William Henry Sutherland (November 19, 1876 – September 3, 1945) was a physician and political figure in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. He represented Revelstoke

Revelstoke (electoral district)

Revelstoke was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It made its first appearance on the hustings in the election of 1903 and lasted until the 1928 election, after which the revised riding was merged with the Slocan riding to form Revelstoke-Slocan...

 from 1916 to 1933 and Columbia-Revelstoke

Columbia-Revelstoke

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 from 1933 to 1937 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

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 as a Liberal

British Columbia Liberal Party

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He was born in Sea View, Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

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, the son of Robert Sutherland, and was educated at Prince of Wales College

Prince of Wales College

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 and at McGill University

McGill University

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. He served as house surgeon for the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal

Montreal

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 from 1899 to 1901. In 1902, Sutherland came to British Columbia and set up practice in Revelstoke

Revelstoke, British Columbia

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. He married Lillian O'Donahoe in 1907. Sutherland served as president of the British Columbia Medical Council. He was mayor of Revelstoke from 1912 to 1916. Sutherland served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Public Works from 1922 to 1928. He later served as house surgeon for the Hotel Vancouver. Sutherland married Ruth Catherine McKinnon after the death of his first wife. He died in Vancouver at the age of 68.