Price Ellison

Price Ellison (October 6, 1852[1] – December 10, 1932[2]) was an English-born blacksmith, farmer, rancher and political figure in British Columbia.

He represented Yale-East from 1898 to 1903 and Okanagan from 1903 to 1916 as a Conservative in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

He was born in Dunham, Cheshire, the son of James Ellison and Ellen Fearnaught, and was educated in Manchester.

Ellison then purchased a farm, where he grew wheat and raised livestock.

[3] He served in the provincial cabinet as Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and then as Minister of Finance and Agriculture.