- Benjamin Tett
Benjamin Tett (
1798 -May 15 1878 ) was anOntario businessman and political figure. He representedLeeds South as a Conservative member of the1st Parliament of Ontario .He was born in
Somerset inEngland in 1798, the son of John Tett who manufactured cloth for ships' sails, and came to Perth,Upper Canada in 1820, later moving to Newboro. He served on the district council of the Johnstown District representing North Crosby. Around 1830, he set up asawmill north of Kingston at Bedford Mills, anticipating the completion of theRideau Canal . In partnership with the Chaffey family and others, he established a booming timber business in the area. He also constructed agristmill and opened a general store. In 1833, he married Julianna Poole. Tett ran unsuccessfully in Leeds for a seat in the legislative assembly ofUpper Canada in 1838. He was again unsuccessful when he ran for the South Leeds seat in theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1854 but went on to represent South Leeds in the assembly from 1858 to 1863. In 1863, he was defeated byAlbert Norton Richards for the same seat. Tett also served as a justice of the peace.His daughter Elizabeth married doctor
Robert Henry Preston , who later represented South Leeds in the provincial assembly.External links
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.asp?id=876 "History of Leeds and Grenville", Thaddeus William Henry Leavitt]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32450 "The Canadian parliamentary companion : first year" HJ Morgan (1862)]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=756 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
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