William Barton Northrup

William Barton Northrup
KC
5th Clerk of the House of Commons
In office
March 1918 – December 1924
Preceded byThomas Barnard Flint
Succeeded byArthur Beauchesne
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Hastings East
In office
1900–1917
Preceded byJeremiah M. Hurley
Succeeded byThomas Henry Thompson
In office
1892–1896
Preceded bySamuel Barton Burdett
Succeeded byJeremiah M. Hurley
Personal details
Born(1856-10-19)October 19, 1856
Belleville, Canada West
DiedNovember 22, 1925(1925-11-22) (aged 69)
Political partyConservative
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
ProfessionLawyer

William Barton Northrup, KC (October 19, 1856 – October 22, 1925) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Belleville, Canada West, the son of Anson Gilbert Northrup and Jane C. Balster, Northrup was educated at the Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1877 and a Master of Arts degree in 1878. A lawyer he was head of the firm of Northrup & Roberts, in Belleville. He was created a King's Counsel in 1903.[1]

He first ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate for the House of Commons of Canada for the Ontario electoral district of Hastings East in the 1891 federal election losing to Liberal Samuel Barton Burdett. After Burdett died in office in 1892, Northrup was acclaimed in the resulting 1892 by-election. He was defeated in the 1896 federal election and was elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1911.[2]

From 1918 to 1924, he was the Clerk of the House of Commons.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904". Montreal Perrault Print. Co. 1906.
  2. ^ a b William Barton Northrup – Parliament of Canada biography
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