William Allen Walsh Explained

William Allen Walsh
Birthname:William Allen Walsh
Birth Date:1887 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Spouse:Edith Thompson
m. 27 December 1916[1]
Riding:Mount Royal
Predecessor:Robert Smeaton White
Successor:Fred Whitman
Term Start:October 1935
Term End:March 1940
Profession:school principal, school superintendent, teacher
Party:Conservative

William Allen Walsh (20 August 1887 – 18 October 1940) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Kingston, Ontario and became a school principal, school superintendent and teacher, primarily at the Protestant Strathcona Academy in the Montreal suburb of Outremont.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Mount Royal riding in the 1935 general election. After serving one term, the 18th Canadian Parliament, Walsh entered the March 1940 election under the Conservative-based National Government party banner but was defeated by Fred Whitman of the Liberal party. Walsh died months later, on 18 October 1940.

Walsh remains the last member of the House of Commons of Canada to represent the Mount Royal riding who was not a Liberal.

References

  1. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1936.