Samuel Spencer Page (April 21, 1857 – October 10, 1916) was a Canadian politician. He served on the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Cannington from 1891 to 1898.[1]
Samuel Page | |
|---|---|
| 1st Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | |
| In office February 14, 1906 – October 10, 1916 | |
| Speaker | |
| Preceded by | new office |
| Succeeded by | George Arthur Mantle |
| Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | |
| In office March 14, 1901 – August 31, 1905 | |
| Speaker | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bell Gordon |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | |
| In office November 7, 1891 – November 4, 1898 | |
| Succeeded by | Ewan Cameron McDiarmid |
| Constituency | Cannington |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 21, 1857 Lancaster, England |
| Died | October 10, 1916 (aged 59) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Political party | Independent |
Page was born in England, the son of A. Shaw Page and Eliza Mary Civian Tunney. He attended Rossall School and immigrated to Canada in 1882. An Anglican, he married Frances Michall Pierce in November 1885. From 1906 to his death, Page served as a clerk in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He resided in Regina.[2][3]
He was elected in 1891 to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, and was defeated in the next election, in 1898. Upon his retirement he served as a clerk for the assembly, from March 14, 1901 to August 31, 1905.
Electoral results
edit1891 election
edit| November 7, 1891 election | |||
| [1] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Page | Acclaimed | ||
| Total Votes | n/a | n/a | |
1894 election
edit| October 31, 1894 election | |||
| [1] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Page | 237 | 60.00% | |
| N. McConnachie | 158 | 40.00% | |
| Total Votes | 150 | 100% | |
1898 election
edit| November 4, 1898 election | |||
| [1] | Name | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ewan Cameron McDiarmid | 228 | 52.66% | |
| Samuel Page | 114 | 26.33% | |
| William Hislop | 91 | 21.02% | |
| Total Votes | 150 | 100% | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d "North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
- ^ Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time. International Press Limited. 1914. ISSN 0083-9450. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ^ "~cansacem/regina/3096". rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
