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William Gibson (Dundas County, Ontario politician)

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William Gibson
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Dundas
In office
1872–1878
Preceded byJohn Sylvester Ross
Succeeded byJohn Sylvester Ross
Personal details
Born(1815-09-11)September 11, 1815
Dumfriesshire, Scotland
DiedFebruary 7, 1900(1900-02-07) (aged 84)
Political partyIndependent Liberal

William Gibson (September 11, 1815 – February 7, 1890)[1] was a Canadian politician.[2]

Born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland[2] and educated in Scotland,[3] Gibson came to British North America in 1839 and first settled at Burrit's Rapids where he operated a flour mill. He then moved to Spencerville where he built and operated another mill. In 1827, he settled in Morrisburg, where he purchased a mill from Benjamin Chaffey and later built another mill.[4] He was also a director of the Ottawa Agricultural Fire Insurance Company.[3] Miller served on the town council for Morrisburg. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1872 as an Independent Liberal defeating incumbent John Sylvester Ross in a two candidate contest. Ross who was a member of John A. Macdonald's Liberal-Conservative faction. Gibson was re-elected in 1874 representing Dundas electoral district. He retired from office at the subsequent election.[2]

Gibson was married twice: to Eliza Kennedy in 1843 and to Jane Gillespie in 1854.[4]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232494402/william-gibson
  2. ^ a b c William Gibson – Parliament of Canada biography
  3. ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  4. ^ a b Carter, J. Smyth (1905). The Story of Dundas: being a History of the County of Dundas from 1784 to 1904. Iroquois, Ontario: The St. Lawrence News Publishing House. p. 217.