Elmer Victor Finland Explained

Elmer Victor Finland
Birth Date:8 July 1894
Birth Place:Victoria, British Columbia
Death Place:Victoria, British Columbia
Office:MLA for Esquimalt
Term:1937 - 1945
Party:British Columbia Conservative Party
Profession:Lawyer
Spouse:Gladys Luetta McDonald
Children:Daphne

Elmer Victor Finland (July 8, 1894  - May 26, 1968) was a lawyer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Esquimalt in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1945 as a Conservative. He served as deputy speaker of the Legislature from 1941 to 1944. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 1949 provincial election.

He was born in Victoria, British Columbia, the son of George Robert Finland and Kate C. Finnerty, and was educated at McGill University and Stanford University. In 1921, he married Gladys L. MacDonald. Finland served as a lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force during World War I.[1] In March 1945, it was announced that he was unable to attend further sessions of the assembly because he was returning to duties with the Royal Canadian Air Force.[2] He died in 1968.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A L. Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940 . 1940 .
  2. His mother was the eldest daughter of John Fenerty (Finnerty) and Hannah Cullian, pioneer Victorians who married in Victoria's St Andrews catholic church in 1867.Elmer was known to his friends as Mike. Curiously, his brother Harold was also known as Mike. He had two sisters, Edna and SadieElmer is buried beside his parents in Royal Oak Cemetery. Web site: Archived Journals of the Legislative Assembly . Legislative Assembly of British Columbia . March 21, 1945 . 2011-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425083156/http://archives.leg.bc.ca/EPLibraries/leg_arc/document/ID/LibraryTest/1786916265 . 2012-04-25 .
  3. Web site: FamilySearch.org. 25 June 2023.