William Evan Price
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = William Evan Price
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| constituency_MP = Chicoutimi—Saguenay
| parliament = Canadian
| predecessor = Pierre-Alexis Tremblay
| successor = Ernest Cimon
| term_start = 1872
| term_end = 1874
| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chicoutimi-Saguenay
| predecessor2 = Michel Guillaume Baby
| successor2 = Joseph-Élisée Beaudet
| term_start2 = 1875
| term_end2 = 1880
| birth_date = {{birth date|1827|11|17}}
| birth_place = Wolfesfield Estate, Sillery, Quebec, Lower Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1880|6|12|1827|11|17}}
| death_place = Wolfesfield Estate, Sillery, Quebec, Canada
| resting_place = Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec, Canada
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| party = Conservative
| parents = William Price
Jane Stewart
| relatives = Evans John Price (brother)
David Edward Price (brother)
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William Evan Price (November 17, 1827 – June 12, 1880) was a businessman and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament representing Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.
Biography
He was born at the Wolfesfield (or Wolfe's Field) Estate (domaine Wolfesfield) in Sillery, in 1827, the son of William Price, a timber baron in the Saguenay region.{{cite DCB|5216}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/toponymie/fiche.aspx?IdFiche=2413|title=Fiche — Toponymie — avenue du Ravin|website=www.ville.quebec.qc.ca|access-date=2018-12-09|language=fr-CA}} He joined his father's business, William Price and Company, in the Chicoutimi area. In 1867, with his brothers David Edward and Evans John, he started Price Brothers and Company, which took over the assets of his father's company. In 1872, he defeated Pierre-Alexis Tremblay for a seat in the House of Commons.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3792|nolist=yes}} Although Protestant, he supported the development of Catholic schools in the region. In 1875, he was elected to the Quebec National Assembly in the same riding. He was reelected in 1878 but resigned from his seat in February 1880 because of health problems.
He died at the family estate of Wolfesfield in Sillery, in 1880.{{Cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/price-william-evan-4999/biographie.html|title=William Evan Price - Assemblée nationale du Québec|website=www.assnat.qc.ca|language=fr-CA|access-date=2018-12-08}} Price was buried at Mount Hermon Cemetery in Sillery. A monument was built in his honour at Chicoutimi in 1882.[http://classiques.uqac.ca/collection_histoire_SLSJ/gosselin_fx/inauguration_monument_price/inauguration.html Chocoutimi monument] {{in lang|fr}} The village of Price, Quebec is named after him.{{toponymie|51187}}
References
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External links
- {{Quebec MNA biography|price-william-evan-4999}}
- [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/price_william_evan_10E.html PRICE, WILLIAM EVAN] at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
- {{Find a Grave}}
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Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
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Category:Canadian businesspeople
Category:Politicians from Quebec City
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Category:Canadian people of Welsh descent
Category:Burials at Mount Hermon Cemetery
Category:People from Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge
Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec