William Wilber Wilfred Wilson (1885-1964)

Lawyer, MLA (1916-1920), MLA (1921-1922), MLA (1941-1945), MLA (1946-1949).

Born on 6 October 1885, at Birtle, Manitoba, son of Edmund James Wilson and Mary Ann Dunsmore, he was educated at the Birtle Public School and Wesley College (Winnipeg). On 31 March 1909, he married Bertha Cairns, daughter of J. T. Cairns, of Killoe, Manitoba. They had four children: Edyth Islene, Marjory Jean, Widena Hazeldean, and Gwen Noreen. He was first elected to the Manitoba Legislature at the 1915 general election. He served as Mayor of Russell from 1915 to 1918. Liberal. Methodist. Address: Russell, Manitoba.

Sources:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1917.

Birth registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Under The Golden Boy, Manitoba’s M.L.A.s” Winnipeg Tribune, 19 March 1943. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B9, page 129]

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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