William Wade Hughes

HUGHES, WILLIAM "WADE". merchant; b. 3 July 1888 in Souris, son of James Joseph Hughes and Annie R. McWade; m. 27 September 1927 Ellen Keays, and they had nine children, Mary Doris, Eileen Gertrude, Helen Geraldine, James Joseph, Elizabeth Doreen. William Wide, Thomas Francis, Catherine Elizabeth, and John George; Roman Catholic; d. 11 November 1964. Hughes, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1935 for 5th Kings. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1939, 1943, 1947, and 1951. Hughes served as Provincial Treasurer from 1943 to 1948 and as Minister of Public Welfare from 1944 to 1948. On 25 May 1953, he was appointed Provincial Secretary. His father represented the riding of King's in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1908, 1911 to 1917, and 1921 to 1925, and was appointed to the Senate on 5 September 1925. Wade Hughes' daughter, Senator Eileen Rossiter, was appointed to the Senate on 17 November 1986. Wade Hughes was educated at the local school in Souris and at St. Dunstan's College. Later he worked for his father's large mercantile business, J. J. Hughes, in Souris, and became vice-president of the company. William "Wade" Hughes died in 1964. Ellen Hughes, the daughter of James Keays of Souris, died on 16 December 1961.