William Sutherland (September 3, 1854 – June 13, 1930) was a general merchant and political figure in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, Canada. He represented Qu'Appelle in the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories from 1887 to 1888 and

North Qu'Appelle North Qu'Appelle is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, and abolished before the 8th Saska ...

in the

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from 1888 to 1898 as a Conservative. He was born in

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, the son of a Scottish immigrant, and was educated in Ottawa. In 1888, he married Henrietta Aquas Traveller. He went to the Northwest Territories in 1881. Sutherland also served as postmaster for Qu'Appelle. Sutherland died of heart failure at Bridgeburg, Ontario in 1930 and was buried at

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in Ottawa.Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947

References

'The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891''
JA Gemmill Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories 1854 births 1930 deaths People from Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan Canadian people of Scottish descent {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub