William Evan Price (1827 - 1880)

Born 17 Nov 1827 in Wolfesfield, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada

Died 12 Jun 1880 at age 52 in Wolfesfield, Sillery, Québec, Québec, Canada

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William Price is Notable.

William Evan Price (November 17, 1827 – June 12, 1880) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.

He was born at Quebec City in 1827, the son of William Price, a timber baron in the Saguenay region. He joined his father's business, William Price and Company, in the Chicoutimi area. In 1867, with his brothers David Edward and Evans John, he started Price Brothers and Company, which took over the assets of his father's company. In 1872, he defeated Pierre-Alexis Tremblay for a seat in the House of Commons. Although Protestant, he supported the development of Catholic schools in the region. In 1875, he was elected to the Quebec National Assembly in the same riding. He was reelected in 1878 but resigned from his seat in February 1880 because of health problems.

He died at the Wolfesfield family home in Quebec City in 1880.

A monument was built in his honor at Chicoutimi in 1882.

The village of Price, Quebec is named after him.

Né à Québec, le 17 novembre 1827, fils de William Price, marchand de bois d'origine anglaise, et de Jane Stewart.

Fit ses études au Dr. Lundy's Classical College, puis à Kingston.

Employé dans l'entreprise de son père au Saguenay, la William Price and Company, engagée dans le commerce du bois et l'exploitation forestière. Installé à Chicoutimi, assuma avec son père la direction de la William Price and Son de 1855 à 1867. Dissoute, cette compagnie fut remplacée par la Price Brothers and Company qu'il administra jusqu'à sa mort. Président de la Société d'agriculture du comté de Chicoutimi. Membre de l'Institut des artisans, des clubs Stadacona et Rideau.

Élu député conservateur à la Chambre des communes dans Chicoutimi-Saguenay en 1872. Ne s'est pas représenté aux élections fédérales de 1874. Élu député conservateur à l'Assemblée législative dans Chicoutimi-Saguenay en 1875. Réélu en 1878. Démissionna le 13 février 1880.

Décédé à la résidence familiale de Wolfefield, à Québec, le 12 juin 1880, à l'âge de 52 ans et 6 mois. Inhumé à Sainte-Foy, dans le cimetière Mount Hermon, le 15 juin 1880.

Était célibataire.

Frère d'Evan John Price, sénateur de 1888 à 1899, et de David Edward Price. Oncle de William Price, député à la Chambre des communes de 1908 à 1911.

Sources

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• Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Registre Paroisse Anglican Cathedral Holy Trinity Church, Québec, Québec, Canada

• Census of 1851 (Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia). Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Year: 1851; Census Place: Notre Dame, Québec County, Canada East (Quebec); Schedule: A; Roll: C_1133; Page: 93; Line: 15. Note: https://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1061&h=1841652&ssrc=pt&tid=107674556&pid=340059272548&usePUB=true Listing: Wm Price, and wife: Mrs W. Price, Children: David E., Wm E., R.C., Mary, Caroline, Henry F., Jane, Charlotte, Eliza, John, Edw. Louis, Cecelia, with eleven listed servants. Notes in the margin read: Here resides Wm. Price, esq, a great and enterprising merchant, with the most numerous family in the Parish consisting of fifteen individuals and - eleven servants. The house is large and stand in a sequestrated situation and the land around is good and well cultivated.

• Canada Census returns for 1861. LAC microfilm C-999 to C-1007, C-1010 to C-1093, C-1095 to C-1108, C-1232 to C-1331, M-1165 to M-1166, M-1168 to M-1171, M-556, M-874 to M-878, M-880 to M-886, M-896 to M-900. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1307-1308

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