Henry Oswald Wright (1880 - 1956)

Born 20 Nov 1880 in West Templeton, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Fedelia (Wilson) Wright — married 8 Oct 1905 in Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1956 at age 75 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Biography

Henry Oswald Wright (November 20, 1880 – April 25, 1956) was a rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Battleford in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1921 as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden's Unionist Government.

He was born in West Templeton, Quebec, the son of E.A. Wright and E.A. Langford, and was educated in Ottawa.

Wright served Princess Louise Dragoon Guards and during the Second Boer War with the Canadian Militia in South Africa from 1899 to 1902 and was part of the 1st Canadian Contingent.

He owned a ranch at Senlac, Saskatchewan. In 1905, he married Mary Fidelia Wilson. Wright was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Saskatchewan assembly in 1917. He died in Saskatoon at the age of 75.

Sources

• "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL5J-LK3 : 13 February 2020), Edward Albert Wright in entry for Henry Oswald Wright, 1880.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVVS-1GR : 15 December 2020), Henry Wright in household of Edward Wright, Ottawa, Quebec, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Edward Wright, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHL1-M7X : 9 December 2020), Albert Wright, Ottawa (city/cité), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 13, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ19-G4H : 19 October 2020), Ed Albert Wright in entry for Hy Oswald Wright and Mary Fedelia Wilson, 18 Oct 1905; citing registration , Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,546.

• "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XK-N8D : 16 March 2018), Henry Oswald Wright, 1911; citing Census, Battleford Sub-Districts 1-58, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,418,573.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMPC-ZHN : 12 December 2020), H O Wright, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing p. 15, line 21; Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,434,950.

• "Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP5Y-M3C8 : 24 September 2020), Henry O Wright, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; citing Census, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

• Wikipedia - Henry Oswald Wright

• Henry Oswald Wright - Parliament Profile