John Reeve Lavell was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Leeds North and Grenville North

Leeds North and Grenville North

Leeds North and Grenville North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1904. It was located in the province of Ontario...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1900 to 1904 as a Conservative

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He was born in Peterborough

Peterborough, Ontario

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, Canada West, the son of M. Lavell and B. B. Reeve, and was educated at Queen's University

Queen's University

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. In 1883, he married U. P. Macalister. Lavell served on the town council for Smiths Falls

Smiths Falls, Ontario

Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government...

 and was reeve for Smiths Falls. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a federal seat in 1896, losing to Francis Theodore Frost

Francis Theodore Frost

Francis Theodore Frost was a Canadian manufacturer and politician.Born in Smiths Falls, Canada West, the son of Ebenezer Frost and Caroline Harwood, he was educated in Smiths Falls, Coventry, Vermont and Potsdam, New York. Frost manufactured farm implements in Smith Falls...

; Lavell defeated Frost in the 1900 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1900

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