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.