William Simmons (politician)

William Charles Simmons (February 28, 1865 – August 26, 1956) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.


Simmons served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1906 to 1908 for the Alberta Liberal Party. He was elected in a by-election after Leverett DeVeber was appointed to the Senate of Canada. He resigned in 1908 to run for the House of Commons of Canada for Medicine Hat. He was defeated by former Northwest Territories MLA Charles Alexander Magrath.[1]

Honorable William Charles Simmons

Judge of the Supreme Court of Alberta, Calgary. Born Arran Township, Bruce County, Ont., Feb. 25, 1865, son of William and Jane Simmons. Educated: high schools Collingwood and Owen Sound, Ont.; normal school, Toronto University. Principal of Model Schools, Kent County, Ont., 1892–1893; public schools, city of Chatham, Ont., and Lethbridge, Alta, 1895–1899. Practiced, Cardston, Alta., 1900; practiced, Lethbridge, 1903–1910. Elected to Alberta Legislature for Leth brldge, 1906; resigned, 1908, to contest Dominion constituency of Medicine Hat (unsuccessful). Married Mary Wilmetta Wilson, Woodstock, Ont., 1899; has two sons and one daughter. Societies: A. F. & A. M. Presbyterian. Address: Calgary, Alta. [2]

Obituary

William Charles Simmons-- Died in the Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia on  Aug 26, 1956, Honorable William Charles Simmons of 2784 Thompson Avenue, former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Alberta;  born in  Township of Arran, Co.Bruce, Ont.  Feb 25, 1865.  He leaves his wife Mary A. Simmons, at home: one son, Ronald B., one daughter, Mrs. B. T. (Marjorie Jean ) McDonough, six grandchildren, and two great grandchildren; also one step-daughter Mrs. Sheila Marmo .  Funeral Service in Hayward's Chapel on Tuesday, Aug 28 at 1:30 pm.   Rev. A. K. McMinn, B.A. B.D. officiating.  Cremation.

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by
Leverett DeVeber		 MLA Lethbridge
1906–1908		 Succeeded by
Donald McNabb

References
  1. Who's Who and Why--- A Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of Western Canada Especially compiled for Newspaper and Library reference VOLUME 3 1?13     Page 747-748
  2. http://tinyurl.com/ko9wcj2


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