John Elliot Williams | |
Office: | MLA (Councillor) for 4th Kings |
Predecessor: | Gilbert Clements |
Successor: | Gilbert Clements |
Term Start: | 1978 |
Term End: | 1979 |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1920 |
Birth Place: | Beach Point, Prince Edward Island |
Death Place: | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
John Elliot Williams (September 5, 1920 – June 4, 1988) was a Canadian politician and boat builder. He represented 4th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1978 to 1979 as a Progressive Conservative.[1]
Williams was born in 1920 in Beach Point, Prince Edward Island.[1] He married Annie Giddings in 1940.[1] Williams enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War, to work as a shipwright.[1] Following the war, he returned to Beach Point, and worked various jobs as a fisherman and carpenter before starting a career as a boat builder in the 1950s.[1]
Williams entered provincial politics in the 1978 election, defeating Liberal incumbent Gilbert Clements by 24 votes to become councillor for the electoral district of 4th Kings.[2] Williams was defeated by Clements when he ran for re-election in 1979.[3]
Following his term as MLA, Williams continued his career as a boat builder and died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown in June 1988.[1]