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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{other people||William Bennett (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = William Humphrey Bennett
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = WilliamHumphreyBennett23.jpg
| imagesize           = 
| constituency_MP     = [[Simcoe East (federal electoral district)|Simcoe East]]
| parliament          = Canadian
| predecessor         = [[Philip Howard Spohn]]
| successor           = [[Thomas Edward Manley Chew]]
| term_start          = 1892
| term_end            = 1908
| predecessor2        = [[Thomas Edward Manley Chew]]
| successor2          = [[James Brockett Tudhope]]
| term_start2         = 1911
| term_end2           = 1917
| office3             = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for Simcoe East, Ontario
| term_start3         = November 13, 1917
| term_end3           = March 15, 1925
| appointed3          = [[Robert Borden]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1859|12|23}}
| birth_place         = [[Barrie]], [[Canada West]]
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1925|03|15|1859|12|23}}
| death_place         = 
| nationality         = 
| spouse              = 
| party               = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
| relations           = 
| children            = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = 
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| profession          = 
| honorific_suffix    = KC
}}

'''William Humphrey Bennett''', [[King's Counsel|KC]] (December 23, 1859 &ndash; March 15, 1925) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician.

==Biography==
Born in [[Barrie, Ontario|Barrie]], [[Canada West]], the son of Humphrey Bennett and Anne A. Fraser, Bennett was educated at the Barrie Public and High Schools. After studying law he was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1881. Settling in Midland, Ontario, he was elected Reeve of Midland in 1886. He was a candidate for the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the riding of [[Simcoe East (federal electoral district)|Simcoe East]] in the [[1891 Canadian federal election|1891 federal election]]. He was defeated but after the election was declared void in 1891, he was acclaimed in the 1892 by-election. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in [[1896 Canadian federal election|1896]], [[1900 Canadian federal election|1900]], and [[1904 Canadian federal election|1904]]. He was defeated in [[1908 Canadian federal election|1908]]. He was re-elected in the [[1911 Canadian federal election|1911 election]]. In 1917, he was summoned to the [[Senate of Canada]] on the advice of [[Robert Laird Borden]] representing the [[senatorial division]] of Simcoe East, Ontario. He served until his death in 1925.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}} He was an early mentor of [[George Dudley]], who served as an [[articled clerk]] under Bennett.<ref>{{cite news|title=Town solicitor 43 years George Dudley stricken|date=May 11, 1960|newspaper=Midland Free Press|location=Midland, Ontario|page=11}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{1896 Canadian federal election/Simcoe East}}
{{Election box begin | title=By-election: On Mr. Bennett's election declared void, 4 February 1897: Simcoe East}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}}  
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
|William Humphrey Bennett 
|align="right"| 3,236   
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row}}  
|[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
|[[Hermon Henry Cook]]  
|align="right"| 3,111   
{{end}}
{{1900 Canadian federal election/Simcoe East}}
{{1904 Canadian federal election/Simcoe East}}
{{1908 Canadian federal election/Simcoe East}}
{{1911 Canadian federal election/Simcoe East}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16002}}

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