Preceded by Robert Smeaton White Name William Stubbs | Role Canadian Politician Succeeded by Robert Johnston | |
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Born July 11, 1847
Caledon Township, Canada West ( 1847-07-11 ) Political party Independent Conservative Died December 28, 1926, Port Elgin, Ontario, Saugeen Shores, Canada | ||
William Stubbs (July 11, 1847 – December 28, 1926) was a Canadian veterinarian, farmer, and politician.
Born in Caledon Township, Canada West, the son of John Stubbs and Susannah Lauden, who were from County Fermanagh, Ireland and came to Canada in 1824. Stubbs was educated in public school and at the Veterinary College of Medicine in Toronto, where he graduated in March 1868. He was the Ontario Government Veterinary Surgeon for the District of Peel and Cardwell. Stubbs was Deputy Reeve and Reeve of the Township of Caledon for several years. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in an 1895 by-election for the electoral district of Cardwell. An Independent Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1896 election. He was defeated in the 1900 election.
In 1888, he married Annie Gillespie.