- James Henry Gundy
James Henry Gundy (
March 22 ,1880 -November 10 ,1951 ) was a Canadian businessman who co-founded Wood Gundy and Company, stockbrokerage inToronto ,Ontario in 1905.He was born in
Harriston, Ontario and at age eighteem moved to Toronto where he was employed by Central Canada Loan and Savings Co., a company started byGeorge Albertus Cox . In 1900 he joined the newly formedstock broker age,Dominion Securities Corp. In 1905 he and fellow Dominion Securities employeeGeorge Herbert Wood teamed up to go into the municipal and provincial bond underwriting business. They formed Wood Gundy and Company with offices on the corner of King and Yonge streets in downtown Toronto.Gundy became a successful and influential member of the Canadian financial community. During
World War I , he was Chair of Special Subscriptions Committee - Victory Loans 1911-1918. He served as President of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada 1920-1921, was a Governor of the Investment Bankers' Association of America, and served on theBoard of Directors of Canada Cement,Massey-Harris , Simpsons Ltd,Dominion Steel and Coal Company .James Gundy donated the land for Serena Gundy Park in
Toronto , named in his first wife's memory.He died in 1951 and was buried in the
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto .References
* Filey, Mike. "Mount Pleasant Cemetery" (1990)
Firefly Books ISBN 0-920668-69-0
* [http://www.cibc.com/ca/inside-cibc/history/story-cibc-1.html Wood Gundy history at the CIBC website]
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