David H. Wilson (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About David H. Wilson (politician)
- David Henry Wilson (October 2, 1855 – December 10, 1926) was a physician and political figure in Manitoba.
- He represented Dufferin North from 1881 to 1888 in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Conservative. He was born in Huntley Township, Ontario, the son of Thomas Wilson, and was educated in Pakenham and at Trinity College.
- Wilson practised medicine in Winnipeg for a few months in 1879 and then moved to Nelson.
- He was a founding member of the Manitoba Medical College, later the faculty of medicine at the University of Manitoba.He was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1881 by-election held after Andrew Laughlin was named registrar.
- Wilson served in the Manitoba cabinet as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Public Works.
- He married Annie E.
- Armstrong in 1887.
- He served as coroner for Marquette County and was secretary-treasurer for the North Dufferin Agricultural Society.In 1889, Wilson returned to the practice of medicine in Vancouver, retiring in 1894.
- He was the first president of the Vancouver Medical Association and was vice-president of the British Columbia Permanent Loan Company, the Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company and the Royal Plate Glass Insurance Company.
- Wilson died in Vancouver at the age of 71.
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