Cyril Archibald was an Ontario

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 political figure. He represented Stormont

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Liberal

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 member from 1872 to 1878.

He was born in Osnabruck Township in Upper Canada

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 in 1837, the son of John Archibald and Eliza Dixon. He was educated at Upper Canada College

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 and later served in the local militia. In 1881, he married Gertrude Wood. Archibald served as reeve of Osnabruck from 1866 to 1869. Archibald also served as paymaster for the local militia. In 1881, he went to Dundas, Minnesota

Dundas, Minnesota

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, where he joined his brother Edward's flour milling business. He retired from that business in 1892 and moved to Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

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, where he died in 1914.