John Alexander McGillivray, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Pickering, Ontario, Canada
About John Alexander McGillivray
- For Canadian fur trader and political figure in Upper Canada, see John McGillivray.
- For English footballer, John McGillivray (footballer) John Alexander McGillivray (January 4, 1853 – February 14, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. Born in Pickering Township, Canada West, McGillivray studied law under George Young Smith in Whitby, Lyman English in Oshawa, and Jones Brothers & Mackenzie in Toronto.
- He started practicing law with John Billings in Port Perry and later moved to Uxbridge, Ontario.
- He was elected to the first council of the Town of Uxbridge in 1872 and was mayor in 1890.
- In 1895, he was acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Ontario North after the death of the sitting MP Frank Madill.
- A Liberal-Conservative, he was re-elected in June 1896 winning by one vote.
- The election was declared void in December 1896 and he did not run in the resulting by-election.
- From 1902 to 1906, he was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 34th Ontario Battalion of Militia.He died in 1911 and is buried in the Uxbridge Cemetery.
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