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About William Parrish
- William Linton Parrish (August 6, 1860—1949) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada.
- He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1914 to 1920 as a member of the Liberal Party. Parrish was born in Vroomanton, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of Samuel Parrish and Jane Cash, and was educated at Uxbridge.
- He began work in the grain trade with his father and then, in 1879, moved to Huntsville where he operated a grist and flour mill.
- In 1881, Parrish moved to Manitoba and operated as a grain dealer in Brandon and then, later, in Winnipeg.
- In 1885, he married Annie Ellen Card.
- He was a member of Brandon town council for two years.
- Parrish also served as president of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
- In 1909, he co-founded the Parrish & Heimbecker grain company.
- He was also the director of Fidelity Trust Co., Equitable Trust Co., Capital Loan Co.
- and Inland Mortgage Co.
- Parrish was an honorary captain and paymaster with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles, and was a Methodist in religion. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1914 provincial election, defeating Conservative Harry W.
- Whitlaw by 910 votes in the constituency of Winnipeg South "B".
- The Conservatives won this election, and Parrish sat with his party in opposition.In 1915, the Conservative administration of Rodmond Roblin was forced to resign from office amid a corruption scandal.
- A new election was called, which the Liberals won in a landslide.
- Parrish was easily re-elected in his constituency, defeating Conservative Lendrum McMeans by 3,332 votes.
- He served as a backbench supporter of Tobias Norris's administration for the next five years. Winnipeg's electoral boundaries were dramatically changed before the 1920 provincial election.
- The city became a single ten-member constituency, with members elected by a single transferable ballot.
- Parrish finished 17th on the first count with 945 votes, and was eliminated on the 28th count.
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