Career
He represented Vancouver City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. He was born in Aylmer, Ontario, the son of doctor Adolphus Williams, a native of London, England and Jane Burdick, and was educated in Saint Thomas and at the Toronto University. Williams fought at the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866.
He studied law in Toronto and began practising in Welland, moving to Vancouver in 1889.
Williams served as a representative on the Welland County council. In 1903, he was named a police magistrate.
Williams died in Vancouver at the age of 77.
