William Garson
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1856–1911)}}
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William C. W. Garson (May 6, 1856 – February 1, 1911){{Cite web |title=William Corson Watt Garson (1856-1911) - Find a... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113690033/william-corson_watt-garson |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=www.findagrave.com |language=en}} was a Scottish-born Ontario and Manitoba businessman and political figure. He represented Lincoln in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1890.
Early life
He was born in Kirkwall, Orkney Islands in 1856, the son of Robert Garson, and moved to St. Catharines, Canada West with his family in 1857. He served as a captain in the local militia. Garson was trained as a mason and became a construction contractor. In 1895, he married Margaret Annable.
Career
Garson moved to Winnipeg in 1901 where he served on the Board of Control and helped establish the city's publicly owned hydroelectric system. He helped develop limestone quarries near Tyndall, the source of the Tyndall Stone later used in the construction of the provincial parliament buildings and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Garson continued to operate as a contractor until his death in Winnipeg due to pneumonia in 1911.
Legacy
His son, Stuart, later served as premier of Manitoba. The village of Garson, Manitoba was named after William Garson.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
References
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- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=william-garson}}
- {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32959/212 |page=202 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1887 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}
- {{cite web |website=Memorable Manitobans |first=Gordon |last=Goldsborough |date=21 September 2019 |title=William Corston Watt Garson (1856-1911) |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/garson_wcw.shtml |publisher=Manitoba Historical Society}}
- {{cite journal |journal=Manitoba History |title=Stuart Garson and the Manitoba Progressive Coalition |url=http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/26/garsoncoalition.shtml |first=Mark E. |last=Vajcner |date=Autumn 1993 |volume=26}}
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Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:British emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario