William Frederick Todd was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 from 1899 to 1903 and Charlotte in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member. Todd served as the 16th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or Lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada...

 from February 28, 1923 to December 27, 1928.

He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen is a Canadian town in Charlotte County, New Brunswick, situated on the east bank of the St. Croix River at .-Climate:...

, the youngest son of Freeman H. Todd and Adeline Boardman. His father was a very successful lumber merchant and president of the St. Croix Soap Manufacturing Company

St. Croix Soap Manufacturing Company

The St. Croix Soap Manufacturing Company was a Canadian business founded in 1878 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick by brothers James and Gilbert Ganong and Freeman H. Todd. The bothers had earlier founded the Ganong confectionary company and in 1884 dissolved their partnerships with the result that...

. In 1879, William Todd married Ethel J. Bolton, the daughter of John Bolton

John Bolton (Canadian politician)

John Bolton was a New Brunswick businessman and political figure. He represented Charlotte in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Liberal member....

. Todd was unsuccessful in bids for reelection in 1911, 1917 and 1921.