William Proudfoot
William Proudfoot, KC (February 21, 1859 – December 3, 1922) was an Ontario politician and barrister.
He was born in
Canada West, the son of Robert Proudfoot, an immigrant from Scotland. He was educated in Goderich, studied law at Osgoode Hall and was called to the bar in 1880. Proudfoot set up practice in Goderich. He married Marion F. Dickson in 1886. In 1902, he was named King's Counsel
.
In 1908 he was elected to the
Labour candidate. No doubt due to Newton Rowell's influence, he was then appointed to the Senate of Canada
where he sat until his death in 1922.
Proudfoot's grandnephew was Spencer Proudfoot Shotter, founder of what became the American Naval Stores Company.[1]
References
- ^ "Spencer P. Shotter". Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter. 98: 26. December 13, 1920.
External links
- "Death of Senator Proudfoot". Huron Expositor. Seaforth. December 8, 1922. p. 4.
- William Proudfoot – Parliament of Canada biography
- Charlesworth, Hector, ed. (1919). A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography. Toronto: The Hunter Rose Co. Ltd. p. 210.
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