Samuel Walter Willet Pickup

Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
Samuel Walter Willet Pickup
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Annapolis
	In office; 1904–1911
Preceded by	Fletcher Bath Wade
Succeeded by	Avard Longley Davidson
Member of the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia
	In office; 1913–1928
Personal details
Born	March 1, 1859; Granville Ferry, Nova Scotia
Died	November 15, 1935 (aged 76)
Political party	Liberal

Samuel Walter Willet Pickup (March 1, 1859 – November 15, 1935) was a Canadian farmer, merchant, shipbuilder, shipowner, and politician.

Quick facts Member of the Canadian Parliament for Annapolis, Preceded by ...

Born in Granville Ferry, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, the son of Samuel Pickup, of English Loyalist descent, and Cyline G. Willett Pickup, his wife, of French Huguenot Loyalist descent, Pickup was educated in the Common Schools and at Mount Allison College (now Mount Allison University) in Sackville, New Brunswick. A merchant, farmer, shipbuilder, and shipowner, Pickup was a member of the Municipal Council for Annapolis County for eighteen years, during three years of which he was Warden of the County. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Annapolis in the 1904 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and was defeated in 1911. He was defeated again in the 1930 federal election. In 1913, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Nova Scotia, which was abolished in 1928.

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Annapolis
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,013
	Conservative	Lawrence D. Shaffner	1,794

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Annapolis
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,121
	Conservative	George E. Corbitt	1,910

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Annapolis
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Avard Longley Davidson	2,131
	Liberal	Samuel Walter Willet Pickup	2,118

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