William Mitchell (Canadian politician)

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{{For|other politicians of this name|William Mitchell (disambiguation)}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Hon.

| name = William Mitchell

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| office = Senator for Wellington, Quebec

| predecessor = Matthew Henry Cochrane

| successor = Wilfrid Laurier McDougald

| term_start = March 5, 1904

| term_end = May 10, 1926

| appointed = Wilfrid Laurier

| birth_date = {{birth date|1851|03|14}}

| birth_place = Durham Township, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|05|10|1851|03|14}}

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| party = Liberal

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| children = Walter George Mitchell

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William Mitchell (March 14, 1851 – May 10, 1926) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Durham Township, Canada West, the son of Thomas Mitchell and Margaret Patrick, both from the north of Ireland, Mitchell started working for a railway company in Maine. He moved back to Durham where he worked in the lumber business. He later moved to Drummondville, Quebec, where he also worked in the lumber business. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1904 by Wilfrid Laurier. He sat as a Liberal and served until his death in 1926.{{cite book|title=The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904|url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft|page=[https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame00montuoft/page/109 109]|year=1906|publisher=Montreal Perrault Print. Co}}

His son, Walter George Mitchell, was also a politician.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=11985|2=William Mitchell|nolist=yes}}