William Guthrie (February 22, 1884 – December 7, 1954) was an

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farmer and political figure. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member from 1934 to 1943. He was born in

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, the son of Archibald Guthrie, and was educated in

Sarnia Township Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes w ...

. On November 6, 1907 he married Ida May Dunford. They had seven children. He was a market gardener. Guthrie defeated Andrew Robinson McMillen to win the provincial seat in 1934. He was defeated by Harry Steel in 1943. He died in 1956.Lakeview Cemetery Records, Sarnia

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''Lambton County's Hundred Years, 1849 - 1949'', V Lauriston (1949)
1884 births 1954 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Lambton County {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub