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'''William Alexander McKenzie''' (January 29, 1874<ref name="normandin"/> – July 8, 1966<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221965-09-009772%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13273%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 |title=Vital Event Death Registration |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2011-10-27}}</ref> ) was a builder and political figure in [[British Columbia]]. He represented [[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] from 1918 to 1933 as a [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]. |
'''William Alexander McKenzie''' (January 29, 1874<ref name="normandin"/> – July 8, 1966<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-4E75D75/view/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber=%28%221965-09-009772%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm=%28b13273%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B/1 |title=Vital Event Death Registration |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2011-10-27}}</ref> ) was a builder and political figure in [[British Columbia]]. He represented [[Similkameen (electoral district)|Similkameen]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] from 1918 to 1933 as a [[British Columbia Conservative Party|Conservative]]. |
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He was born in [[Puslinch, Ontario]], the son of William McKenzie and the former Miss Mary Brown, and was educated there. In 1910, McKenzie married Florence Mary Thompson (28 Feb 1886 - 10 Feb 1959) .<ref name="normandin"/> He was a resident of [[Penticton, British Columbia|Penticton]] from 1906 and served as reeve in 1917.<ref name="penticton">{{cite web |url=http://www.penticton.ca/EN/main/city/mayor-council/previous-councils.html |title=Previous Councils |publisher=City of Penticton |accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref> McKenzie was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1918 by-election held after [[Lytton Wilmot Shatford]] was named to the Canadian senate. He was a member of provincial cabinet, serving as Minister of Mines and Minister of Labour.<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 |year=1931 |last=Normandin |first=A L}}</ref> He moved to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] after being named to cabinet.<ref name="penticton"/> McKenzie was defeated by [[Charles Herbert Percy Tupper]] when he ran for reelection in 1933.<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> He died in Victoria.<ref name="death"/> One of his four children, Hon. Lloyd George McKenzie, Q.C. (1918-2005), after retiring from the bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1993, acted for ten years as Information Officer for the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, a position without precedent. <ref name="UBC Law Alumni Mag Fall 2005">[http://www.law.ubc.ca/files/pdf/alumni/magazine/Alumni%20Mag_aug19_2005.pdf], UBC Law Alumni Magazine - Fall 2005.</ref> |
He was born in [[Puslinch, Ontario]], the son of William McKenzie and the former Miss Mary Brown, and was educated there. In 1910, McKenzie married Florence Mary Thompson (28 Feb 1886 - 10 Feb 1959) .<ref name="normandin"/> He was a resident of [[Penticton, British Columbia|Penticton]] from 1906 and served as reeve in 1917.<ref name="penticton">{{cite web |url=http://www.penticton.ca/EN/main/city/mayor-council/previous-councils.html |title=Previous Councils |publisher=City of Penticton |accessdate=2011-11-01}}</ref> McKenzie was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1918 by-election held after [[Lytton Wilmot Shatford]] was named to the Canadian senate. He was a member of provincial cabinet, serving as Minister of Mines and Minister of Labour.<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931 |year=1931 |last=Normandin |first=A L}}</ref> He moved to [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]] after being named to cabinet.<ref name="penticton"/> McKenzie was defeated by [[Charles Herbert Percy Tupper]] when he ran for reelection in 1933.<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> He died in Victoria.<ref name="death"/> One of his four children, Hon. Lloyd George McKenzie, Q.C. (1918-2005), after retiring from the bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1993, acted for ten years as Information Officer for the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, a position without precedent. <ref name="UBC Law Alumni Mag Fall 2005">[http://www.law.ubc.ca/files/pdf/alumni/magazine/Alumni%20Mag_aug19_2005.pdf], UBC Law Alumni Magazine - Fall 2005.</ref> <ref name="Obituary">[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CANADA-OBITS/2005-11/1131518865], Obituary - The Province & Vancouver Sun Newspapers, 1-2 Nov. 2005 </ref> |
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<ref name="Obituary">[http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CANADA-OBITS/2005-11/1131518865], Obituary - The Province & Vancouver Sun Newspapers, 1-2 Nov. 2005 </ref> |
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== References == |
Revision as of 18:43, 1 November 2012
William Alexander McKenzie (January 29, 1874[1] – July 8, 1966[2] ) was a builder and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Similkameen in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1918 to 1933 as a Conservative.
He was born in Puslinch, Ontario, the son of William McKenzie and the former Miss Mary Brown, and was educated there. In 1910, McKenzie married Florence Mary Thompson (28 Feb 1886 - 10 Feb 1959) .[1] He was a resident of Penticton from 1906 and served as reeve in 1917.[3] McKenzie was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1918 by-election held after Lytton Wilmot Shatford was named to the Canadian senate. He was a member of provincial cabinet, serving as Minister of Mines and Minister of Labour.[1] He moved to Victoria after being named to cabinet.[3] McKenzie was defeated by Charles Herbert Percy Tupper when he ran for reelection in 1933.[4] He died in Victoria.[2] One of his four children, Hon. Lloyd George McKenzie, Q.C. (1918-2005), after retiring from the bench of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in 1993, acted for ten years as Information Officer for the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, a position without precedent. [5] [6]
References
- ^ a b c Normandin, A L (1931). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931.
- ^ a b "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ^ a b "Previous Councils". City of Penticton. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ [1], UBC Law Alumni Magazine - Fall 2005.
- ^ [2], Obituary - The Province & Vancouver Sun Newspapers, 1-2 Nov. 2005