William Herbert Burns

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = William Herbert Burns | honorific_suffix = | image = | constituency_MP = [[Portage la Prairie (federal electoral district)|Portage la Prairie]] | parliament = Canadian | majority = | predecessor = [[Ewan McPherson]] | successor = [[Harry Leader]] | term_start = 1930 | term_end = 1935 | birth_date = February 27, 1878 | birth_place = [[Stayner, Ontario]], Canada | death_date = January 1, 1964 | death_place = | spouse = | party = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = [[merchant]] | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport|Men's [[Curling at the Winter Olympics|Curling]]}} {{MedalGold|[[1932 Winter Olympics|1932 Lake Placid]]|''[[Curling at the 1932 Winter Olympics|Curling (demonstration)]]''}} {{MedalBottom}} '''William Herbert Burns''' (February 27, 1878 – January 1, 1964) was a [[Canadian]] [[politician]] and [[merchant]]. He was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a Member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative Party of Canada]] in the [[1930 Canadian federal election|1930]] election to represent the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[Portage la Prairie (federal electoral district)|Portage la Prairie]]. He was defeated in the [[1935 Canadian federal election|1935]] election.

Born in [[Stayner, Ontario]], Burns was elected [[councillor]] of [[Portage la Prairie, Manitoba]], and became mayor in 1921 until 1930.

Burns was named to the team that represented the [[Manitoba Curling Association]] at the [[1932 Winter Olympics]]. That year, [[curling]] was a [[demonstration sport]]. Burns was [[skip (curling)|skip]] for the team which took first place in the event. The Manitoba team was undefeated, winning all four of its games at the Olympics.<ref name=gold>{{cite news |url=http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2014/03/27/fort-william-mayor-won-olympic-gold |title=Fort William mayor won Olympic gold |newspaper=Chronicle-Journal |last=Imrie |first=Diane |date=March 27, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140913002534/http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2014/03/27/fort-william-mayor-won-olympic-gold |archivedate=September 13, 2014 }}</ref> In 2004, the team was inducted into the [[Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum|Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honouredmembers/inductee.php?id=318&criteria_sort=name |title=1932 W.H. Burns Curling Team |work=Honoured Members Database |publisher=Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913171209/http://www.halloffame.mb.ca/honouredmembers/inductee.php?id=318&criteria_sort=name |archivedate=2014-09-13 }}</ref>

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