- Wellington Willoughby
Infobox Prime Minister
name = William Bartley Willoughby
honorific-suffix = MLA
caption =
office1 = Leader of the Opposition
term_start1 = 1912
term_end1 = 1917
predecessor1 =Frederick Haultain
successor1 = Donald McLean
party =Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
birth_date =
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place =
party =Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
spouse =
religion = |Wellington Bartley Willoughby, PC (
August 10 1859 –August 1 1932 ) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.Willoughby served as leader of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party and leader of the opposition from 1912 to 1917 and was Member of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the city ofMoose Jaw .He resigned from the
Saskatchewan legislature shortly after his re-election in the 1917 election in order to accept an appointment to theCanadian Senate by SirRobert Borden .In 1929, the leader of the federal Conservative Party,
Richard Bennett , appointed Willoughby to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. When Bennett becamePrime Minister of Canada following the 1930 federal election, Willoughby became Government Leader in the Senate and aminister without portfolio in theCanadian Cabinet . Willougby died in office in 1932.External links
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