Wellington Hay Explained

Wellington Hay
Riding1:Perth North
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1926
Term End1:1930
Predecessor1:David McKenzie Wright
Successor1:David McKenzie Wright
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1916
Term End2:1923
Successor2:Joseph Monteith
Constituency2:Perth North
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:17 November 1864
Birth Place:Listowel, Canada West
Death Place:Stratford, Ontario
Occupation:Grain merchant
Relations:David Hay, uncle

Francis Wellington Hay (November 17, 1864 – April 1, 1932) was a grain merchant and Canadian politician.

Hay was born in Listowel, Canada West, the son of William G. Hay. He worked for the Federal Bank for three years before entering the family grain business. He was mayor of Listowel from 1903 to 1904. Hay was defeated by James Torrance for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1914; he won a by-election in 1916 and represented the provincial riding of Perth North until 1923. He served as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in the provincial legislature from 1921 to 1923 but resigned after the one election campaign he led the party through saw the Liberals drop in representation from 27 to 14 seats. In 1926 he was elected to the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party but did not run for re-election in 1930.

His uncle David Davidson Hay had previously served in the provincial assembly. His brother J. Nelson Hay also served as mayor of Listowel.

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