Samuel Simpson Sharpe

Samuel Simpson Sharpe DSO (March 13, 1873 – May 25, 1918) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ontario North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1909 to 1917 as a Conservative and from 1917 to 1918 as a Unionist Party member.[1]

He was born in Zephyr, Ontario, the son of George Sharpe, a native of England, and Mary Ann Simpson, a native of Ireland.[2] Sharpe was educated in Uxbridge, at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall.[3] In 1903, he married Mabel E. Crosby, a granddaughter of Joseph Gould.[2] Sharpe practised law in Uxbridge and was town solicitor for 10 years.

Sharpe commanded a battalion which served overseas in France during World War I. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in the 1918 New Year Honours for his service during the war.[2]

Sharpe died in office in Montreal at the age of 45.[3]

His brother William Henry Sharpe served in the House of Commons and Senate.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Samuel Simpson Sharpe – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 1 2 3 Charlesworth, Hector W (1919). A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons distinguished ... pp. 100–1. Retrieved 2009-08-28.
  3. 1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.