Elias George Conklin Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Elias George Conklin
Order:5th Mayor of Winnipeg
Term Start:1881
Term End:1881
Order2:Legislative Assembly of Manitoba member for Winnipeg North
Term Start2:1883
Term End2:1886
Birth Date:16 August 1845[1]
Birth Place:Keglane, Brant County, Canada West
Death Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Spouse:Janet Scott (m. 1873)

Elias George Conklin (16 August 1845 – 20 April 1901)[2] was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba and the fifth Mayor of Winnipeg.

Conklin was born in 1845 near what is today Paris, Ontario. During his private career, he was a partner in the real estate firm Conklin and Fortune and was also involved in construction and grist mill ventures.

Towards the end of 1880, after Conklin had been a city alderman for some time, he defeated William Gomez Fonseca in the Winnipeg mayoral election. Conklin served as Mayor in 1881, then left that office after serving only one year.[3]

Conklin was a Liberal candidate in Winnipeg in the 1882 Canadian federal election.[4]

In 1883, he was elected for the Winnipeg North provincial riding. Conklin served one term there until his defeat in the 1886 provincial election.

References

  1. https://www.gov.mb.ca/hansard/members/mla_bio_deceased.html MLA Biographies - Deceased at the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  2. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/conklin_eg.shtml Manitoba Historical Society - Elias George Conklin
  3. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-f.php?&id_nbr=6715 William Gomez Fonseca at the 'Dictionary of Canadian Biography'
  4. News: Our Winnipeg Letter.. May 30, 1882. 8. Montreal Gazette. June 8, 2023.