Famous People with Name Sutherland

Kimble Sutherland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Kimble Sutherland: is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995. Sutherland was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election in the rural constituency of Oxford, defeating both Liberal incumbent Charlie Tatham and a Progressive Conservative candidate by over 2,500 votes. He was the first candidate of a social democratic party ever to win election in this riding. He agreed to run for the NDP in 1990, after a riding association member broached the possibility with him during a ball game. He first became active in politics in 1981, when he joined the local NDP riding executive during a provincial campaign.

James Sutherland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Sutherland: was a Canadian politician. Born in Ancaster Township, Canada West, he was a merchant before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Oxford North in a 1880 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1882, 1887, 1891, 1896, 1900, and 1904. From 1896 to 1900, he was the Chief Government Whip. He subsequently joined the Cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and was successively Minister without Portfolio, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, and Minister of Public Works.

Hugh McKay Sutherland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hugh McKay Sutherland: was a lumber merchant and political figure in Manitoba, Canada. He represented Selkirk in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887 as a Liberal member. Sutherland settled at Winnipeg where he again became involved in the lumber trade. In 1875, he was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Ontario legislative assembly. Sutherland ran unsuccessfully in the federal riding of Winnipeg in 1887.

John Sutherland            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Sutherland: was a Manitoba political figure. Farmer, Senator. In 1866 he was appointed to the Council of Assiniboia which had been created by the Hudson's Bay Company to govern the territory until it was dissolved in 1870. During the Red River Rebellion, Sutherland was a leader of the "loyalists" and was a delegate to the Council of Forty in 1870. In February 1870, the Provisional Government of the Red River Settlement appointed Sutherland Collector of Customs. When Manitoba entered Canadian Confederation on July 15, 1870, Sutherland was appointed the first High Sheriff of Manitoba and held the office until December 1871 when he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Sir John A. Macdonald where he sat as an Independent Conservative until his death.