William Bunting Snowball (January 12, 1865 - September 27, 1925) was a Canadian politician. He was the eldest son of Jabez Bunting Snowball

Jabez Bunting Snowball

Jabez Bunting Snowball was a businessman, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, and politician from the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick...

, a politician who became Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.

Snowball served as the Mayor of the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick

Chatham, New Brunswick

Chatham is a Canadian urban neighbourhood in the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick.Prior to municipal amalgamation in 1995, Chatham was an incorporated town in Northumberland County along the south bank of the Miramichi River opposite Douglastown...

 for four terms. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from the riding of Northumberland

Miramichi (electoral district)

Northumberland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988...

, New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in a by-election

By-election

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 on October 1, 1924, but served for less than a year before dying suddenly on September 27, 1925.

Snowball was educated at Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College

Upper Canada College , located in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is an independent elementary and secondary school for boys between Senior Kindergarten and Grade Twelve, operating under the International Baccalaureate program. The secondary school segment is divided into ten houses; eight are...

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