- Donald Graham (politician)
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Donald Graham (April 23, 1848[1] – 1944[2]) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898.
He was born in Ardallin, Sutherlandshire, the son of Alexander Graham, and was educated in Tain, Ross-shire. Graham came to Canada in 1865.[1] In 1875, he moved to British Columbia, settling in the Okanagan Valley. For a time, Graham drove a pack-train for a government survey party.[3] In 1885, he married Adelaide Grier. Graham served as a justice of the peace and was reeve of Spallumcheen for three terms.[1] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1898.[4] Graham was one of the promoters of the Okanagan Flour Mills Co. Ltd, a co-operative flour milling company formed in 1895.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Gemmill, John A (1897). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897. p. 372. http://www.canadiana.org/view/32962/0389. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- ^ Jones, Jo Fraser (2002). Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures: The Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900. UBC Press. p. 299. ISBN 0774808535. http://books.google.com/books?id=yiIXCUATwhEC&pg=PA299. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Donald Graham fonds". University of British Columbia. http://www.library.ubc.ca/spcoll/rescol/rescolgh.html. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986". Elections BC. http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "1860-1900". Stories of the BC Co-op Movement. University of Victoria. http://bcics.uvic.ca/galleria/bc.php?tourtype=4&group=40. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
Categories:- 1848 births
- 1944 deaths
- Independent MLAs in British Columbia
- British Columbia politician stubs
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