| Frederick William Colcleugh | |
| Birth Date: | 1845 |
| Birth Place: | West Flamborough, Ontario |
| Death Date: | 1907 |
| Death Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Andrews |
| Term Start: | 1888 |
| Term End: | 1896 |
Frederick William Colcleugh (1845 - 1907) was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba. He represented St. Andrews from 1888 to 1896 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal.
He was born in West Flamborough, Wentworth County, Canada West, the son of Walter Colcleugh, a native of Scotland, and Sarah Kirkpatrick, and was educated in Dundas and Picton. Colcleugh studied law and passed the Ontario Law Society examination but then went on to apprentice as a clerk. He established a business in Carlisle which he sold in 1874, moving to Manitoba.[1] In 1865, Colcleugh married Isabella Nichol; she died in 1880. He served on the town council for Selkirk and was mayor in 1886 and 1888. Colcleugh ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Manitoba assembly in 1886 before being elected in 1888.[2]
He was president of the Manitoba Hail Insurance Company and of the Lake Winnipeg Lumber Trading and Transfer Company, and also of the St. Andrew's Agricultural Society.[1] In 1893, Colcleugh married Emma Shaw;[3] the couple divorced in 1897.[4] He died in Winnipeg.[5]