- Lyman Melvin Jones
Sir Lyman Melvin Jones (
21 September 1843 –15 April 1917 ) was a Canadianbusinessman andpolitician .Born into a
farming family near Whitchurch,Upper Canada , Jones settled as a young man in Winnipeg,Manitoba , where he was the representative ofA. Harris, Son and Company of Brantford. Following the merger of theMassey Manufacturing Company and Harris's company, Jones became, in 1891, thegeneral manager of the newly formedMassey-Harris Company based in Toronto,Ontario . On21 January ,1901 , he was appointed to theCanadian Senate on the recommendation of SirWilfrid Laurier , and represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario, as a Liberal until his death.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7482 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=2112&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
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