George Landerkin was a Canadian

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 physician and political figure. He represented Grey South

Grey South

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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 and from 1882 to 1900. From 1901 to 1903, he was a member of the Senate of Canada.

He was born in West Gwillimbury, Simcoe County

Simcoe County, Ontario

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, Upper Canada

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, the son of James Landerkin, who came there from Nova Scotia

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. He was educated at Victoria College

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

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 in Cobourg

Cobourg, Ontario

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, where he received his M.D.

Doctor of Medicine

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. Landerkin worked on a farm for several years before obtaining his medical degree. He practised medicine in Hanover, Ontario

Hanover, Ontario

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. Landerkin was also president of Canada Mutual Mining and Development Company. In 1870, he married Mary Matilda Kirkendall. Landerkin was defeated by George Jackson

George Jackson (Canadian politician)

George Jackson was a Canadian mill owner and politician from Durham, Ontario. He served as a representative in the Canadian Assembly and, after Confederation, as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Grey South.Jackson was born in Fearby, Yorkshire, was educated in Yorkshire and...

for the federal seat in 1878. He died in Hanover at the age of 64.