Arthur Bunster
Politician
1827 – 1891
Who was Arthur Bunster?
Arthur Bunster was a Canadian entrepreneur and Member of Parliament.
Bunster was born in Queen's County, Ireland and was educated in Dublin, attending Trinity College. He came to Vancouver Island in 1856 and settled in Victoria, British Columbia. After trying his hand at several other ventures, Bunster purchased the Colonial Brewery in 1859. The brewery was destroyed in a fire and rebuilt, both in 1869.
In 1869, he served as a member of the town council for Victoria. He represented Nanaimo in the Legislative Council of British Columbia in 1871. Bunster, a Liberal, was elected in the two-member Victoria riding in British Columbia’s first provincial election, in 1871. He was initially a candidate for the Vancouver seat in the federal election of 1872. However, Bunster and other local candidates stepped aside so that Minister of Finance Francis Hincks could win the seat by acclamation after he had lost his Ontario seat. Bunster did resign his seat in the provincial assembly in 1874 to contest and win the seat in the 1874 federal election. He was re-elected in 1878 but ultimately lost the seat in 1882. Bunster sold the brewery, to the original owners, in the same year.
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- Born
- 1827
County Laois - Nationality
- Canada
- Died
- Oct 8, 1891
San Francisco
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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