William Stubbs (Canadian politician)
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William Stubbs (July 11, 1847 – April 2, 1924) was a Canadian veterinarian, farmer, and politician.
Born in Caledon Township, Canada West, his parents, who came to Canada in 1824, were from County Fermanagh, Ireland. 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. He was Deputy Reeve and Reeve of the Township of Caledon for several years. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a 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.
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- Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896. Internet Archive (1898).
- Parliament of Canada biography
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