William Bannerman

For the New Zealand Presbyterian minister, see William Bannerman (minister).
William Bannerman
Member of Parliament
for Renfrew South
In office
1878  1882
Personal details
Born November 5, 1841
Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland
Died 1914
Political party Conservative
Profession businessman, lumber merchant

William Bannerman (born November 5, 1841, in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland[1] 1914[2]) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician.[1]

The son of Thomas Bannerman and Barbara McCoy, he was educated in Scotland, went to sea as a boy and came to Canada West in 1857. Bannerman worked as a clerk in his uncle's store in McNab Township for seven years. In 1865, he established a lumber company in Renfrew. Bannerman married Isabella Campbell in 1867. He served as reeve of McNab Township for three years.[3]

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1878 as a Member of the historical Conservative Party to represent the riding of Renfrew South and defeated in 1882. He was also defeated in elections in 1874 and 1875.

References

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  2. Phillips, Jim; McMurtry, Roy Saywell, John T. (2008). Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Volume Ten: A Tribute to Peter Oliver. University of Toronto Press. p. 465. ISBN 0-8020-9911-4. Retrieved 2009-09-30. Cite uses deprecated parameter |coauthor= (help)
  3. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


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