William Armstrong McCulla (1837 – July 1, 1923) was an

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-born industrialist, building contractor and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented Peel in the

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from 1887 to 1891 as a

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member. He was born in Sligo,

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, the son of John McCulla, who came to Canada in 1849''From Strachan to Owen : how the Church of England was planted and tended in British North America'' (1937)
Bull, WP pp. 259-60 and Marie Louise Beatty, and was educated in Ireland and Canada. McCulla married Elizabeth McBride. He served 13 years on the town council for

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, serving three years as reeve and three years as mayor. McCulla also served as warden for Peel County. He served as postmaster for Brampton from 1892 to 1923. He died in Brampton at the age of 86.

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1837 births 1923 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Mayors of Brampton Canadian Anglicans {{Ontario-mayor-stub