Walter Beatty (January 3, 1836 – January 5, 1911) was a Canadian land surveyor and political figure. He represented
Leeds in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1894 to 1904 as a
Conservative member.
He was born in
Lansdowne,
Upper Canada in 1836, educated in
Brockville and qualified as a Dominion Land Surveyor in 1872, undertaking surveys in what is now
Alberta,
Saskatchewan and
Manitoba. He served under General
Middleton in the Intelligence Corps during the
North-West Rebellion
The North-West Rebellion (french: Rébellion du Nord-Ouest), also known as the North-West Resistance, was a resistance by the Métis people under Louis Riel and an associated uprising by First Nations Cree and Assiniboine of the District of S ...
. Beatty served as warden for the
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in 1890 and 1891. He died in
Delta in 1911.
His brother
William Rabb Beatty
William Rabb Beatty (June 11, 1851 – February 8, 1905) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Parry Sound in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal-Patrons of Industry member from 1894 to 1898 and as a ...
also served in the provincial assembly.
Beatty Lake in
Manitoba was named after him.
External links
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'' JA Gemmill*
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1836 births
1911 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs