William Manson | |
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MLA for Alberni | |
In office 1906–1907 | |
MLA for Skeena | |
In office 1909–1915 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Shetland Islands,Scotland | July 4,1867
Died | July 24,1953 86) New Westminster,British Columbia | (aged
Political party | British Columbia Conservative Party |
William Manson (July 4,1867 – July 24,1953) was a Scottish-born accountant,notary public and political figure in British Columbia,Canada. He represented Alberni from 1906 to 1907 and Skeena from 1909 to 1915 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.
He was born in the Shetland Islands,the son of William Manson,and was educated there. Manson came to British Columbia in 1887,where he was employed as a clerk in a general store in Comox. In 1893,he married Sarah Louise Bennett. He served as a school trustee and a member of the town council for Nanaimo,serving as the town's mayor from 1901 to 1904. [1] Manson was elected to the assembly in a 1906 by-election held after William Wallace Burns McInnes was named Commissioner of the Yukon. [2] He was a member of the province's Executive Council from 1906 to 1907,serving as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education. [3] He was defeated by Harlan Carey Brewster when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1907. [2] He died in 1953. [4]
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