Michael Manson (April 29, 1857 – July 11, 1932
) was a
Scottish
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*Scottish English
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-born farmer and political figure in
British Columbia. He represented
Comox from 1909 to 1916 and
Mackenzie from 1924 to 1933 in the
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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as a
Conservative.
Biography
He was born in Pickigarth,
Shetland Islands
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie about to the no ...
on April 29, 1857, the son of John Manson and Margaret Bain.
He came to British Columbia in 1874. In 1879, Manson married Jane Renwick. He was a director of the Call Creek Oyster Company. Manson also served as a
justice of the peace
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.
From 1887 to 1895, he operated a trading post on
Cortes Island with his brother John.
He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the assembly in 1916.
Manson died in
Bella Coola on July 11, 1932, at the age of 75.
The community of
Mansons Landing on Cortes Island is named after him.
References
External links
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1857 births
1932 deaths
British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs
People from Shetland
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