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William James Hushion (November 3, 1883 – January 29, 1954) was a
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businessman and politician. Born in
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,
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, the son of Daniel Hushion and Margaret Phelan, he started working with his father and eventually started his own company, W. J. Hushion. He worked as a grain mercant, and was president of
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Montreal Transfer Terminal Ltd., Seven Industries Ltd. and Clinton Distilleries Corporation, as well as vice-president of Montreal Distilleries Corporation. He was a director of several other companies: Hushion and Hushion Ltd., Canada Catering Co. Ltd., Rock Product Co. Ltd., Wesh Coal Corporation, Nu-Way Box Co. Ltd. and
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. He was listed as a promoter of Montreal and Quebec Products Exchanges Inc. He also volunteered with hospital boards, and was named governor for life of
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in 1923 and of St. Mary's Hospital in 1924. He was a member of several
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, including
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and Shamrock Athletic Association. In 1916, he was defeated as a
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candidate in the riding of
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in the 1916 Quebec provincial election. He was also defeated as a
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candidate in the riding of St. Antoine in the 1917 federal election. He served on Montreal City Council from 1914 to 1928. He was elected in 1923 to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in the riding of Montréal–Sainte-Anne. He resigned in 1924 and was elected to the
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in the riding of St. Antoine in a 1924
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. He was defeated in
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and
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. He was re-elected in the 1935 federal election in the riding of St. Ann. He was summoned to the
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in 1940 in the senatorial division of Victoria, Quebec. He served until his death in 1954. He is buried in the
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. The Bain Hushion, a
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at 757, rue des Seigneurs in Montreal, was named after him. The building was damaged by fire and permanently closed in 1988, but will be renovated into housing for aboriginal women. He had a son, also named William James Hushion, who married Marielle Herdt. That couple had a son, William J. Hushion (April 16, 1940 – April 8, 2020), who owned a book distribution company, Hushion House.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hushion, William 1883 births 1954 deaths Businesspeople from Montreal Canadian senators from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Montreal city councillors