William Whiteway
Terence O'Brien | |
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Preceded by | Robert Thorburn |
Succeeded by | Augustus F. Goodridge |
Premier of the Colony of Newfoundland | |
In office 1895–1897 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governor | Herbert Harley Murray |
Preceded by | Daniel Joseph Greene |
Succeeded by | James Spearman Winter |
Solicitor-General of Newfoundland | |
In office 1874–1878 | |
Member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland | |
In office 1874–1894 | |
Member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland | |
In office 1859–1869 | |
Personal details | |
Born | William Vallance Whiteway April 1, 1828 Buckyett, Littlehempston, Devonshire, England |
Died | June 24, 1908 St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland | (aged 80)
Nationality | Newfoundlander |
Political party | Conservative 1859-1885 Liberal 1885-1897 |
Spouse(s) | Mary Lightbourne (m. 1862, d. 1868) Catherine Anne Davies m. 1872 |
Children | 3 sons and 3 daughters (including Harriet Louise Whiteway) |
Occupation | lawyer |
Sir William Vallance Whiteway,
Life and career
Born in
Whiteway's major policy ambition was the construction of the
The Orangemen joined with Robert Thorburn, an opponent of Whiteway's railway who felt that the colony should focus on the fishery, to form the Reform Party and win the 1885 election on a Protestant Rights platform.
In
The Tories had argued that Whiteway's Liberals had promised jobs to Newfoundlanders who voted for him and filed petitions in the
The Governor enabled Goodridge to remain in office by continually
By-elections were held throughout the fall in which the Liberals retained the seats they had been disbarred from, losing just two, while picking up two from the Conservatives in return. The last by-election was held on November 12, 1894, a full year after the general election. In the interim, 21 by-elections had been held, resulting in a virtual return to the status quo.
Goodridge remained as premier until December 12, 1894, two days after the failure of two banks crippled the economy.
His government passed the Disabilities Removal Act, which allowed all those members who had been disqualified to run as candidates as well as sit in government. Greene then resigned so that Whiteway could be sworn in as premier for a third time. In the face of Newfoundland's financial crisis following the bank crash, Whiteway's government began a new round of negotiations with Canada to bring Newfoundland into confederation but the discussions were unsuccessful.
Whiteway's Liberals lost the 1897 election, resulting in his retirement from politics. He was succeeded as Liberal leader by Sir Robert Bond.
Family
The Hon. William Vallance Whiteway, Q.C., married as his second wife, October 22, 1872, Catherine Anne Davies, daughter of W. H. Davies, of
References
- ^ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N547-JR8 : accessed 27 Dec 2013), Wm Valance Whiteway, 04 Sep 1828.
- ^ Record of the Proceedings of the Halifax Fisheries Commission. Carswell Company. 1877. p. 53.
- ^ Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 350.
- Hiller, J.K. (1994). "Whiteway, Sir William Vallance". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.