William Linegar

{{short description|Newfoundland politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = William Linegar | honorific_suffix = MHA | image = | alt = | caption = | constituency_AM1 = St. John's West | alongside1 = John Crosbie and William Browne | assembly1 = Newfoundland House of | term_start1 = {{start date|1924|06|02}} | term_end1 = {{end date|1928|10|29}} | predecessor1 = Charles Hunt Michael Cashin Richard Squires | successor1 = Alexander Campbell Joseph Fitzgibbon (as MHAs for St. John's City West) | birth_name = | birth_date = 1871 | birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland Colony | death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|02|04|1871}} | death_place = St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | resting_place = | occupation = Cooper | spouse = {{marriage|Ida May Duder|1902}} | children = 10 | awards = | education = | party = Workingmen's Party (1919) Liberal-Labour-Progressive (1923) Liberal-Conservative Progressive (1924–1928) }}

'''William L. Linegar''' (1871 – February 4, 1951) was a cooper, union leader and politician in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's West in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1924 to 1928.<ref name=bio/>

== Early life and union activism ==

Linegar was one of five children born in St. John's to Michael Linegar and Eliza Cole. He married Ida May Duder at St. Patrick’s Church in April 1902. They had 10 children born between 1902-1918. Sometime after 1906, he became president of the Cooper's Union.

== Politics and later life ==

He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly as a Workingmen's Party candidate in 1919. He was defeated in a subsequent by-election and again in 1923 before being elected in 1924 as a Liberal-Conservative. In 1928, Linegar was named to the Board of Liquor Control. He became president of the Cooper's Union again in 1938.<ref name=bio>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/1826 |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador |page=306 |title=Linegar, William L}}</ref>

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