John McLennan was an Ontario

Ontario

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 businessman and political figure. He represented Glengarry

Glengarry (electoral district)

Glengarry was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917, and from 1925 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 as a Liberal-Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1879 to 1882.

He was born in Williamstown in Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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 in 1821, the son of a Scottish

Scotland

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 immigrant. He served as president of the Montreal Board of Trade and vice-president of the Merchants' Bank of Canada. With his brother Hugh, he established a firm involved in shipping and grain processing. McLennan lived at Lancaster. He died in Montreal

Montreal

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 in 1893.

External links

• http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32953The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879, CH Mackintosh
  Charles H. Mackintosh
  Charles Herbert Mackintosh was a journalist, mayor of Ottawa from 1879–1881, represented Ottawa City as a Liberal-Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887, and from 1890 to 1893, and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1893 to 1898.-Parentage and...
  
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