William George Medd (December 14, 1869 – March 27, 1951) was an Ontario agricultural businessman and politician. He represented Huron South in the

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from 1926 to 1934 as a

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member. He was born and raised in Hullett Township, Huron County, Ontario and educated at the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph. In 1902, he married Almina Gregory with whom he had a son and two daughters. Medd owned and managed

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and Winchelsea, Ontario, and at one time was president of the Western Ontario Dairymen's Association. Having an active interest in religion, he also served as the president of the Ontario Religious Education Council, was a member of the executive of the Ontario Temperance Federation, and was a commissioner to the first General Council of the United Church of Canada.

References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1930'', AL Normandin * ''Exeter Times-Advocate'', April 19, 1951

External links

Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
1869 births 1951 deaths United Farmers of Ontario MLAs People from Huron County, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Ontario-MPP-stub