William James Lewis

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Other people|William Lewis}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} thumb|right|William James Lewis '''William James Lewis''' (September 23, 1830 – June 22, 1910) was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Albert County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1879 to 1896 and Albert in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 as an Independent and then Liberal member.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8104|nolist=yes}}</ref>

He was born in Hillsborough, New Brunswick,<ref name="parl"/> the son of John Lewis, who served in the province's assembly and Legislative Council,<ref name="canbio">{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08546/72 |page=658 |title=The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men |year=1881 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |volume=Quebec and the Maritime Provinces |location=Toronto}}</ref> and Lavinia Taylor.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |editor-last=Johnson |editor-first=J.K. |year=1968 |location=Ottawa |publisher=Public Archives of Canada |page=338 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/338 |url-access=registration}}</ref> He was educated there and at Sackville, then went on to study medicine at the University of Glasgow. He served as coroner for Albert County and was also a school trustee.<ref name="canbio"/> He practised medicine in Hillsborough. He was married twice: to Melissa Steeves in 1877 and to Catherine Duffy in 1885.<ref name="johnson"/> Lewis was a member of the province's Executive Council from 1882 to 1883.<ref name="parl"/> He died in Saint John at the age of 79.<ref name="johnson"/>

== Electoral record == {{1896 Canadian federal election/Albert}} {{1900 Canadian federal election/Albert}}

== References == {{reflist}} * {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32961/354 |page=330 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1891 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}

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