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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}}
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| name             = William Hoste Webb
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| constituency_MP  = [[Richmond—Wolfe]]
| parliament       = Canadian
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| successor        = [[Henry Aylmer (Canadian politician)|Henry Aylmer]]
| term_start       = 1867
| term_end         = 1874
| office2          = Member of the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] for Wellington
| predecessor2     = [[Edward Hale (politician)|Edward Hale]]
| successor2       = [[Francis Edward Gilman]]
| term_start2      = 1875
| term_end2        = 1887
| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1820|11|24}}
| birth_place      = Hampshire, England
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| death_place      = Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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'''William Hoste Webb''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}} (24 November 1820 &ndash; 19 December 1890) was a [[Quebec]] lawyer and political figure. He represented [[Richmond—Wolfe]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] member from 1867 to 1874.

He was born in [[Hampshire]], [[England]] in 1820. He studied at the [[Royal Naval School]] in [[London]] and came to [[Bromptonville, Quebec|Brompton Township]] in [[Lower Canada]] with his family in 1836. Webb articled in law in [[Montreal]] and was called to the bar in 1850. He served as warden for [[Melbourne, Quebec|Melbourne]] and [[Richmond, Quebec|Richmond township]]s from 1855 to 1857 and from 1879 to 1883. He also served as mayor of Melbourne, was president of the Richmond Agricultural Society and served as a trustee for Saint Francis College in Richmond. In 1857, Webb was elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada]] for Richmond & Wolfe. He was defeated in 1861 but reelected in 1863. Webb was named [[Queen's Counsel]] in 1867. He was elected to the federal parliament after [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] and served until 1874. In 1875, he was named to the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] for Wellington division and served until 1887, when he was appointed sheriff for Saint-François district. He died at [[Sherbrooke]] in 1890 from an [[apoplexy|apoplectic]] fit.

== Electoral record ==
{{1867 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1872 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Richmond—Wolfe}}

==References==
* {{cite DCB |first=Andrée |last=Désilets |title=Webb, William Hoste |volume=11 |url=https://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/webb_william_hoste_11E.html}}
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=14658}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08546/33 |pages=27-28 |title=The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men |year=1881 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |volume=Quebec and the Maritime Provinces |location=Toronto}}
* {{Quebec MNA biography|webb-william-hoste-5747}}

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