Thomas Gifford (politician): Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
m →References: recat |
||
| (28 intermediate revisions by 21 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Canadian politician (1854–1935)}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
| honorific-prefix = |
| honorific-prefix = |
||
| name = Thomas Gifford |
| name = Thomas Gifford |
||
| Line 5: | Line 8: | ||
| image = Thomas_Gifford_politician.png |
| image = Thomas_Gifford_politician.png |
||
| order = |
| order = |
||
| office1 = Member of [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] for [[ |
| office1 = Member of [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] for [[New Westminster City]] |
||
| term_start1 = |
| term_start1 = 1901 |
||
| term_end1 = 1916 |
| term_end1 = 1916 |
||
| predecessor1 = [[John Cunningham Brown]] |
| predecessor1 = [[John Cunningham Brown]] |
||
| Line 12: | Line 15: | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1854|06|01}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1854|06|01}} |
||
| birth_place = [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]] |
| birth_place = [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]] |
||
| death_date = {{death date|1935|02|19}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|02|19|1854|6|1}} |
||
| death_place = [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]] |
| death_place = [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]] |
||
| nationality = |
| nationality = |
||
| Line 28: | Line 31: | ||
| footnotes = |
| footnotes = |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Thomas Gifford''' ( |
'''Thomas Gifford''' (June 1, 1854 – February 19, 1935) was a politician in [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. |
||
Born in 1854 in [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]], the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart,<ref name="scholefield">{{cite book |url=http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=9096 |title=British Columbia from the earliest times to the present. Vol. 4 |last=Scholefield |first=Ethelbert O. S |author2=Howay, Frederic William |pages=395–96 |year=1914 |access-date=2009-12-11 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031615/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=9096 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart.<ref name="scholefield"/> Thomas and his wife, along with sons William (b. 3 Jul 1878{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}) and Thomas Stuart (b. 3 Jun 1880{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}), emigrated to [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]] in 1881.<ref name="scholefield"/> Here, they had a daughter Margaret (b. 6 Apr 1882{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}) and another son, James Stoddart (b. 26 Sep 1888{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}), before moving again to [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], where Gifford opened a jewelry store.<ref name="scholefield"/> They had three more children - Julia Stuart (b. 8 Aug 1888<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Births/find-adv%2B%20callnumber%3D%28%221888-09-102148%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13808%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B |title=Search Results |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2009-12-11}}</ref>), Hugh Wilson (b. 29 May 1892<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Births/find-adv%2B%20callnumber%3D%28%221892-09-102147%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13810%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B |title=Search Results |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2009-12-11 |archive-date=2019-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215144754/https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Births/find-adv+%20callnumber%3D%28%221892-09-102147%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13810%29%20++++ |url-status=dead }}</ref>), and John Jardine (b. 25 Nov 1893<ref>{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Births/find-adv%2B%20callnumber%3D%28%221893-09-102146%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13810%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B |title=Search Results |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2009-12-11 |archive-date=2019-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215144817/https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Births/find-adv+%20callnumber%3D%28%221893-09-102146%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13810%29%20++++ |url-status=dead }}</ref>) - and lived the rest of their lives in [[New Westminster]]. Gifford served as an alderman for New Westminster, as well as a member of the school board, hospital board and Board of Trade.<ref name="scholefield"/> |
|||
Born in [[Lockerbie]], [[Scotland]], Thomas and his wife Annie Stoddart, along with two sons, emigrated to [[St. Paul]], [[Minnesota]] in 1881. Here, they had a daughter and another son, before moving again to [[New Westminster]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. They had three more children - two daughters and a son - and lived the rest of their lives in [[New Westminster]]. |
|||
Thomas was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] in |
Thomas was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] in a 1901 by-election held after [[John Cunningham Brown]] was named to cabinet, and was re-elected in [[1903 British Columbia general election|1903]], [[1907 British Columbia general election|1907]], [[1909 British Columbia general election|1909]] and [[1912 British Columbia general election|1912]].<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> He was defeated when he sought a sixth term in the Legislature in the 1916 provincial election. |
||
He died in New Westminster at the age of 80 in 1935.<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-5942213/query/Deaths/find-adv%2B%20callnumber%3D%28%221935-09-497663%22%20%29%20AND%20microfilm%3D%28b13152%29%20%2B%2B%2B%2B |title=Search Results |publisher=BC Archives |accessdate=2009-12-11}}</ref> |
|||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
|||
[http://www.elections.bc.ca/elections/electoral_history/toc.html Elections BC] |
|||
==External Links== |
|||
[http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_145/g_08560.gif A portrait of Thomas Gifford, from the BC Provincial Archives] |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gifford, Thomas}} |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gifford, Thomas}} |
||
[[Category:1854 births]] |
[[Category:1854 births]] |
||
[[Category:Politicians from New Westminster]] |
|||
[[Category:Scottish emigrants to Canada]] |
|||
[[Category:British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs]] |
[[Category:British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs]] |
||
[[Category:New Westminster]] |
[[Category:New Westminster city councillors]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:1935 deaths]] |
||
[[Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] |
|||
{{BritishColumbia- |
{{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub}} |
||
Latest revision as of 17:46, 22 October 2024
Thomas Gifford | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for New Westminster City | |
| In office 1901–1916 | |
| Preceded by | John Cunningham Brown |
| Succeeded by | David Whiteside |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1, 1854 Lockerbie, Scotland |
| Died | February 19, 1935 (aged 80) New Westminster, British Columbia |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Annie Stoddart |
Thomas Gifford (June 1, 1854 – February 19, 1935) was a politician in British Columbia, Canada.
Born in 1854 in Lockerbie, Scotland, the son of William Gifford and Margaret Stewart,[1] he was educated there and apprenticed as a jeweller. He opened his own store in Lockerbie around 1876. In 1877, he married Annie Stoddart.[1] Thomas and his wife, along with sons William (b. 3 Jul 1878[citation needed]) and Thomas Stuart (b. 3 Jun 1880[citation needed]), emigrated to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1881.[1] Here, they had a daughter Margaret (b. 6 Apr 1882[citation needed]) and another son, James Stoddart (b. 26 Sep 1888[citation needed]), before moving again to New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, where Gifford opened a jewelry store.[1] They had three more children - Julia Stuart (b. 8 Aug 1888[2]), Hugh Wilson (b. 29 May 1892[3]), and John Jardine (b. 25 Nov 1893[4]) - and lived the rest of their lives in New Westminster. Gifford served as an alderman for New Westminster, as well as a member of the school board, hospital board and Board of Trade.[1]
Thomas was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in a 1901 by-election held after John Cunningham Brown was named to cabinet, and was re-elected in 1903, 1907, 1909 and 1912.[5] He was defeated when he sought a sixth term in the Legislature in the 1916 provincial election.
He died in New Westminster at the age of 80 in 1935.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Scholefield, Ethelbert O. S; Howay, Frederic William (1914). British Columbia from the earliest times to the present. Vol. 4. pp. 395–96. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "Search Results". BC Archives. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
  | This article about a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |