William Sutherland

Career

Sutherland represented the electoral district of Saskatoon, and served with Premier Walter Scott. He was re-elected in the 1908 and 1912 elections to represent Saskatoon County. On May 23, 1906, Sutherland introduced a resolution to move the capital of the province from Regina to Saskatoon, but the motion was defeated by a vote of 21 - 02 in the legislature.

He died on March 2, 1940.

The was established as a club for social purposes to serve business, professional and community leaders as a supplement the role of the Board of Trade in Saskatoon and Saskatchewan.

Achievements

• The town of Sutherland was named in honour of Sutherland. He was an area rancher who later farmed, and practised law in the Saskatoon area. Jno Henry, Charles Willoughby, Wm Richardson, Wm Chas Sutherland, Frederick Engen, and Albert Herman Hanson owned the land at Section 29 Township 36 Ramge 5 West of the Third Meridian.

Membership

Sutherland was a Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly who was first elected in the first general election on December 13, 1905, to the first legislature of the newly formed Province of Saskatchewan. Sutherland, Fred Engen, F. South. Cahill, Half-Life Jordan and James Straton were the first members of the Executive Committee for the.