John Alexander Catherwood

John A. Catherwood
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
In office
1920–1928
Preceded byJohn Oliver
Succeeded byNelson Seymour Lougheed
ConstituencyDewdney
Personal details
Born(1857-10-26)October 26, 1857
Bolton Village, Canada West
DiedDecember 21, 1940(1940-12-21) (aged 83)
Mission, British Columbia
Political partyBritish Columbia Conservative Party
SpouseEdith Margaret Solloway
Residence(s)Mission, British Columbia
Occupationfruit grower, beekeeper

John Alexander Catherwood (October 26, 1857 – December 21, 1940) was a fruit grower, bee keeper and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Dewdney from 1920 until his retirement at the 1928 provincial election in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a Conservative.

He was born in Bolton Village, Canada West in 1857,[1] the son of Thomas Catherwood and Ann Abercrombie, and was educated in Caledonia. He came to Mission with a Canadian Pacific Railway survey party in 1885.[2] In 1886, Catherwood married Edith Margaret Solloway. He was reeve of Mission, British Columbia for 17 years.[1] Catherwood was unseated in February 1925 by a decision of the B.C. Supreme Court after a recount reduced his majority in the election to 5; he was reinstated in June 1925.[3] He died in Mission City at the age of 83 in 1940.[4]

  1. ^ a b Normandin, A L (1926). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1926.
  2. ^ "Obituary for John Alexander Catherwood". The Province Newspaper. 1940. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  3. ^ "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
  4. ^ "Vital Event Death Registration". BC Archives. Retrieved 2011-10-27.