Donald Guthrie (politician) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Donald Guthrie was a Scottish

Scotland

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-born Ontario

Ontario

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lawyer and political figure. He represented Wellington South

Wellington South

Wellington South was a Canadian federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 as the "South Riding of the county of Wellington"...

in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

member from 1876 to 1882 and Wellington South

Wellington South (provincial electoral district)

Wellington South was one of the original provincial electoral districts in Ontario,Canada created in 1867, remaining in existence through the 1985 general election. It was succeeded by the Guelph electoral district for the 1987 general election....

in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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from 1886 to 1894.

He was born in Edinburgh

Edinburgh

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in 1840, the son of Hugh Guthrie and Margaret McGregor, and educated there; he came to Canada West in 1854 and finished his education in Toronto

Toronto

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. In 1863, he married Eliza Margaret, the daughter of Montreal Presbyterian minister Donald Harvey MacVicar. He studied law with Oliver Mowat

Oliver Mowat

Sir Oliver Mowat, was a Canadian politician, and the third Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of that province and the 3rd longest in all of Canadian history...

and Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair

Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair

Adam Johnston Fergusson Blair, PC , known prior to 1862 as Adam Johnston Fergusson, was a Canadian lawyer and politician....

and was called to the Ontario bar in 1866; he was later named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. He set up practice at Guelph

Guelph

Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...

and served as solicitor for Wellington County

Wellington County, Ontario

Wellington County is a county located in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat is Guelph, a city which is politically independent, but Guelph's status as the seat means it houses the county's administrative offices...

and the city of Guelph. Guthrie also was president of the Guelph Gas Light Company. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1876 by-election held when David Stirton

David Stirton

David Stirton was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Wellington South from 1867 to 1876....

was named postmaster for Guelph. In 1895, he was named inspector of registry offices for Ontario. Guthrie died in Guelph at the age of 75.

His son Hugh

Hugh Guthrie

Hugh Guthrie, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and Cabinet minister in the governments of Sir Robert Borden, Arthur Meighen and R. B. Bennett....

also represented Wellington South

Wellington South

in the House of Commons.

Guthrie's former home later became part of the Homewood Sanitarium, the first psychiatric

Psychiatry

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facility in Ontario

Ontario

Electoral record

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|Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

|Donald GUTHRIE
|align="right"| 1,366
|align="right"|51.5
|align="right"|-26.6

|Conservative
|James GOLDIE
|align="right"|1,288
|align="right"|48.5
|align="right"|26.6
|-
|colspan="3" align="right"|Total valid votes
|colspan="1" align="right"|2,654
|colspan="1" align="right"|100.0
|}

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