Hon. William Henry Cushing married Elizabeth Rinn in March 1877 who died 21 July 1880 and is buried on the Cushing homestead in Kenilworth, Ontario. Later that year he married Mary Jane Waters. In 1883 William followed his brother John and moved to Calgary in the Northwest Territories arriving in the same year as the railroad. He started in the sash and door business with a partner as Jarret and Cushing. Their first two contracts were for two churches, one the Methodist Church he attended. In 1885 he bought Jarrett out and founded and became President of W.H.Cushing Lumber Company in Vancouver B.C. and Cushing Brothers of Calgary and Edmonton growing into one of the leading enterprises of its kind. In the 1891 Alberta Census he is listed as 39 years of age and living in Calgary. He is also listed in the 1901 Alberta Census as 48 years of age and living in Calgary North. He entered politics in 1890/93 as Town Councillor, and served a total of six terms as Alderman: 1895/97, 1899/1900, and 1902/05. He was also elected Mayor of Calgary 1900/01. And when Alberta became a Province in September 1905, he was appointed as the Minister of Public Works in Alberta's first Provincial Cabinet. After re-election in 1909, he resigned from Premier Rutherford's government in a letter dated 14 February 1910 stating:
"There are several matters in which I am not in accord with you,
the most prominent of these being the manner in which you have
handled the railway policy of the Province, especially that part
pertaining to the guaranteeing of the bonds of the Alberta and Great
Waterways Railway. This transaction, put through without my knowledge
or consent, is, in my judgment, such that I cannot with sincerity of
heart and honesty of purpose defend before the electorate of this
province, because in the agreement and specification signed by
yourself you have utterly failed to protect the interests of the
people."
Premier Rutherford later resigned also. In 1926 prior to his death William married his secretary, Isobel McNabb. Apparently they honeymooned in Egypt as he was photographed riding a camel there. He was elected first Chairman of Mount Royal College's Board of Governors and served in that capacity from 1910 to 1926, at which time he was made Honorary Chairman. He was also a member of the Bowness Golf Club, Calgary Board of Trade and the Central Methodist Church. William Henry Cushing, pioneer, alderman, mayor, Provincial Cabinet Minister and philanthropist died 25 January 1934 in Vancouver and is buried in the Pioneer Section of Union Cemetery in Calgary with the rest of his family. The Cushing Bridge in Calgary is named in his honor.

Hon. W.H. Cushing, City Pioneer and Manufacturer, Dies (Calgary Herald 26 Jan 1934)
Veteran who helped to build Calgary was Mayor in 1900
Funeral Jan 29
Was Minister Public Works in Alberta's First Government
One-time minister of public works for Alberta, former mayor of Calgary, and for many years active in educational and philanthropic work in the city, Hon. William Henry Cushing, pioneer Calgary lumberman and manufacturer, died in a local hospital Thursday evening following an illness of more than two weeks. The late Mr. Cushing, who was 81 years of age, failed to recover from the effects of a heart attack.

Groom Name : William Henry Cushing Place Kamloops Reg. Number: 1926-09-310663 Bride Name I sobel Mcnabb Date: 1926 10 12 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event: Marriage Microfilm #: B13752 ( GSU # 2074505)

AFHS 2001 13 Jan 2001 Contact: AFHS
1891 Census - Districts #197 and #199 in Southern Alberta
CUSHING, Athur, T. M 22 ON Meth. Book Keeper A22A
CUSHING, Nelson , Emma M 24 Norway Luth. A22A
CUSHING, Louise, Anne F 13 ON Meth A22A
CUSHING, Mary, Jane F 40 ON Meth A22A
CUSHING, Maud, Alice F 11 ON Meth. A22A
CUSHING, William M 39 ON Meth. Contractor A22A

1901 Canadian Census: Alberta, Calgary North
Cushing William M Head M Aug 21 1853 48
Cushing Mary J. F Wife M Aug 5 1849 52
Cushing Louisa A. F Daughter S Jan 15 1877 23
Cushing Margaret L. F Daughter S Sep 28 1880 21

1911 Canadian Census: Alberta, Calgary
Cushing W.H. M Lodger M Aug 1853 58
Cushing Mary Jane F Lodger M Aug 1849 62
Cushing Sarah F Mother W Jul 1831 80
Hartley Alice F Niece S Sep 1874 37
Halliday Florence F Domestic S 1881 30

More HON. WILLIAM HENRY CUSHING: BIOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHS
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cushinc/william1852.html

Sources:
1. The Genealogy of the Cushing Family (An account of the Ancestors and Descendants of Matthew Cushing, who came to America in 1638) by James Cushing, The Perrault Printing Co - Montreal, 1905. First Edition, 1877, by Lemuel Cushing, D1881 (Finished by his family)
2. 1881 Canadian Census: Arthur Twp, Wellington Co., Ontario
3. 1891 Alberta Census - Districts #197 and #199 in Southern Alberta
4. 1901 Canadian Census: Alberta, Calgary North
5. 1911 Canadian Census: Alberta, Calgary

• Married: Mar 1877 in Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

1. Louise Ann Cushing b: 15 Jan 1878 in Kenilworth, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
2. Alice Maud Cushing b: 24 Sep 1879 in Kenilworth, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
3. Margaret L. Cushing b: 28 Sep 1880 in Kenilworth, Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

• Married: 4 Apr 1883 in Arthur Twp, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

1. Ralph Dennington Cushing b: Abt May 1885 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2. Edith Alberta Cushing b: Abt 1888 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3. May Cushing b: 16 May 1889 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Married: 12 Oct 1926 in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada