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William John McCart

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William John McCart
Ontario MPP
In office
1908–1911
Preceded byGeorge Kerr
Succeeded byJohn Colborne Milligan
In office
1902–1904
Preceded byJohn McLaughlin
Succeeded byGeorge Kerr
ConstituencyStormont
Personal details
Born(1872-08-07)August 7, 1872
Port Henry, New York
DiedJune 3, 1933(1933-06-03) (aged 60)
Cornwall, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Wilhelmina Steele
(m. 1892)
OccupationMerchant

William John McCart (August 7, 1872 – 1933) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Port Henry, New York, the son of John McCart. He was educated in Brockville, Ontario. He was employed as a clerk with companies in Finch and Maxville, before establishing his own business in Maxville. He later opened a general store in Avonmore. McCart married Wilmena Steele in 1892. He was defeated in the 1905 election but was reelected in 1908. McCart later moved to Toronto where he established a wholesale business dealing in fruit. He drowned at Cornwall in 1933.

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  • William John McCart – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)
  • Harkness, John Graham (1946). Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry: a history, 1784-1945. Oshawa, Ontario: Mundy-Goodfellow Printing. pp. 300–303.
  • Carter, J. Smyth (1905). The Story of Dundas: being a History of the County of Dundas from 1784 to 1904. Iroquois, Ontario: The St. Lawrence News Publishing House. p. 227.