William Henry Allison

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1838–1934)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = William Henry Allison | image = WilliamHenryAllison.jpg | cabinet = | term_start = 1878 | term_end = 1882 | predecessor = Monson Henry Goudge | successor = | birth_date = June 14, 1838 | birth_place = Newport, Colony of Nova Scotia | death_date = {{death date and age|1934|12|15|1838|6|14}} | death_place = Chamberlain, South Dakota, U.S. | profession = school lands commissioner | party = Conservative | riding = Hants | portfolio = | footnotes = | portfolio 2 = | term_start2 = 1882 | term_end2 = 1887 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Alfred Putnam | spouse = }} '''William Henry Allison''' (June 14, 1838 – December 15, 1934) was a Canadian politician and school lands commissioner. He was elected as a Conservative to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1878 election in the riding of Hants and re-elected in 1882.<ref name=parl>Government of Canada: ParlInfo Database [https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=13869 William Henry Allison, M.P]</ref>

Allison was the son of James Whidden Allison, who had served as a member of the provincial assembly, and Margaret Elder.<ref>{{cite book |last=Eaton |first=Arthur Wentworth Hamilton |author-link=Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton |title=The History of King's County, Nova Scotia |publisher=Salem Press Company |date=1910 |page=656 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6gOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA656}}</ref> Allison was educated in Sackville, New Brunswick and later was a captain in the local militia.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |date=1881 |location=Ottawa |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |page=123 |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32955/127}}</ref> Between 1871 and 1878, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia for Hants County. Allison ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in 1874.<ref name=parl/>

His brother David served as president of Mount Allison University. He moved to Chamberlain, South Dakota for his health. As his health continued to decline he became a pauper and became dependent on public charity. He died at age 96.<ref>{{cite news|date=December 20, 1934|page=1|newspaper=Argus-Leader|location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27271365/argusleader/|title=Former Canadian Legislator Dies|accessdate=January 15, 2019}}</ref>

== Electoral record == {{1874 Canadian federal election/Hants}} {{1878 Canadian federal election/Hants}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/Hants}}

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