William James Gardhouse (September 1, 1880 – October 6, 1950) was a farmer, livestock breeder and politician in

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, Canada. He represented

York West York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

in the

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from 1934 to 1943 as a

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. The son of John Gardhouse and Mary Alice Dickson, he was born in Highfield (now part of

Etobicoke Etobicoke (, ) is an administrative district of, and one of six municipalities amalgamated into, the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Comprising the city's west-end, Etobicoke was first settled by Europeans in the 1790s, and the municipalit ...

) and was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College. In 1905, he married the Alice Garbutt. He served on the Thistledown School Board. Gardhouse was warden for York County. He served as reeve of Etobicoke from 1921 to 1924 and in 1932. Gardhouse ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Ontario assembly in 1932; he was elected in 1934 and re-elected in 1937. He suffered a

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in 1947 and died three years later at the age of 70.

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* 1880 births 1950 deaths Mayors of Etobicoke Ontario Liberal Party MPPs {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub