John Secord was a lawyer and political figure in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

, Canada. He represented Regina

Regina (N.W.T. electoral district)

Regina was a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories, Canada.The riding was created by royal proclamation in 1883 and abolished in 1888. The North-West Representation Act 1888 split the riding into South Regina and North Regina.- Members of the...

 in the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories

1st Council of the Northwest Territories

This is a list of appointed and elected members of the 1st Council of the Northwest Territories in Canada from November 7, 1876 to 1888. Prior to 1876, members were appointed to the Temporary North-West Council....

 from 1885 to 1888 and South Regina in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories from 1888 to 1891 as a Liberal-Conservative.

He was born in Niagara

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario

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, Canada West, the son of Daniel Secord, and was educated in Brantford

Brantford, Ontario

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. In 1875, he married Ida May Christopher. Secord was called to the Ontario bar in 1877. In 1890, he was named Queen's Counsel

Queen's Counsel

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. He served as town clerk for Tillsonburg, Ontario

Tillsonburg, Ontario

Tillsonburg is a town in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.Tillsonburg is a town of 14,822 located about 50 kilometres southeast of London, on Highway 3 at the junction of Highway 19 the closest route to Highway 401 at Ingersoll, Ontario...

 and Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

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