Donald Graham (politician)

Donald Graham (April 23, 1848[1] – 1944[2]) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898.

He was born in Ardallin, Sutherlandshire, the son of Alexander Graham, and was educated in Tain, Ross-shire. Graham came to Canada in 1865.[1] In 1875, he moved to British Columbia, settling in the Okanagan Valley. For a time, Graham drove a pack-train for a government survey party.[3] In 1885, he married Adelaide Grier. Graham served as a justice of the peace and was reeve of Spallumcheen for three terms.[1] He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1898.[4] Graham was one of the promoters of the Okanagan Flour Mills Co. Ltd, a co-operative flour milling company formed in 1895.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gemmill, John A (1897). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897. p. 372. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
  2. ↑ Jones, Jo Fraser (2002). Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures: The Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900. UBC Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-7748-0853-5. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  3. ↑ "Donald Graham fonds". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
  4. ↑ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  5. ↑ "1860-1900". Stories of the BC Co-op Movement. University of Victoria. Retrieved 2011-08-22.


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