William Henry Sharpe was a merchant and political figure in Manitoba

Manitoba

Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

, Canada. He represented Lisgar

Lisgar (electoral district)

Lisgarwas a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1988. This riding was created following the admission of Manitoba into the Canadian Confederation in 1870....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1908 to 1915 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. Initially known as the "Liberal-Conservative Party", it dropped "Liberal" from its name in 1873, although many of its candidates continued to use this name.As a result of World War I and the...

. Sharpe sat for Manitou division in the Senate of Canada from 1916 to 1942.

He was born in Scott Township, Ontario

Scott Township, Ontario

Scott, Ontario is a geographic township and former municipality located in what was Ontario County , Ontario, Canada. It is now part of the Township of Uxbridge....

, the son of George Sharpe and Mary Ann Simpson, and was educated in Uxbridge

Uxbridge, Ontario

Uxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge...

 and Belleville

Belleville, Ontario

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. He established himself as a merchant in Manitou, Manitoba

Manitou, Manitoba

Manitou is a small town in southwestern Manitoba, Canada. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Pembina. The Boundary Trail Railway is based out of Manitou.-Notable residents:...

. He was married twice: to Cora A. Breston in 1891 and to Ida J. Armstrong in 1900. Sharpe raised a battalion that served overseas during World War I

World War I

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, serving as lieutenant-colonel. He was a member of the city council for Manitou from 1901 to 1907 and was mayor in 1908. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1915 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly. He died in office in Ottawa

Ottawa

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 at the age of 74.

His brother Samuel Simpson

Samuel Simpson Sharpe

Samuel Simpson Sharpe 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....

also served in the House of Commons.