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'''William Alexander McKenzie''' (January 29, 1874<ref name="normandin"/> &ndash; 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"/> &ndash; 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]].


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)the daughter of James Walden Thompson (1856 Biddulph, Ontario - 1923 Penticton, B.C.) and Isabella Murray McMillan (1859 Nissouria, Ontario - 1950 Esquimalt, B.C.). .<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">
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)the daughter of James Walden Thompson (1856 Biddulph, Ontario - 1923 Penticton, B.C.) and Isabella Murray McMillan (1859 Nissouria, Ontario - 1950 Esquimalt, B.C.). .<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. Between 1928 and 1933, he was a member of the 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">
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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)the daughter of James Walden Thompson (1856 Biddulph, Ontario - 1923 Penticton, B.C.) and Isabella Murray McMillan (1859 Nissouria, Ontario - 1950 Esquimalt, B.C.). .[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. Between 1928 and 1933, he was a member of the 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][7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Normandin, A L (1931). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1931.
  2. ^ a b "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  3. ^ a b "Previous Councils". City of Penticton. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
  4. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. ^ Haynes, Diane (Fall 2005). "Common Ground (feature on Lloyd George McKenzie and Agnes Huang)". UBC Law Alumni Magazine. Vancouver: UBC Faculty of Law: 10–15. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. ^ "In Memoriam: Hon. Lloyd George McKenzie, Q.C.,'68". The Bulletin (53). Irvine, CA: American College of Trial Lawyers: 12. Spring 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Lloyd McKenzie Private Dining Room Dedication" (PDF). VCCCAA Newsletter (92). Victoria, British Columbia: Victoria College Craigdarroch Castle Alumni Association: 8. March 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Hon. Lloyd George McKenzie - Obituary". The Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. 1 November 2005. Retrieved 30 December 2015.


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