William Hubert Howatt

HOWATT, WILLIAM HUBERT, farmer and businessperson; b. 7 September 1867 in New Village, son of Nelson Howatt and Catherine Platts; m. 2 July 1890 Mahala Bell, and they had three children, Pope, Marion, and Wilfred; Presbyterian; d. 9 January 1919 in St. Eleanors. Howatt, a Liberal, was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1915 for 5th Prince. He was defeated in the general election of 1912. His grandfather, Cornelius Howatt*, had been the Island's most ardent opponent of Confederation. Howatt studied at Summerside High School. Following school he became a farmer. Howatt was the director of Willow Hill and Radium and Pavilion Silver Black Fox Companies. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Masons, and the Oddfellows. William Howatt died 9 January 1919 at his home, while a Member of the Legislative Assembly. Mahala Howatt, the daughter of Andrew Bel! of Bloomfield, was born in 1866 and died 17 November 1953.