John Plummer Marcellus

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John Plummer Marcellus
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1905–1909
Succeeded byDavid Warnock
ConstituencyPincher Creek
Personal details
Born(1838-07-26)July 26, 1838
Morrisburg, Upper Canada
DiedMay 29, 1932(1932-05-29) (aged 93)
Pincher Creek, Alberta
Political partyLiberal
Occupationrancher, farmer

John Plummer Marcellus (July 26, 1838 – May 29, 1932) was a Canadian politician and rancher from Alberta.

Early life[edit]

He was born at Morrisburg, Upper Canada. Marcellus married his wife Maria Barkley in 1871 at Dunbar, Ontario.

1905 election[edit]

Marcellus ran for the Alberta legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election. He won a hotly contested 3-way race in the Pincher Creek electoral district in rural southeast Alberta. He served one term as a backbencher in the Legislative Assembly before retiring in 1909. He died in 1932 at Pincher Creek.

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