Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Wesley Cockburn
Unlike the keep votes above, I have no idea how the notability criteria are satisfied. The book search that "should be enough to establish notability" brings up three books in which he is mentioned only in footnotes or in passing. A "before" search only brings up the fact he founded the electric company, typically as "Led by alderman John Wesley Cockburn,". Yes, "printed sources in English" exist to show he existed as the alderman of Winnipeg and founded an electric company, but ''this is not the test for ''. If the original contributor believes a further contribution is possible to get this past  I'd be happy for a draftify as historic sources may show , but as it stands, there's not enough source material to make a full-fledged article
— User:SportingFlyer, 06:06, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)