William Atkinson was a political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Chilliwack

Chilliwack (electoral district)

Chilliwack was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from 1916. It was the successor riding to the Chilliwhack riding, which used the older spelling of the name and had slightly different boundaries...

 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 from 1928 to 1933 as a Conservative

British Columbia Conservative Party

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He was born in Whitby, Ontario

Whitby, Ontario

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, the son of Joseph Atkinson and Isabella Burns, and was educated in Seaforth

Seaforth, Ontario

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. In 1917, Atkinson married Mabel C. Ross. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Agriculture. Atkinson died in Chilliwack

Chilliwack, British Columbia

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at the age of 70.