Christopher William Bunting
Christopher William Bunting | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Welland | |
In office 1878–1882 | |
Preceded by | William Alexander Thomson |
Succeeded by | John Ferguson |
Personal details | |
Born | , Limerick, Ireland | September 1, 1837
Died | January 14, 1896 Toronto, Ontario | (aged 58)
Nationality | British subject |
Political party | Liberal-Conservative |
Occupation | merchant, newspaper owner, newspaper publisher |
Christopher William Bunting (September 1, 1837 – January 14, 1896) was an Irish-born politician, merchant, newspaper owner and newspaper publisher.
Born in , Limerick, Ireland, he was the son of William Bunting and Jane Crowe and came to Canada West with his mother and sister in 1850 after the death of his father. Bunting worked as a compositor at the Globe, later becoming a foreman.[1] He then worked for eleven years in the wholesale grocery business. In 1868, he married Mary Elizabeth Ellis.
In 1877, in partnership with , he became co-owner of the Toronto Mail. The partners gained control of the Toronto Empire in 1895 and amalgamated the two papers to form the Mail and Empire.[2][3]
Bunting was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal-Conservatives in the 1878 election to represent the riding of Welland. He was defeated in the 1882 election in the riding of Durham West under an unknown political affiliation.[4]
Bunting died in Toronto of Bright's disease at the age of 58.[5]
References[]
- ^ Hill, R. (2014). Voice of the Vanishing Minority. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press, p.p.156.
- ^ Mackintosh, P. (2017). Newspaper City. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p.261.
- ^ Slater, S. (2017). Secret History Files: The Extraordinary Tale of Christopher Bunting. [online] Limerick Life. Available at: http://limerick.life/2017/11/29/from-croagh-to-canada-the-extraordinary-tale-of-christopher-bunting/ [Accessed 15 Dec. 2018].
- ^ Slater, S. (2018). Who was Christopher William Bunting • People & Genealogy. [online] Limerick's Life. Available at: http://limerickslife.com/christopher-william-bunting/ [Accessed 15 Dec. 2018].
- ^ Brian P. N. Beaven, “BUNTING, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 15, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bunting_christopher_william_12E.html.
External links[]
- "Christopher William Bunting". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Christopher William Bunting – Parliament of Canada biography
- 1837 births
- 1896 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- 19th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people)
- Candidates in the 1882 Canadian federal election
- Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
- Irish emigrants to Canada
- People from County Limerick
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Historical Conservative Party of Canada, Ontario MP stubs