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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name             = William Manley German
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| image            = William Manley German.jpg
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| constituency_MP  = [[Welland (electoral district)|Welland]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[John Ferguson (Ontario politician)|John Ferguson]]
| successor        = [[James A. Lowell]]
| term_start       = 1891
| term_end         = 1892
| predecessor2     = [[William McCleary]]
| successor2       = [[Evan Eugene Fraser]]
| term_start2      = 1900
| term_end2        = 1917
| predecessor3     = [[Evan Eugene Fraser]]
| successor3       = [[George Hamilton Pettit]]
| term_start3      = 1921
| term_end3        = 1926
| office4          = [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario|MLA]] for Welland
| predecessor4     = [[William McCleary]]
| successor4       = [[John Franklin Gross]]
| term_start4      = June 26, 1894
| term_end4        = April 30, 1900
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1851|05|25}}
| birth_place      = [[Hillier Township, Ontario|Hillier Township]], [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]], [[Canada West]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1933|03|31|1851|05|25}}
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| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| otherparty       = [[Ontario Liberal Party]]
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'''William Manley German''' (May 25, 1851 &ndash; March 31, 1933) was an [[Ontario]] barrister and political figure. He represented [[Welland (electoral district)|Welland]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1894 to 1900 and in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1891 to 1892, from 1900 to 1917 and from 1921 to 1925 as a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] member.

He was born in [[Hillier Township, Ontario|Hillier Township]], [[Prince Edward County, Ontario|Prince Edward County]], [[Canada West]], the son of George German whose parents were [[United Empire Loyalist]]s from [[New York (state)|New York]] state. He studied at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]] in [[Cobourg, Ontario|Cobourg]]. German articled in law with [[Lewis Wallbridge]] in [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]] and then Edward Fitzgerald in [[Toronto]]. He was called to the bar in 1883 and set up practice in [[Welland, Ontario|Welland]]. In 1885, he married Henrietta Aylmer Macdonald. German was deputy reeve for Welland in 1890. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1891 but unseated after an appeal. German resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1900 to sit in the federal parliament. He ran unsuccessfully in 1917 and 1926 for the Welland seat in the House of Commons.

German introduced legislation in the House of Commons to establish a bridge commission which led to the construction of the [[Peace Bridge]] between [[Fort Erie, Ontario]] and [[Buffalo, New York]]; similar legislation had been introduced in the United States Congress and the New York State Legislature.<ref>[http://www.tc.gc.ca/programs/surface/bridges/peacehistory.htm Transport Canada – Surface Infrastructure Programs – Bridges<!-- Bot-generated title -->] at www.tc.gc.ca</ref> He was vice-president of the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Company established to build the bridge.
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==References==
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* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10481}}
* {{Ontario MPP biography |id=william-manley-german}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32961/154 |page=132 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1891 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}
*[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=881 ''The History of the County of Welland, Ontario, its past and present'' (1887)]

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