Matthew Robert Duncan

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Matthew Robert Duncan
Member of Parliament
for Grey North
In office
December 1921 – September 1926
Preceded byWilliam Sora Middlebro
Succeeded byWilliam Pattison Telford, Jr.
Personal details
Born
Matthew Robert Duncan

(1863-07-08)8 July 1863
Owen Sound, Canada West
Died23 February 1938(1938-02-23) (aged 74)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Margaret E. Witherspoon
m. 26 April 1899[1]
ProfessionMerchant

Matthew Robert Duncan (8 July 1863 – 23 February 1938) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1921 to 1926. He was born in Owen Sound, Canada West, was an alderman there for eleven years, and was the city's mayor in 1905 and 1906.[1]

Duncan attended high school at Owen Sound and became president of Owen Sound Cereal Mills Ltd. He was elected to Parliament in the 1921 general election to represent the Grey North riding, and re-elected in 1925. In the 1926 election he was defeated by William Pattison Telford, Jr. of the Liberals.

1908 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative William Sora Middlebro 2,923
Liberal William Pattison Telford Sr. 2,777
1911 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party Candidate Votes
Conservative William Sora Middlebro 3,326
Liberal Frederick William Harrison 2,974
1917 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party Candidate Votes
Government (Unionist) William Sora Middlebro 5,815
Opposition (Laurier Liberals) Arthur Leslie Danard 3,521

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Chambers, Ernest J. (1926). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Mortimer.

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