William Linton Parrish (1860-1949)

Grain dealer, MLA (1914-1915), MLA (1916-1920).

Born at Vromanton, Ontario on 4 August 1860, son of Samuel Parrish and Jane Cash, he was educated at Uxbridge. He worked in his father's grain business until 1879 when he went to Huntsville, Ontario to operate a grist and flour mill for two years. He came to Manitoba in 1881 and spent the next 17 years in the grain business, based at Brandon. From 1885 he was partnered with W. J. Lindsay. He returned to Winnipeg in 1898 and established a branch office there, with the main office in Brandon. He was a Director of the Fidelity Trust Company, the Equitable Trust Company, the Capital Loan Company, and the Inland Mortgage Company.

On 17 March 1885, he married Annie Ellen Card, daughter of Alexander Card, of Glenboro, Manitoba. They had five children: Alice Eula Parrish (married to Percy Ellsworth Browne), Nellie Jean Parrish, Mable Card Parrish, Frederick William Parrish, and Wilfrid Linton Parrish. He was a member of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange and served as its president in 1900. He was a Brandon city alderman for two years. He was a member of the IOOF , the North West Commercial Travellers Association, and president of the Royal Canadian Curling Association. He was Honorary Captain and Paymaster of the 90th Winnipeg Rifles.

He was first elected to the Manitoba Legisislature at the 1914 general election.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1915.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (deceased), Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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