Hector Sutherland (1852-1927)

Farmer, MLA (1896-1899).

Born at Kildonan in 1852, fifth son of John Sutherland and Janet MacBeth, he was educated at the Kildonan school and at Manitoba College. In 1889 he married Henrietta Gunn, daughter of William Gunn. They had two daughters. During the 1885 North West Rebellion, he served under Samuel Steele. He served on the Kildonan Council and, in 1896, was elected to the Manitoba Legislature, serving a single term. He retired from public life in 1907 and moved to the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia to raise fruit. He died at Summerland on 8 April 1927.

Sources:

Death registration, British Columbia Vital Statistics.

“Former member Manitoba House dies at coast” Newspaper clipping dated 9 April 1927. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]

Profile revised: 30 January 2010

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