William Blain Findlater (1871-1962)

Farmer and driver, MLA (1916-1920), MLA (1921-1922).

Born at Belmore, Ontario on 20 October 1871, son of Alexander Findlater and Mary Pipe, he was educated at the No. 1 Howick public school. On 27 December 1905, he married Mary Dickie, daughter of James Dickie, of Gilbert Plains, Manitoba, formerly of Simcoe County, Ontario. They had five children: Jean Graham, Mary Elizabeth, Dorothy Ellen, William Alexander Findlater, and James Ronald Findlater (b 1926). He was elected to the Manitoba Legislature for the Gilbert Plains constituency at the 1915 general election, serving until 1922.

He died at Dauphin, Manitoba on 26 March 1962.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1917.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 1962.

We thank Nancy Findlater Cutway and James Findlater for providing information used in this profile.

Profile revised: 8 August 2009

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