Ferris Bolton

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name = Ferris Bolton
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constituency_MP = Lisgar
parliament = Canadian
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predecessor = William Henry Sharpe
successor = John Livingstone Brown
term_start = 1917
term_end = 1921
birth_date = February 13, 1853
birth_place = Newboro, Canada West
death_date = May 11, 1937
death_place = Unknown
nationality = British subject
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party = Unionist Party
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occupation = farmer
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Ferris Bolton (born February 13, 1853 in Newboro, Canada West-died May 11, 1937) was a politician and farmer. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Unionist Party in the 1917 election to represent the riding of Lisgar. Prior to his federal political experience, he was reeve of South Dufferin and Pemble, Manitoba between 1880 and 1894 and reeve of Pembina, Manitoba between 1891 and 1894. Bolton was also Postmaster of Calf Mountain from 1881 to 1900, and postmaster at Darlingford from 1913 to 1917.

He married Jennie Stewart on December 22, 1880 with whom he had five sons, three of whom were killed in World War One, and two daughters. He was the son of John F. and May "Hannah" Bolton.

Reference

* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/bolton_f.shtml Manitoba Historical Society]