William Willoughby Miller (September 12, 1880
– 1959
) was a merchant and political figure in
Saskatchewan. He represented
Biggar from 1929 to 1934 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a
Conservative.
He was born in
Brockville, Ontario
Brockville, formerly Elizabethtown, is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, it is politically independent of the county. It is included with Le ...
, the son of Willoughby Miller and Isabella Baker, and was educated in
Greenbush. Miller joined his brother in
New York City, where he worked in a grocery and butcher business for three years. In 1906, he married Lillian Powell. Miller farmed in
Leeds County for six years and then, in 1910, travelled west to
Biggar, Saskatchewan, where he purchased a
general store. He later became the local dealer for
Chevrolet
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and
McLaughlin automobiles and the owner of a garage. Miller served on the Biggar city council and the local school board.
He was defeated by
Robert Pelham Hassard when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1934.
References
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan MLAs
1880 births
1959 deaths
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