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James Lapum

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James Noxon Lapum
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Addington
In office
1867–1872
Succeeded bySchuyler Shibley
Personal details
Born1819
Erneston, Upper Canada
Died1879 (aged 59–60)
Centreville, Ontario[1]
Political partyConservative

James Noxon Lapum (July 1819–July 26, 1879)[1] was a Canadian politician.[2]

Born in Erneston, Upper Canada[3] (now Ontario), the son of Robert Lapum,[4] he was a merchant[3] and served as postmaster for Centreville for 20 years. In 1844, Lapum married Martha Fisk.[4] He served as reeve for Camden Township for 7 years.[3] Lapum opened a cheese factory in partnership with John Stewart Miller in 1870.[5]

In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament for the riding of Addington. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1872.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b c d James Lapum – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. ^ a b The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1871)
  5. ^ Lennox and Addington Historical Society : papers and records, Volume I (1909) Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine