Simon Fraser Tolmie

Simon Fraser Tolmie
The Hon. Simon Fraser Tolmie
21st Premier of British Columbia
In office August 21, 1928 – November 15, 1933
Monarch	George V
Lieutenant Governor	Robert Randolph Bruce John W. F. Johnson
Preceded by	John Duncan MacLean
Succeeded by	Thomas Dufferin Pattullo
MLA for Saanich
In office July 18, 1928 – November 2, 1933
Preceded by	Thomas George Coventry
Succeeded by	Norman William Whittaker
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Victoria City
In office December 17, 1917 – October 29, 1925
Preceded by	George Henry Barnard
Succeeded by	District Abolished
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Victoria
In office October 29, 1925 – June 5, 1928
Preceded by	New District
Succeeded by	D'Arcy Britton Plunkett
In office June 8, 1936 – October 13, 1937
Preceded by	D'Arcy Britton Plunkett
Succeeded by	Robert Mayhew
Personal details
Born	(1867-01-25)January 25, 1867 Victoria, British Columbia
Died	October 13, 1937(1937-10-13) (aged 70) Victoria, British Columbia
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	BC Conservative
Cabinet	Minister of Agriculture (1919–1921, 1926)

Simon Fraser Tolmie, PC (January 25, 1867 – October 13, 1937) was a veterinarian, farmer, politician, and the 21st Premier of the Province of British Columbia, Canada.

Tolmie had an impeccable pioneer lineage, which aided him in his political aspirations. He was the son of Dr. William Fraser Tolmie, a prominent figure in the Hudson's Bay Company and a member of both the colonial assembly of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. His mother, Jane, was the daughter of John Work, a prominent Victoria resident, Hudson's Bay Company Chief Factor, and member of the former colony's assembly. Jane's mother was Josette Legace, a daughter of a Spokane mother and a French-Canadian trapper father. Born in Victoria, Tolmie spent his early life on his family's vast farm, Cloverdale (the Victoria neighbourhood bears its name). He graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1891 and later became the Dominion Inspector of Livestock.

Tolmie entered federal politics in the election of 1917, becoming Unionist MP for Victoria City. He was returned in the subsequent four elections as a Conservative (the riding changed its name to Victoria in 1924). Tolmie served as Minister of Agriculture in the governments of Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen from 1919–1921, and in 1926.