 William Finlay

William Thomas Finlay (July 12, 1853 – May 9, 1914) was a politician and cabinet minister in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada

William was born in Lisburn, Ireland and worked in the whole sale grocery business before moving to Montreal, Quebec in 1873.He moved to the Medicine Hat region 10 years later in 1883 and started working for the Northwest Lumber Company, and later his own firm Finlay and Company.