Alfred McWilliams

MCWILLIAMS, ALFRED, farmer, business person, mill owner, and officeholder; b. ca. 6 October 1840 in West Cape, son of David McWilliams and Sarah Wood; m. 1905, Clara Jane Winsloe of New Glasgow, and there were no children; Methodist; d. 1928, in West Cape. McWilliams, a Liberal, was first elected to the House of Assembly in a by-election held April 1891 for 2nd Prince. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1893 for 2nd Prince. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1897, 1900, 1904, 1908. and 1912. McWilliams was educated in local public schools. He was a farmer, merchant, and shipbuilder, and he operated a mill. For 20 years he served as Postmaster for West Cape. McWilliams owned a 464-acre farm, which adjoined his home, as well as farms in neighbouring settlements. In total he owned 915 acres of farm land, and a grist mill, a carding mill, and a saw mill. Alfred McWilliams died in 1928. Clara McWilliams was born ca. 1858 and died 10 September 1925. The couple were married in Maine.