Samuel Page (politician) explained

Samuel Page
Term Start:February 14, 1906
Term End:October 10, 1916
1Blankname:Speaker
1Namedata:
Predecessor:new office
Successor:George Arthur Mantle
Term Start2:March 14, 1901
Term End2:August 31, 1905
1Blankname2:Speaker
1Namedata2:
Predecessor2:Robert Bell Gordon
Term Start3:November 7, 1891
Term End3:November 4, 1898
Constituency3:Cannington
Successor3:Ewan Cameron McDiarmid
Birth Date:1857 4, mf=y
Death Place:Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Samuel Spencer Page (April 21, 1857 – October 10, 1916) was a Canadian politician. He served on the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for Cannington from 1891 to 1898.[1]

Page was born in England, the son of A. Shaw Page and Eliza Mary Civian Tunney. He attended Rossall School and immigrated to Canada in 1882. An Anglican, he married Frances Michall Pierce in November 1885. From 1906 to his death, Page served as a clerk in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He resided in Regina.[2] [3]

He was elected in 1891 to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, and was defeated in the next election, in 1898. Upon his retirement he served as a clerk for the assembly, from March 14, 1901 to August 31, 1905.

Electoral results

1891 election

November 7, 1891 election
Name Vote%Samuel PageAcclaimed
Total Votesn/an/a

1894 election

October 31, 1894 election
Name Vote%Samuel Page23760.00%N. McConnachie15840.00%
Total Votes150100%

1898 election

November 4, 1898 election
Name Vote%Ewan Cameron McDiarmid22852.66%Samuel Page11426.33%William Hislop9121.02%
Total Votes150100%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North-West Territories: Council and Legislative Assembly, 1876-1905 . Saskatchewan Archives . 30 September 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928101028/http://www.saskarchives.com/web/seld/1-00.pdf . 28 September 2007.
  2. Book: Who's who in Canada: An Illustrated Biographical Record of Men and Women of the Time. 1914. v. 6–7. International Press Limited.. 0083-9450. 13 August 2015.
  3. Web site: ~cansacem/regina/3096. rootsweb.ancestry.com. 13 August 2015.