{{Short description|Premier and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (1850–1925)}} {{about|the former Premier of New Brunswick|the Richmond Hill, Ontario reeve|William H. Pugsley}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = William Pugsley | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC|size=100%}} | image = William Pugsley.jpg | caption = Hon. William Pugsley | order = 11th [[Premier of New Brunswick]] | term_start = March 6, 1907 | term_end = May 31, 1907 | predecessor = [[Lemuel John Tweedie|Lemuel J. Tweedie]] | successor = [[Clifford William Robinson|Clifford W. Robinson]] | monarch = [[Edward VII]] | lieutenant_governor = [[Lemuel John Tweedie|Lemuel J. Tweedie]] | order1 = 15th [[Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick]] | term_start1 = November 6, 1917 | term_end1 = February 28, 1923 | predecessor1 = [[Gilbert Ganong]] | successor1 = [[William Frederick Todd]] | monarch1 = [[George V]] | governor_general1 = [[Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire|The Duke of Devonshire]]<br />[[Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy|The Lord Byng of Vimy]] | premier1 = [[Walter Edward Foster|Walter E. Foster]]<br />[[Peter Veniot|Peter J. Veniot]] | office2 = [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick|MLA]] for [[Kings (New Brunswick provincial electoral district)|Kings]] | term_start2 = July 4, 1885 | term_end2 = October 22, 1892 | predecessor2 = [[Edwin Arnold Vail]] | successor2 = [[George G. Scovil]] | alongside2 = [[Finnemore E. Morton]], [[Albert Scott White]], [[Gabriel Flewelling]], [[George L. Taylor]] | term_start3 = February 18, 1899 | term_end3 = March 3, 1908 | predecessor3 = [[George William Fowler]] | successor3 = [[James Alexander Murray]] | alongside3 = [[Albert Scott White]], [[George G. Scovil]], [[Ora P. King]] | constituency_MP4 = [[City and County of St. John]] | parliament4 = Canadian | predecessor4 = [[Alfred Augustus Stockton]] | successor4 = [[John Waterhouse Daniel]] | term_start4 = September 18, 1907 | term_end4 = September 21, 1911 | constituency_MP5 = [[City of St. John]] | parliament5 = Canadian | predecessor5 = [[John Waterhouse Daniel]] | successor5 = District was abolished in 1914 | term_start5 = September 21, 1911 | term_end5 = November 6, 1917 | birth_date = {{birth date|1850|9|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Sussex, New Brunswick]], [[British North America]] | death_date = {{death date and age |1925|3|3|1850|9|27}} | death_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada | party = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]] | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Frances Jane Parks|1876|1914|reason=her death}} * {{marriage|Gertrude Macdonald|1915}} }} | children = 3 sons and 2 daughters | alma_mater = [[University of New Brunswick]] | occupation = Lawyer, businessman | profession = Politician }}
'''William Pugsley''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC}} (September 27, 1850 – March 3, 1925) was a politician and lawyer in [[New Brunswick]], Canada.
==Biography== He was born in [[Sussex, New Brunswick]], the son of William Pugsley, of [[United Empire Loyalist]] descent, and Frances Jane Hayward. He was educated at the [[University of New Brunswick]]. He studied mathematics, classics, and English earning numerous scholarships. In his junior year he was the gold medallist of his class. He went on to study law, was admitted to the bar in 1872 and set up practice in [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]]. The [[University of New Brunswick]] awarded him a [[Bachelor of Civil Law|BCL]] in 1879 and would confer honorary degrees of [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] in 1884 and [[Doctor of Laws|LL.D]] in 1918. Pugsley was created a [[Queen's Counsel|QC]] on 4 February 1891.
Pugsley, a [[Liberal Party of New Brunswick|Liberal]], served as [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] as well as [[Solicitor|Solicitor-General]] and [[Attorney-General]] before becoming the 11th [[premier of New Brunswick]] in 1907.
He resigned in September of that year to become Minister of Public Works in the [[Liberal Party of Canada|federal Liberal]] government of Sir [[Wilfrid Laurier]]. He served in that position until the government's defeat in the [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911 federal election]], but remained as a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) until 1917 when he was appointed the 15th [[lieutenant governor of New Brunswick]]. When his term ended in 1923, he was appointed to a federal position in charge of settling war claims, and held that position until his death. Pugsley was staying at [[King Edward Hotel]] when he fell ill and died of pneumonia in [[Toronto]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8015659/mr_pugsley_succumbs/|title=Mr. Pugsley Succumbs|work=The Lethbridge Herald|date=4 Mar 1925|pages= 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8015734/mr_pugsley_part_2/ 4]|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> He was buried in the Fernhill Cemetery in [[Saint John, New Brunswick]].
== Electoral record == {{CanElec1-by|18 September 1907|On Mr. Stockton's death, 15 March 1907}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Pugsley|acclaimed}} {{end}} {{1908 Canadian federal election/City and County of St. John}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{DictCanbio|ID=8335}} * [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/Special_Projects/premiers-bios/english/WPugsley.pdf Biography, Government of New Brunswick] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319030447/http://www.gnb.ca/legis/leglibbib/Special_Projects/premiers-bios/english/WPugsley.pdf |date=March 19, 2012 }}
==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7222}}
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