William Charles Riggs was a politician in Ontario, Canada.
15 Facts About William Riggs
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William Riggs was a long time municipal councillor and he briefly served as Mayor of Windsor in 1969.
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William Riggs joined the Canadian Field Artillery in 1915, and spent nearly three years in France during World War I Riggs trained as a printer in Belleville.
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William Riggs moved to Windsor in 1921, where he worked for 42 years as a linotype printer at the Windsor Star, and retired in 1961.
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William Riggs was highly active as a trade unionist, holding many offices within the Windsor Typographical Union and the Windsor District Trades and Labor Council.
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William Riggs was one of the first members of Ontario's Labor Party in the 1930s.
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William Riggs was married to Gladys and had two sons and two daughters.
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William Riggs was elected in a CCF sweep in 1943, defeating the Liberal candidate, David Croll.
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William Riggs was again selected as the CCF candidate for the Windsor-Walkerville riding in the 1948 Ontario election, but lost again to Davies.
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William Riggs subsequently ran for the CCF in the 1949 federal election in Essex East against cabinet minister Paul Martin, Sr.
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William Riggs was elected as alderman for Ward Three in Windsor in 1946 and was acclaimed in 1948 and 1950.
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William Riggs was defeated in 1952 and 1954 elections for the Board of Control, but was re-elected as alderman in 1956, a position he held for the following 13 years.
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When John Wheelton resigned as mayor of Windsor in 1969, William Riggs replaced him for a period of five months.
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William Riggs won the job by drawing a queen from a pack of cards, the method used to break the tie.
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William Riggs was replaced by Frank Wansbrough at the beginning of 1970.