Farmer, MP (1922-1925), MP (1926), MP (1926-1930).
Born at Bervie, Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 30 December 1868, second child of James Lovie and Isabella Moir, his father died of tuberculosis a week after his birth. He attended Skene Parish Common School (Aberdeenshire) and emigrated to Canada in July 1885 as part of the British Home Child scheme. He came to Manitoba and lived with his uncle John Moir, who farmed near Holland. He acquired farm land of his own nearby in 1892. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the United Farmers of Manitoba for 18 years. On 30 November 1893, he married Mary Jane Gordon (1870-1929) of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at her cousin’s home in Wellwood. They had four children: Evelyn Gordon Lovie (1894-1894), John Gordon Lovie (1896-1918), Alexander Lovie (1897-1991), and Frances Mary Lovie (1901-1989). In 1912 the family relocated to a farm 2½ miles east of Holland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Macdonald in 1921, representing the Progressive Party, defeating Richard C. Henders. He was re-elected in 1925 and 1926. He did not seek re-election in 1930. He died at Holland on 24 November 1938 and was buried in the Holland Brookdale Cemetery.
The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967, edited by J. K. Johnson, Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa [Library and Archives Canada], 1968.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
We thank Dennis Lovie, great-grandson of W. J. Lovie, for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 June 2017
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