Political party Conservative Name William Bannerman | Role Canadian Politician Died 1914 | |
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Profession businessman, lumber merchant Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
William Bannerman (born November 5, 1841, in Kildonan, Sutherland, Scotland – 1914) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician.
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.
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.
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