Frederick William Colcleugh (1845-1907)

MLA (1888-1892), MLA (1892-1895).

Born in the village of West Flamborough, County of Wentworth, in 1845, the eldest son of Walter Colcleugh. In 1865 he married Isabella Nichol, eldest daughter of James Nichol, who died on 20 February 1887. They had seven children.

Colcleugh received his early education at the grammar schools in Dundas and Picton, Ontario. He then studied law but abandoned his studies in 1876 to enter business with his cousin, James Colcleugh, in Selkirk. He was a member of the Selkirk Town Council for fourteen years, serving as its second Mayor in 1886 and again from 1888 to 1891. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Provincial election of 1886 but was returned for the constituency of St. Andrew’s in the Provincial elections of 1888 and 1892. In politics he was a Liberal, a free trader and a strong advocate of provincial rights.

He died in Winnipeg and was buried in Mapleton cemetery on 6 November 1907.

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Profile revised: 23 September 2009

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