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Andrew Miscampbell

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Andrew Miscampbell
Ontario MPP
In office
1890–1902
Preceded byCharles Alfred Drury
Succeeded byJames Brockett Tudhope
ConstituencySimcoe East
Personal details
Born(1848-06-28)June 28, 1848
Simcoe County, Canada West
DiedMarch 25, 1905(1905-03-25) (aged 56)
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Jessie Spooner
(m. 1874)

Andrew Miscampbell (June 28, 1848 – March 25, 1905) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Simcoe East from 1890 to 1902 and Sault Ste. Marie from 1902 to 1903 as a Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Personal life

He was born in Simcoe County, Canada West in 1848, the son of Irish immigrants, and educated in Barrie. In 1874, he married Jessie Spooner. He served in the local militia during the Fenian raids.

He died in Toronto in 1905 of typhoid fever and was buried in Barrie.

Miscampbell was godfather to Ontario premier Leslie Frost.

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