention of becoming a clergyman, he sought a career in business, having also for a short period been a teacher. He worked for Hugh C. MacLean Publications Ltd, and afterwards for the Industrial and Educational Publishing Company, and then in 1929 he was one of the founders of National Business Publications Ltd. He was president of National Business Publications Ltd from its founding until his death, and he was also one of its shareholders. A tribute to him published by this company at the time of his death stated that largely through his unwearying efforts, the company had “expanded to the point of publishing over a score of popular, business, technical and professional magazines and annuals, placing the organization in the forefront of Canadian publishers.” The tribute also praised his mastery of the “technical advances” recently made in publishing. The address of this company in 1945-1946 was Gardenvale, Que. Its publications at that time included Pulp and Paper Magazine, the Canadian Mining Journal, and The Canadian Doctor. If the company published books, they do not appear to have been a prominent part of its work. Christie was a director also in several other companies, and he served as president of the Canadian Business Publishers’ Association, the Business Newspapers Association of Canada, and the Periodical Press Association.

     He was married 17 June 1915, at Montreal, to Iva Alma Mock (2 Aug. 1891-16 July 1961). (two children) Besides his home in Montreal, he had a model farm at Vaudreuil, Que., on which he raised Jerseys. He died at his summer home at Vaudreuil, and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal. He was a Presbyterian. His son, Mervyn G. Christie, was a major in WWII, in which he was wounded, and was later the chairman of the board of National Business Publications, which was eventually acquired by Southam Business Publications Ltd.

Standard Freeholder 4 June 1946, and other notices of his death undated clipping * private information * Who’s Who in Canada 1945-1946 p. 556 * Ostrom 105 * obituary of father, The Presbyterian Witness, 5 Feb. 1925