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William Anderson Black
William Anderson Black, (October 9, 1847 – September 1, 1934) was a Canadian politician. He is the oldest person ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons, 76 years, 1 month, 26 days when he was first elected.〔(Eldest at Time of Appointment or First Election )〕 He was 83 when he last won election and he died in office.
He was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Gay Black and Sophia Wright.〔(Eaton, Arthur WH ''The History of King's County'' (1910) ) p. 489〕 In 1875, with Robert Pickford, Black founded Pickford and Black, a company that supplied ship's provisions. The company expanded into shipping passengers and freight as well as trading in the West Indies. He represented Halifax County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897. In 1922, he was a co-founder of the Maritime Life Assurance Company.〔("Honourable William A. Black to be Inducted Posthumously, Junior Achievement Nova Scotia Business Hall of Fame" )〕 Black was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Halifax in a 1923 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1925, 1926, and 1930. In 1926, he was the Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Acting) and Minister of Railways and Canals in the short lived cabinet of Arthur Meighen.
Black also served as president of Eastern Canada Savings and Loan and was a director for the Royal Bank. He married Annie Bell and had five children. In 1924, he established a chair of commerce at Dalhousie University.〔
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