William John Blair
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William John Blair | |
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Member of Parliament for Battle River | |
In office December 17, 1917 – December 5, 1921 | |
Succeeded by | Henry Elvins Spencer |
Personal details | |
Born | Embro, Ontario, Canada | October 13, 1875
Died | April 24, 1943 Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada | (aged 67)
Political party | Unionist |
William John Blair (October 13, 1875 – April 24, 1943) was a Canadian engineer, farmer, teacher, soldier surveyor and federal politician from Alberta.
Early life
William John Blair was born in
He married his wife Lottie May Nethercott in 1906 and they had one daughter and one son. He moved his family west to Alberta in 1910 and continued his survey work.
Early political work
Blair first served in public office on the municipal level, for one term he served as Mayor of
After Blair moved out west he attempted a career at Alberta provincial politics. He ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature by running as the
Military service
Blair enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1916, becoming a recruiter for the 151st Battalion, a role he held until 1917.
Federal politics
Blair would try his hand at federal politics running as the Unionist candidate in the 1917 Canadian federal election. He won the election, defeating Laurier Liberal candidate and future Member of Parliament Daniel Webster Warner in a hotly contested election.[2] Blair would serve in the House of Commons for one term before retiring from federal politics.
Late life and death
In 1925 Blair became very ill and moved his family to
References
- ^ OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ "Battle River, Alberta (1917-10-06 - 1953-06-12)". Parlinfo. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 18 December 2020.