Background
The son of Elias Snider and Hannah Bingeman, he was born in Waterloo and was educated locally.
The son of Elias Snider and Hannah Bingeman, he was born in Waterloo and was educated locally.
He served as mayor of Waterloo from 1885 to 1886 and from 1891 to 1892. Snider was first elected to Waterloo council in 1873, serving for six years. Snider also served as county warden.
He purchased his father"s grist mill in 1879.
He was president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a director for the Mutual Life Assurance Company (later Sun Life) and vice-president of the Waterloo Manufacturing Company. He also held an interest in a sawmill at Rousseau Falls in the Muskoka region.
He died at home in Waterloo after being ill for several months.
Snider was also a member of the local Board of Trade and of the Waterloo Board of Park Management.