William Anderson Black
William Anderson Black | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Halifax | |
| In office December 5, 1923 – September 1, 1934 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 9, 1847 |
| Died | September 1, 1934 (aged 86) |
| Party | Conservative |
William Anderson Black, PC (October 9, 1847 – September 1, 1934) was a Canadian politician. He is the oldest person ever elected to the House of Commons of Canada, 76 years, 1 month, 26 days when he was first elected.[1] He was 83 when he last won election and he died in office.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Gay Black and Sophia Wright.[2] In 1875, with Robert Pickford, Black founded Pickford and Black, a company that supplied ship's provisions. The company expanded into shipping passengers and freight as well as trading in the West Indies. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897. In 1922, he was a co-founder of the Maritime Life Assurance Company.[3] Black was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Halifax in a 1923 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930. In 1926, he was the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Acting) and Minister of Railways and Canals in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.
Black also served as president of Eastern Canada Savings and Loan and was a director for the Royal Bank. He married Annie Bell and had five children. In 1924, he established a chair of commerce at Dalhousie University.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 1930 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Elected | |||
| Conservative | William Anderson Black | 21,611 | 26.51 | -1.82 |  | |||
| Conservative | Felix Patrick Quinn | 21,280 | 26.11 | -1.05 | | |||
| Liberal | Peter R. Jack | 19,439 | 23.85 | |||||
| Liberal | Edward Joseph Cragg | 19,185 | 23.54 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 81,515 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Turnout | ≥76.68 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 53,154 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | -2.87 | ||||||
| Source: Sayers, Anthony (2017). "1930 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved 24 December 2024. | ||||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Elected | |||
| Conservative | William Anderson Black | 17,911 | 28.33 | -3.96 | | |||
| Conservative | Felix Patrick Quinn | 17,171 | 27.16 | -3.76 | | |||
| Liberal | James Layton Ralston | 14,139 | 22.36 | |||||
| Liberal | John Murphy | 14,007 | 22.15 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 63,228 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | -7.71 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Elected | |||
| Conservative | William Anderson Black | 18,796 | 32.29 | | ||||
| Conservative | Felix Patrick Quinn | 17,996 | 30.91 | | ||||
| Liberal | Gordon Ross Marshall | 10,815 | 18.58 | |||||
| Liberal | Robert Emmett Finn | 10,609 | 18.22 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 58,216 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | +9.30 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ Eldest at Time of Appointment or First Election
- ↑ Eaton, Arthur WH The History of King's County (1910) Archived 2020-03-25 at the Wayback Machine p. 489
- 1 2 ""Honourable William A. Black to be Inducted Posthumously, Junior Achievement Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
External links
[edit]- 1847 births
- 1934 deaths
- People from Windsor, Nova Scotia
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- Ministers of railways and canals of Canada
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia MLAs
- 19th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada