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About William J. Short
- William John Short (September 22, 1865 – September 7, 1939) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1922 to 1927.He was born in Wellington County, Ontario, the son of William J.
- Short and Margaret Oakmen, and was educated in Grey County.
- After leaving school at sixteen, Short worked as a farm labourer until 1888, when he travelled west to Manitoba, settling on a homestead near Shoal Lake, Manitoba.
- In 1885, he married Matilda Bumpstead.
- He operated a butcher shop for five years and then became a livestock dealer.
- Short subsequently purchased a farm, where he grew grain and raised cattle and horses.
- He served on the council for the Rural Municipality of Shoal Lake and was reeve from 1907 to 1922.He ran for the Manitoba legislature in the 1922 provincial election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba (UFM), and defeated Liberal candidate William Iverach by 597 votes in the Birtle constituency. The UFM unexpectedly formed government following the election.
- Short served as a backbench supporter of John Bracken's administration for the next five years.
- He did not run for re-election in 1927. Short died in Shoal Lake.
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