Samuel Wood (Ontario politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Loyalist, Ontario, Canada
About Samuel Wood (Ontario politician)
- Samuel Casey Wood (December 27, 1830 – April 11, 1913) was a Canadian businessman and politician, who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1883, representing the electoral district of Victoria South as a Liberal member.
- Wood served as provincial treasurer from 1877 to 1883.He was born in Bath in Upper Canada in 1830.
- He received a teaching certificate and taught at several schools.
- Around 1856, he opened a store in Victoria County.
- He served as county clerk and treasurer from 1860 to 1876.
- He elected to the provincial legislature in 1871.
- In 1875, he was named provincial secretary and commissioner of agriculture and, in 1877, became provincial treasurer as well as commissioner of agriculture.
- He retired from politics in 1883. His brother Alpheus Field Wood also served as a member of the Ontario assembly.
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