Stanley B. Wilson

Stanley Brock Wilson (October 11, 1869 – January 27, 1937) was a Canadian-American labor leader, newspaper publisher and Methodist preacher who served two terms on the California State Board of Education.

[7] Wilson's political and religious career began not long after arriving in Southern California; in 1889 he was elected chaplain of a local Band of Hope,[9] and in 1890 he was Secretary of the San Diego County Prohibition Party.

[25] His opponents were Democratic banker Arthur C. Harper, Republican doctor Walter Lindley, Non-Partisan attorney Lee C. Gates, Socialist carpenter Frank A. Marek, and Prohibitionist Wiley J. Phillips (another reverend-turned-newspaper editor).

During the campaign, his opponents accused him of being a puppet of the San Francisco political boss Abe Ruef, charging that refugees of the 1906 earthquake would be sent south en masse to steal the election.

[27] Wilson would ultimately lose the election to Democrat Arthur Cyprian Harper, coming in fourth place with just over 12 percent of the vote.

On May 31, 1913, Charlotte Wilson married Floyd De Hay, an unemployed youth that had recently been released from reform school and taken in by her father.

1898 illustration of Wilson as "California's Pugilist Preacher"
Pro- Lindley cartoon from the 1906 election depicting the candidates as gladiators of varying strength. Wilson is shown in the back leading a legion of " Ruef refugees ."