- Edward Arunah Dunlop
Edward Arunah Dunlop (
October 26 1876 – ) was a Canadian industrialist and politician. He served as a Conservative Member of theLegislative Assembly of Ontario forRenfrew North from 1903 to 1934, and later as provincial treasurer from 1930 to 1933.Dunlop was born in
Pembroke, Ontario , the son ofArunah Dunlop and Mary Ellen Deacon. Dunlop worked as a clerk in his father's hardware business for five years, becoming owner in 1897. He served on the town council for Pembroke. In 1908, he married Mabel Ferguson. Dunlop was president of the Pembroke Lumber Company and the Pembroke Electric Light Company. He also was a director of the Eddy Match Company. Dunlop served as a Minister Without Portfolio from 1929 to 1930 and was a member of various committees, including the Standing Committee of Public Accounts.His son, also named Edward Arunah Dunlop, also served in the Ontario assembly.
References
*"Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1933", AL Normandin
External links
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1098 Edward Dunlop]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3853 "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...", HW Charlesworth (1919)]Preceded by: Joseph Monteith Treasurer of Ontario
1930-1933Succeeded by: George S. Henry
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