David Wilson Beaubier (1864-1938)

Farmer, businessman, MP (1930-1935), MP (1936-1940).

Born at St. Mary’s, Ontario on 2 May 1864, son of Thomas J. Beaubier and Elizabeth Cathcart, he attended Parkhill High School. He moved to Manitoba and became a businessman and farmer at Brandon. In 1893, he married Lucy Ellen Horner. He served in World War One, raising the 181^st Battalion in 1916 and taking it to England as Lieutenant-Colonel. He stood as a candidate for Brandon at the federal general elections of 1925 and 1926 but was defeated. He was elected in 1930 and re-elected in 1935. He died while in office, on 1 September 1938.

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Profile revised: 16 December 2008

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