Donald Graham (April 23, 1848 – 1944) was a Scottish-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Yale-East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898.
He was born in Ardallin, Sutherlandshire, the son of Alexander Graham, and was educated in Tain, Ross-shire. Graham came to Canada in 1865. In 1875, he moved to British Columbia, settling in the Okanagan Valley. For a time, Graham drove a pack-train for a government survey party. In 1885, he married Adelaide Grier. Graham served as a justice of the peace and was reeve of Spallumcheen for three terms. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1898. Graham was one of the promoters of the Okanagan Flour Mills Co. Ltd, a co-operative flour milling company formed in 1895.
References
- ^ Gemmill, John A (1897). The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897. p. 372. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- Jones, Jo Fraser (2002). Hobnobbing with a Countess and Other Okanagan Adventures: The Diaries of Alice Barrett Parke, 1891-1900. UBC Press. p. 299. ISBN 0-7748-0853-5. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- "Donald Graham fonds". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- "1860-1900". Stories of the BC Co-op Movement. University of Victoria. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
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