- William Cluxton
William Cluxton (
March 31 1819 –February 16 1901 ) was anOntario businessman and political figure. He representedPeterborough West in theCanadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative member.He was born in
Dundalk ,County Louth ,Ireland , the son of George Cluxton, and came to Canada while still young. He married Mary Anne Payne. Cluxton served as reeve of Peterborough. He was manager of the Commercial Bank at Peterborough and later president of the Peterboro and Monaghan Gravel Road Company, the Little Lake Cemetery Company and the Midland Railway Company. Although Cluxton received fewer votes thanJohn Bertram , he was declared elected because Bertram had not established his eligibility under the Elections Act. [ [http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40681 Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online ] at www.biographi.ca]Notes
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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=cc73c1bc-f197-4dca-96a5-c71ca267a793&Language=E Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32947 "The Canadian parliamentary companion", HJ Morgan (1873)]
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