William Charles Sutherland

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|office=Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

| cabinet =Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

| term_start =December 10, 1908

| term_end =June 15, 1912

| predecessor =Thomas MacNutt

| successor =John Albert Sheppard

| birth_date ={{birth date|1865|6|7}}

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| death_date ={{death date and age|1940|3|2|1865|6|7}}

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| profession =Rancher, Farmer, Lawyer

| party =Liberal

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William Charles Sutherland (June 7, 1865 – March 2, 1940) was the second Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1908–1912), i.e., the presiding officer of the legislature.{{cite journal|title=Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time|journal=Who's Who in Canada|date=1914|issue=v. 6-7|publisher=International Press Limited.|issn=0083-9450|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dy9if3Yix8UC|access-date=2017-09-28}} Sutherland was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly who was first elected in the first general election on December 13, 1905, to the first legislature of the newly formed Province of Saskatchewan.{{Cite web |title=SUTHERLAND, WILLIAM CHARLES |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/sutherland_william_charles_16E.html |website=Dictionary of Canadian Biography}}

Sutherland represented the electoral district of Saskatoon, and served with Premier Walter Scott. He was re-elected in the 1908 and 1912 elections to represent Saskatoon County. On May 23, 1906, Sutherland introduced a resolution to move the capital of the province from Regina to Saskatoon, but the motion was defeated by a vote of 21–2 in the legislature.Thomas Walter Scott He died on March 2, 1940.{{cite web|url=https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/default/files/documents/community-services/parks/woodlawn-cemetary/general-information/sutherland-wc.pdf|author=Ian|date=2015-02-18|title=Sutherland, William Charles (1904-1906)|access-date=2017-09-28}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Members-of-Legislative-Assembly.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-11-16 |archive-date=2011-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725182436/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/Members-of-Legislative-Assembly.pdf |url-status=dead }}

Saskatoon Club

Sutherland, Fred Engen, F. S. Cahill, H.L. Jordan and James Straton were the first members of the executive committee for the Saskatoon Club. The Saskatoon Club was established as a club for social purposes to serve business, professional and community leaders as a supplement the role of the Board of Trade in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan.{{cite web

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| access-date =2007-05-01

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A Legacy Honored, A Life Remembered

On the 30th day of August, 1909 Sutherland, Saskatchewan{{Cite web |title=Sutherland, Municipal Ward 1 |url=https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/default/files/documents/community-services/planning-development/research/neighbourhood-profiles/sutherland.pdf |website=City of Saskatoon}} was officiated a village incorporated under the namesake of William Charles Sutherland.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://sutherlandbid.ca/our-history/ |website=Sutherland Business Improvement District}} This, in honor of the Sutherland's pioneering political role of service as community councilman in 1906, during the early phases of the neighbourhood formation.{{Cite web |title=Community Links |url=https://sutherlandforestgrove.ca/community-links/ |website=Sutherland Forest Grove Community Association}}
He was an area rancher who later farmed, and practised law in the Saskatoon area. Jno Henry, Charles Willoughby, Wm Richardson, Wm Chas Sutherland, Frederick Engen, and Albert Herman Hanson owned the land at Section 29 Township 36 Ramge 5 West of the Third Meridian.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011102_e.html|website=collectionscanada.ca|title=Western Land Grants (1870-1930) Archivia Net|access-date=2017-09-28|archive-date=2006-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061007075144/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011102_e.html|url-status=dead}}
According to the City of Saskatoon archives, William Charles Sutherland "helped to secure the University of Saskatchewan for Saskatoon."{{Cite web |title=Sutherland, William Charles (1904-1906) |url=https://www.saskatoon.ca/sites/default/files/documents/community-services/parks/woodlawn-cemetary/general-information/sutherland-wc.pdf |website=Saskatoon.ca}}

External links

[http://www.gr.gov.sk.ca/Protocol/Art/sutherland.htm Government Relations | Office of Protocol and Honours]
[http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/2-07.pdf SASKATCHEWAN SPEAKERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY]
[http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/2-10.pdf SASKATCHEWAN MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEGISLATURES *]
[http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/pol11.html Saskatchewan's Top News Stories: Politics Liberals Carry Saskatchewan--Scott Government Sustained But *[http://saskliberal.ca/ Saskatchewan Liberals]

References

Category:Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Category:Politicians from Saskatoon

Category:Canadian civil servants

Category:20th-century Canadian historians

Category:Canadian male non-fiction writers

Category:Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs

Category:Writers from Saskatoon

Category:1865 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan