William Barton Northrup Explained

William Barton Northrup
Office1:5th Clerk of the House of Commons
Predecessor1:Thomas Barnard Flint
Successor1:Arthur Beauchesne
Term Start1:March 1918
Term End1:December 1924
Constituency Mp2:Hastings East
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Jeremiah M. Hurley
Successor2:Thomas Henry Thompson
Term Start2:1900
Term End2:1917
Predecessor3:Samuel Barton Burdett
Successor3:Jeremiah M. Hurley
Term Start3:1892
Term End3:1896
Birth Date:19 October 1856
Birth Place:Belleville, Canada West
Party:Conservative
Alma Mater:University of Toronto
Profession:Lawyer

William Barton Northrup, (October 19, 1856  - October 22, 1925) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Belleville, Canada West, the son of Anson Gilbert Northrup and Jane C. Balster, Northrup was educated at the Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877 and a Master of Arts degree in 1878. A lawyer he was head of the firm of Northrup & Roberts, in Belleville. He was created a King's Counsel in 1903.[1]

He first ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario electoral district of Hastings East in the 1891 federal election losing to Liberal Samuel Barton Burdett. After Burdett died in office in 1892, Northrup was acclaimed in the resulting 1892 by-election. He was defeated in the 1896 federal election and was elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1911.

From 1918 to 1924, he was the Clerk of the House of Commons.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904. 1906 . Montreal Perrault Print. Co .