Price Ellison (October 6, 1852 – December 10, 1932) was an

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-born

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, farmer, rancher and political figure in

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. He represented

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from 1898 to 1903 and

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from 1903 to 1916 as a

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in the

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. He was born in Dunham,

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, the son of James Ellison and Ellen Fearnaught, and was educated in

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. Ellison entered the blacksmith and hardware business. In 1873, he came to the United States, travelling from

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. Ellison settled in

Vernon, British Columbia Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA of British ...

in 1876. In 1884, he married Sophia Christine Johnson, the first school teacher in Vernon. After not meeting much success at mining, he again worked as a blacksmith for a time in Vernon. Ellison then purchased a farm, where he grew wheat and raised livestock. He served in the provincial cabinet as Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and then as Minister of Finance and Agriculture. He also served as deputy speaker of the Legislature. Ellison was defeated when he ran for re-election to the assembly in 1916 and again in 1924. He died in Vernon at the age of 81. Ellison Provincial Park was named in his honour. In 1910, as Commissioner of Lands and Works, Ellison travelled with a group of surveyors who established the boundaries for

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, the first provincial park in British Columbia.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ellison, Price 1852 births 1932 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia Farmers from British Columbia