- Adam Edward Vrooman
Adam Edward Vrooman (
November 7 1847 –August 20 1923 ) was anOntario physician and political figure. He representedVictoria South in theCanadian House of Commons from 1900 to 1904 andVictoria West in theLegislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914 as a Conservative member.He was born in Brock Township,
Canada West , the son of James Vrooman, and educated in Lindsay and at Trinity University, receiving his M.D.. He set up practice in Little Britain, later moving to Lindsay. In 1873, he married Mary Whiteside. Vrooman ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1896. He was reeve for Mariposa Township from 1890 to 1892, warden for Victoria County in 1892 and mayor of Lindsay from 1906 to 1907. Vrooman also served as Medical Officer of Health for the township.External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=3831502d-1eb7-49b9-8281-7b749f6ca6f5&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1936 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=2982 "Victoria County centennial history", W Kirkconnell (1921)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4333 "Mariposa, the Banner Township : a history of the Township of Mariposa ...", RW Irwin (1984)]
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