Mayor William Cardy Woods

1906 - 1977  (71 years)

• Name	William Cardy Woods
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	1906	, County Down, Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Honoured	for his service as a returning officer.
  Residence	400 Blue Heron Ridge, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1911	Newtownards, , Down, Northern Ireland   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-350369
  Died	13 Mar 1977	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I350369	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Woods,   b. 180, , County Down, Ireland ,   d. 7 Jul 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 176 years)
  Mother	Agnes Elizabeth Cardy,   b. 19 Aug 1879, Newtownards, , Down, Northern Ireland ,   d. 10 Nov 1933, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F52465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Carse,   b. 1908,   d. 1997  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth "Betty" Woods   2. Lawrence Bruce Cardy,   b. 1927,   d. 1974  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F251332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Cambridge returning officer, Woods dies William C. Woods, Canada's longestserving federal returning officer and well-known local politician, died Sunday at South Waterloo Hospital. He was 70. He was appointed a returning officer in September, 1938 and at the age of 31 was the youngest in the country. He handled 14 federal elections, including the last one in 1974. "No one since Confederation has handled that many federal elections," he once said in an interview. Because of failing health, Woods resigned as returning officer in February. He has been succeeded by Reid Menary, a Cambridge real estate salesman. Woods served for many years on the former Preston council and in 1970,when he was reeve, he was elected warden of Waterloo County. Woods first ran for municipal office in 1949 and was elected a Preston alderman. He was reeve in 1950 and joined county council in 1951. For 13 of the next 20 years, he served Preston as alderman, reeve and mayor. He sat on county council for a total of eight years. At the county level, Woods served as chairman of the assessment committee, the road and bridge and finance committees. Woods had been a justice of the peace since 1957 and had presided in that capacity at traffic and bylaw courts in Waterloo and Cambridge. He was a president of the local Victorian Order of Nurses branch with which he had been associated since 1956, a director of the South Waterloo Branch of the Canadian Cancer Society for many years and chairmanof the Preston Community Chest. An executive member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Woods was also an elder and session member at Knox Presbyterian Church. Called to active service in the Canadian Army as a commissioned officer in 1940, Woods served with various units until 1946. Born and raised in Ireland, he came to Canada more than 45 years ago. From 1928 to 1940, he was employed by a gas company as a sales and district manager. In June, 1973, Woods was given the Order for Canada for his service as a returning officer. Surviving are his wife, one daughter, two brothers and two sisters. He was predeceased in 1974 by one son. The funeral service will be conducted in Cambridge Tuesday. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 14 Mar 1977 pg 27 ____________________ WOODS, William C. of 400 Blue Heron Ridge, Cambridge (Preston), at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Sunday, March 13, 1977, William C. Woods, beloved husband of Elizabeth (Betty) Carse and dear father of Mrs. Malcolm (Betty) Santer of Markham, in his 71st year. Mr. Woods was born in Northern Ireland and had been a resident of Cambridge for 40 years. Predeceased by one son Lawrence, in 1974. Survived by two brothers, Thomas and David of Cambridge and two sisters, Miss Margaret Woods and Mary (Mrs William Rook) of Cambridge and three grandchildren. Resting at the Barthel-Stager Funeral Home, 566 Queenston Rd., Cambridge, until noon Tuesday; then to Knox Presbyterian Church (Preston), for funeral service at 2: 30 p.m. Interment in Park Lawn cemetery. Kitchener-Waterloo Record 14 Mar 1977 pg 27

  
  

• Sources

  [S239] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Preston CC#6335 Cemetery Internet Link . [Monument] Woods/ [3 Pillows Markers At Front] William Cardy/ 1906 -1977/ Dearly Beloved Husband Of/ Elizabeth Carse./ [Legion Plaque]/ Elizabeth Ferguson/ Carse/1908 - 1997/ Dearly Beloved Wife Of/ William Cardy./ Peace At Last./ Lawrence Bruce/ 1927 - 1974/ Beloved Husband Of/ Betty Hedges/ Dear Father Of/ Victoria, Nancy & Wendy. [S2978] Census - Ireland - 1911, House Number: 13 Townland/Street: Mary Street District: Newtownards Urban County: Down Country: Ireland Electoral District: Newtownards Urban Literacy: Neither Religion: Presbyterian. Thomas Wood 31 b. Co. Down general labourer Agnes 31 Martha 72 b. Belfast Thomas 6 b. Co. Down William Cardy 4 Margaret 3 no name 1

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - - 400 Blue Heron Ridge, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - Newtownards, , Down, Northern Ireland Died - 13 Mar 1977 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth