Preceded by Philip Howard Spohn Name William Bennett Role Canadian Politician | Appointed by Robert Borden Died March 15, 1925 Political party Conservative Resigned 1917 | |
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Succeeded by Thomas Edward Manley Chew Preceded by Thomas Edward Manley Chew Born December 23, 1859
Barrie, Canada West ( 1859-12-23 ) Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Succeeded by James Brockett Tudhope | ||
William Humphrey Bennett (December 23, 1859 – March 15, 1925) was a Canadian politician.
Biography
Born in Barrie, Canada West, the son of Humphrey Bennett and Anne A. Fraser, Bennett was educated at the Barrie Public and High Schools. After studying law he was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1881. Settling in Midland, Ontario, he was elected Reeve of Midland in 1886. He was a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Simcoe East in the 1891 federal election. He was defeated but after the election was declared void in 1891, he was acclaimed in the 1892 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1896, 1900, and 1904. He was defeated in 1908. He was re-elected in the 1911 election. In 1917, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Robert Laird Borden representing the senatorial division of Simcoe East, Ontario. He served until his death in 1925.