Wellington Willoughby
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Infobox officeholder Wellington Bartley Willoughby, Template:Post-nominals (August 10, 1859 – August 1, 1932) was a Canadian politician and lawyer.
He stood for a seat in the federal House of Commons for the Conservative Party in a by-election in 1895, but lost to an unofficial Tory, William Stubbs. Stubbs was backed by the Orange Order, including its Grand Master N.C. Wallace and the McCarthyite leader Dalton McCarthy. They undermined Willoughby's campaign, though he was also an Orangeman.
Willoughby served as leader of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party and leader of the opposition from 1912 to 1917 and was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the city of Moose Jaw.
He resigned from the Saskatchewan legislature shortly after his re-election in the 1917 election in order to accept an appointment to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Robert Borden.
In 1929, the leader of the federal Conservative Party, Richard Bennett, appointed Willoughby to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. When Bennett became Prime Minister of Canada following the 1930 federal election, Willoughby became Government Leader in the Senate and a minister without portfolio in the Canadian Cabinet.
Personal life
Willoughby was born August 10, 1859<ref>Ancestry.com. Saskatchewan, Canada, Residents Index (SRI), 1800-2012 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.</ref> in Caledon, Ontario, to John and Margaret Willoughby, two Episcopalian Methodists who worked as farmers.<ref>Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1063</ref><ref>Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1063</ref> He had seven siblings: William, who was 4 years older, Lydia, Samuel, Caroline, Wesley, John, and Margaret, who were all younger.<ref>Year: 1871; Census Place: Caledon, Cardwell, Ontario; Roll: C-9958; Page: 12</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Year: 1881; Census Place: Caledon, Cardwell, Ontario; Roll: C_13253; Page: 4; Family No: 15</ref>
In October 1892, Wellington married Susan Thomas Jones of Germantown, Philadelphia.<ref>Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriage Index, 1885-1951 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.</ref> His wife died on June 27, 1907, of endocarditis.<ref>Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 059571-063330</ref>
He died August 1, 1932, of throat cancer. He is buried at the Rosedale Cemetery in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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- 1859 births
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- Canadian senators from Saskatchewan
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- Saskatchewan political party leaders
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