Wilhelm Paulson
Wilhelm Hans Paulson (August 14, 1857 – April 25, 1935) was a
Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
.
Paulson was born in Iceland, the son of Paul Erlendson Paulson, and came to Canada in 1883. He was educated at home by his parents and also self-taught. In 1897, he married Anna Kristin Johnson. Paulson was a hardware merchant. He ran unsuccessfully for the Gimli seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1910. Paulson worked as a Canadian government official promoting colonization of the Canadian west from 1896 to 1905.[1]
First elected in 1912 for Quill Plains, he was re-elected in 1917, 1924, 1925, and 1929 in Wynyard, a new name for the same electoral district.[2]
References
- ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Archives Board Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF).
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