william, james, arthurs, 1888, july, 1971, railway, conductor, political, figure, saskatchewan, represented, melville, from, 1944, 1948, legislative, assembly, saskatchewan, operative, commonwealth, federation, member, born, janetville, ontario, came, balcarre. William James Arthurs 1888 July 14 1971 1 was a railway conductor and political figure in Saskatchewan He represented Melville from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co operative Commonwealth Federation CCF member He was born in Janetville Ontario and came to Balcarres Saskatchewan in 1905 Arthurs worked for the Canadian National Railway for 40 years first as a brakeman and then as a conductor he retired in 1953 1 He ran unsuccessfully for the Melville seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1949 losing to James Garfield Gardiner 2 References Edit a b Hansard PDF Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan July 28 1971 Retrieved 2012 06 04 Melville Saskatchewan 1924 1966 History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Library of Parliament Retrieved 2012 06 04 This article about a Saskatchewan politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William James Arthurs amp oldid 1134830425, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
