William J. Short

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William John Short (September 22, 1865

    [1] – September 7, 1939 [2] ) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927. [3]

    He was born in Wellington County, Canada West, the son of William J. Short and Margaret Oakmen, and was educated in Grey County. After leaving school at sixteen, Short worked as a farm labourer until 1888, when he travelled west to Manitoba, settling on a homestead near Shoal Lake, Manitoba. In 1885, he married Matilda Bumpstead. He operated a butcher shop for five years and then became a livestock dealer. Short subsequently purchased a farm, where he grew grain and raised cattle and horses. [1] He served on the council for the Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake and was reeve from 1907 to 1922. [4]

    He ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), [3] and defeated Liberal candidate William Iverach by 597 votes in the Birtle constituency.

    The UFM unexpectedly formed government following the election. Short served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's administration for the next five years. He did not run for re-election in 1927.

    Short died in Shoal Lake. [2]

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    References

    1. 1 2 Schofield, Frank Howard (1913). The story of Manitoba. Vol. 3. pp. 151–52. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
    2. 1 2 "Genealogy Searches for Unrestricted Records". Government of Manitoba. Registration number 1939-028295. Retrieved 2012-11-14.
    3. 1 2 "MLA Biographies - Deceased". Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Archived from the original on 2014-03-30.
    4. ↑ "William John Short (1865-1939)". Memorable Manitobans. Manitoba Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
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