Francis Wayland Glen

Canadian politician

Francis Wayland Glen (September 5, 1836 – May 5, 1912) was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ontario South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1887 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Minaville, New York, the son of Elijah McKinney Glen, of Scottish descent, and was educated in Rochester. Glen married Harriet Frances Hall in Rochester. He managed the Hall Works in Oshawa, which had been established by his father-in-law, Joseph Hall, and which produced iron implements.^[1] After the failure of the business, Glen returned to New York^[2] and died there at the age of 75.

1878 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Wayland Glen	1,867
	Liberal-Conservative	Thomas Nicholson Gibbs	1,661

1882 Canadian federal election: South riding of Ontario
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Wayland Glen	1,668
	Conservative	William Smith	1,618

References

Francis Wayland Glen – Parliament of Canada biography
The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883, JA Gemmill

^ Life and times of Joseph Gould (1887) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Higgins, WH
^ Reminiscences and recollections : an interesting pen picture of early days, characters and events in Oshawa (1933) Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine Hoig, DS pp.105-8