sentences:  He finished his education at McGill University and joined the civil service in 1879 as a first class clerk in the Department of the Interior.He became Assistant Clerk of the Queen's Privy Council in 1880 and became Clerk of the Privy Council two years later.McGee married Elizabeth Crotty and the couple had nine children, six sons (Charles, D'Arcy, Frank, James, John Jr. and Walter) and three daughters, (Katharine, Lillian and May).