Joseph Keeler
Joseph Keeler | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Northumberland East | |
| In office February 20, 1867 – January 21, 1874 | |
| Preceded by | District Created |
| Succeeded by | James Lyons Biggar |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Northumberland East | |
| In office September 17, 1878 – January 21, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | James Lyons Biggar |
| Succeeded by | Darius Crouter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24, 1824 Cramahe Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | January 21, 1881 (aged 56) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | lumber merchant, landlord, grain merchant, postmaster, shipowner |
Joseph Keeler (May 24, 1824 – January 21, 1881) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal-Conservative member from 1867 to 1874 and from 1879 to 1881.[1]
He was born in Cramahe Township, Upper Canada in 1814[1] and educated at Upper Canada College. Keeler was a grain and lumber merchant and also owned a wharf, warehouses and a flour mill at Colborne. He was also the owner of a schooner. He was postmaster there and also served as a major in the local militia.[2] Keeler operated a printing business which produced one of the first newspapers in the region, the Colborne Transcript. He helped establish a branch of the Bank of Toronto at Colborne and also helped promote the development of the Trent-Severn Waterway.[3] In April 1879, Keeler introduced a bill to parliament to abolish the Supreme Court of Canada and the Exchequer Court, the bill did not succeed, but demonstrated the rural animosity towards the growing lawyer-centered character of Canada. After Keeler's death, the cause of abolishing the Supreme Court in Parliament was taken up by Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry.[4]
On October 12, 1848,[5] he married Octavia Phillips.[2] Keeler died in office in Ottawa at the age of 56.[6]
His father, Joseph Abbott Keeler, was credited with being the founder of Colborne[3] and his grandfather, a United Empire Loyalist from Vermont also named Joseph Keeler, was one of the first settlers in the township.[2]
Election results
[edit]| 1867 Canadian federal election: East Riding of Northumberland | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Joseph Keeler | 1,607 | 66.02 | |||||
| Unknown | Kenneth McKenzie | 827 | 33.98 | |||||
| Unknown | Mr. Meyers | 0 | 0.00 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 2,434 | 72.66 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 3,350 | |||||||
| Source: 1867 Return of the Elections to House of Commons[7] | ||||||||
| 1872 Canadian federal election: East Riding of Northumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Joseph Keeler | 1,497 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | James Lyons Biggar | 1,430 | ||||||
| Source: Canadian Elections Database[8] | ||||||||
| 1874 Canadian federal election: East Riding of Northumberland | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | James Lyons Biggar | 1,662 | ||||||
| Liberal–Conservative | Joseph Keeler | 1,497 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b * Joseph Keeler – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b c The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879, CH Mackintosh
- ^ a b "The History of Cramahe Township ... (1988)". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2006.
- ^ Snell, James G.; Vaughan, Frederick (1985). The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution. Toronto: The Osgoode Society. pp. 28–31. ISBN 978-0-8020-3417-5.
- ^ William D. Reid, Reid's Marriage Notices of Ontario 1813 - 1854, (Hunterdon House, Lambertville, New Jersey: 1980), p. 322, Globe, Toronto. "Marriage Notices of Ontario" by William D. Reid, Hunterdon House, Lambertville, NJ 1980.
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ Langevin, Edouard J. (1868), Return of the Elections to House of Commons, Ottawa: Hunter, Rose & Company
- ^ Sayers, Anthony M. "1872 Federal Election". Canadian Elections Database. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024.
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