William Douglas was a farmer, lumber merchant and political figure in

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

, Canada. He represented Charlotte County in the

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from 1886 to 1892 as a Conservative member. He was born in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick and educated in

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

. In 1865, he married Sarah Eldridge. Douglas ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1882. He served ten years as county councillor.

References

''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'' JA Gemmill
Year of birth missing Year of death missing Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub