predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
james hamilton ross william eakin 9 may 1914 frankford , canada west prince albert , saskatchewan speaker of the legislative assembly of the north-west territories 9 october 1854 1894 john felton betts by victor a long 1912.jpg john felton betts
 1898 john felton betts
john felton betts

john felton betts -lrb- october 9 , 1854 -- may 9 , 1914 -rrb- was a merchant and political figure in the northwest territories , canada .
he represented prince albert and then cumberland in the legislative assembly of the northwest territories from 1888 to 1898 .
he was born in sterling , ontario , the son of the reverend l. a. betts , and was educated in belleville .
in 1882 , he married m. e. boyle .
betts settled in prince albert in 1879 .
he was justice of the peace and chairman of the school board .
betts also served as acting mayor .
he was speaker of the legislative assembly of the northwest territories from 1894 to 1898 .
