- James Rayside
James Rayside (April 1836 – 1895) was an
Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Glengarry in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1882 to 1894 as a Liberal member.He was born in
Montreal in 1836, the son of Scottish immigrants, and was raised by his grandparents in Martintown,Upper Canada . He learned the trade of carpentry and became a millwright. He travelled toBritish Columbia in 1862 during the gold rush there. In 1864, he returned to Martintown, where he married Margaret McDougall. Rayside became involved in the lumber trade and owned a number ofsawmill s. He served as reeve of Charlottenburg Township. He was defeated by Donald Macmaster for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1878 but was elected in an 1882 by-election held after Macmaster ran for seat in the federal parliament. In 1880, he moved to Lancaster.External links
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32957 "The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1883" JA Gemmill]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1745 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=91595 "A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ..." GM Rose (1886)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8653 "Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry : a history, 1784-1945", JG Harkness (1946)]
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