Thomas Gibson (Canadian politician)
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Thomas Gibson (8 January 1825 – 1901) was an Ontario political figure. He represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874 and Huron East from 1875 to 1898. He was a Liberal.
Life[]
He was born in Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland in Jan 1825, the son of Thomas Gibson (1751-1820) and his wife Helen Lunham.[1] He was educated at the free church school in Greenlaw. He came to Canada West in 1854. He served as reeve for Howick Township for 7 years. He ran unsuccessfully in Huron North in 1867.
The township of , now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the Muskoka District, was named after him.
He died in January 1901 and is buried in Wroxeter, Ontario with his wife Elizabeth (1830-1878).[2]
His nephew was the noted mathematician Prof George Alexander Gibson FRSE (1858-1930).[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Archived copy". www.ancestry.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Thomas Gibson 1825 - 1901 BillionGraves Record". BillionGraves.
External links[]
- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1891, J Durie
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