Albert Hagar

Albert Hagar (1827 – September 14 1924) was a Canadian merchant and politician.

Born in North Plantagenet Township, Upper Canada (now Ontario), the son of a former Montreal merchant, he was educated in Vermont and became a farmer, merchant and lumber dealer and owned a sawmill and gristmill at Plantagenet. Hagar was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Prescott in 1867. A Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1872 and re-elected in 1874. He was defeated in 1878.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the riding of Prescott in an 1881 by-election held after the death of William Harkin. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1883.

Hagar was also a captain in the local militia, superintendent of schools, reeve for North Plantagenet Township and warden for Prescott and Russell counties. Later in life, he was the last surviving member of the first Canadian parliament.

References

* "Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell", L. Brault (1963)

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=4389&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1245 Legislative Assembly of Ontario parliamentary history]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32947 "The Canadian parliamentary companion" HJ Morgan (1873)]

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years=1881–1886