Theodore F. Chamberlain, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian physician and politician
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Place of Birth: Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada
About Theodore F. Chamberlain
- Theodore F.
- Chamberlain (July 6, 1838 – March 5, 1927) was an Ontario physician, businessman and political figure.
- He represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1887 as a Liberal member. He was born in Smith's Mills, Upper Canada (later Harlem, Ontario) in 1838, the son of Dr.
- Asher Augustus Chamberlain who was also the local postmaster.
- Chamberlain studied dentistry in Ottawa and practiced in Leeds County and then in New York state.
- In 1858, he returned to Canada and studied medicine at Queen's College.
- Chamberlain received his medical degree in 1862 and set up practice in Morrisburg.
- He also ran a drug store and served as the village's officer of health and as coroner for Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties.
- He married Annette Jane Parish in 1862.
- Chamberlain was reeve for Morrisburg from 1877 to 1881 and warden for the United Counties in 1879.
- He served as a lieutenant in the local militia.
- Chamberlain also was a master in the local masonic lodge and a supporter of temperance. In partnership with his wife's brother, he owned three cheese factories.
- Chamberlain was also a director of the Parry Sound Lumber Company, owned by John Classon Miller, the husband of his sister Adelaide Augusta. Chamberlain ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1879 and for a federal seat in 1882.
- His election in 1886 was appealed and he lost the by-election that followed to James Pliny Whitney in 1888.
- In 1890, he was named inspector for prisons, hospitals and charities for Ontario, serving until 1904.
- He helped establish legislation which required each county to establish a poorhouse rather than using the local jail to house those without funds.
- In 1904, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.
- From 1906 to 1908, he was federal health inspector for public works. In 1909, Chamberlain returned to his medical practice at Morrisburg.
- He died of pneumonia at Chaffeys Locks in 1927.
- His son Watson Parish also became a doctor and practised in Morrisburg. The township of Chamberlain in Timiskaming District was named in his honour.
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