Halifax, died April 30, 1995, in Camp Hill Medical Centre. Born in Truro, Colchester Co., he was the youngest son of the late Hon. Frank and Emma (Thomas) Stanfield. Educated in Truro, Ashbury and Dalhousie University, he graduated in engineering from McGill in 1939. Employed until 1946 in heavy industry in Cape Breton and Pictou County, after which he purchased Starr Manufacturing in Dartmouth which he continued to direct. He served as chairman of the Canadian Manufacturers Association's Maritime Division. Also was a lifelong member of Dartmouth Chamber of Commerce and a member of Joint Study Committee-Provincial Labour Relations-of what is now Henson College. More recently he spent three terms on the Halifax Industrial Commission. An interest in raising funds for the new YMCA in Sydney was carried on to Halifax and then Dartmouth's new facilities. Other interests were the Canadian Arthritis Board and the Victoria General Hospital Board for shorter terms. As part warden of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, he served in many Anglican Church of Canada activities, including the property committees of the University of King's College and the Atlantic School of Theology. Served as a board member of several companies; Mutual Life of Canada and Stanfield's Limited the most lengthy, but Eastern Canada Savings and Loans and Nova Scotia Light and Power more notably. He golfed actively wherever he lived and equally enjoyed gardening prize roses. He was a member of RNSYS and the Halifax Club. Surviving are his wife, the former Katherine Stairs; sister, Kathryn S. Davies, Victoria, B.C.; brother, Rt. Hon. Robert Lorne Stanfield, Ottawa; sons, Gordon S., Dartmouth, David W., Halifax; daughters, Nancy K., Margaret A., Calgary; five grandsons.