John Felton Betts (October 9, 1854 – May 9, 1914Perry, Footz (2006) 224) was a merchant and political figure in the Northwest Territories, Canada. He represented Prince Albert and then Cumberland in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1898. He was born in Sterling, Ontario, the son of the Reverend Lorenzo A. Betts, and was educated at Albert College in Belleville. In 1882, he married Mary E. Boyle. Betts settled in Prince Albert in 1879, where he was the first person to erect a building on the townsite. He was justice of the peace and chairman of the school board. Betts also served as acting mayor of Prince Albert for nine years. He was

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. The speakership has changed many times: from 1876 to 1888 the presiding officer of the assembly was the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories ...

from 1894 to 1898. Outside of government, John Betts was a member of the freemasons of Saskatchewan. John Betts Freemason

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'The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891''
JA Gemmill

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* Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1854 births 1914 deaths People from Hastings County Canadian justices of the peace {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub