Alfred Gilpin Jones was born on September 28, 1824, in Weymouth, Nova Scotia.

He was a businessman, politician, and officeholder. He was educated at Weymouth and Yarmouth Academy before moving to Halifax at the age of 18. He began work as a bookkeeper for Thomas Clifford Kinnear, West India merchant, and shipowner, and was made partner as early as 1850. When Kinnear retired in 1872, Jones established his own firm, A.G. Jones and Company, in the same line of business, which he presided over until 1900. He became involved in politics and provided financial and moral support to the Anti-Confederation League prior to his election to the House of Commons as MP for Halifax (1867-1872, 1874-1878, 1887-1891). After 1872, he ran for election as a Liberal. Jones also served as Minister of Militia and Defence (1878) and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-1906). He sat on the boards of Dalhousie University and Halifax Protestant Orphans' Home, served as president of Nova Scotia Marine Insurance Co. and director of Acadia Fire Insurance Co., and was lieutenant-colonel of the Halifax Volunteer Battalion before organizing the Halifax Volunteer Artillery Brigade in 1864.

In 1850, he married Margaret Wiseman Stairs (1825–1875) and in 1877, he remarried Emma Susan Albro (1843–). He died on March 15, 1906, in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière was the fourth Premier of Quebec (1878-1879) and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (1900-1906). He was involved in the creation of Canada's oldest conservation organization - the Canadian Forestry Association - in 1900.

Vincent Jolivet was born in Shawinigan, and graduated in Mechanical Engineering from McGill in 1952. After obtaining his M.B.A., 1954 and Doctorate in Finance, 1957 from Harvard, he was appointed assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Washington. In 1966 he left to become Vice President of Rocket Research Corporation, and since 1972 he has worked as a freelance business, financial and economic consultant in Seattle.

Philippe-Jacques Jolicoeur was born on April 30, 1829, in Quebec City, Quebec.

He was a lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1854. He was associated with Narcisse-Fortunat Belleau from 1858 to 1863. In 1867, he was appointed Queen's Counsel and became the first Under-Secretary of the Province of Quebec, the position he held until 1890. He served as President of the Institut canadien de Québec in 1858 and 1859. He contributed numerous articles to several journals.

In 1858, he married Honorine Matte (1836–1913). He died on October 5, 1898, in Quebec City, Quebec.