William Carlton Woods, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan
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Place of Birth: Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
About William Carlton Woods
- William Carlton "Billy" Woods (February 24, 1891 – 1965) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan.
- He represented Kinistino from 1948 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born in Tamworth, Ontario, the son of Stuart B.
- Woods and Mary F.
- Cleworth, and was educated in Napanee, Oakville and Elm Creek, Manitoba.
- During World War I, he served in the Canadian Signal Corps and as a pilot in the Royal Air Force.
- Woods returned from the war suffering from diabetes and, a few years later, was being treated with insulin after taking part in some experiments with the use of the drug in Toronto in 1922.
- He served on the council for the rural municipality of Flett's Springs and was reeve for 15 years.
- Woods served as president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, as a director of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis Board and as a member of the senate for the University of Saskatchewan.
- In 1923, he married Margaret H.
- Livingston.
- He lived in the Pathlow and then Kinistino districts.
- Woods was defeated by Henry Begrand when he ran for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1952.
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