predecessor parliament successor birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
nathaniel boyd canada alexander morrison fleetwood , in the township of manvers , ontario macdonald 21 april 1929 elm creek , manitoba conservative 10 november 1868 january 11 , 1905 william d. staples.jpg william d. staples
 april 9 , 1912 william d. staples
william d. staples

william d. staples -lrb- november 10 , 1868 -- april 21 , 1929 -rrb- was a canadian farmer , politician , and office holder .
born in fleetwood , in the township of manvers , ontario , staples was educated at the public school of fleetwood , the high school of lindsay and the winnipeg collegiate institute .
he held a 2nd class teacher 's certificate and was a farmer .
he was twelve years in the municipal council as councillor and reeve of treherne , manitoba .
he was elected to the canadian house of commons for macdonald in the 1904 federal election .
a conservative , he was re-elected in 1908 and 1911 .
he resigned his seat in 1912 when he was appointed a grain commissioner for canada .
