Robert Colin Scatcherd was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Middlesex North

Middlesex North

Middlesex North was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Middlesex into three ridings: the Middlesex North, Middlesex West and...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1876 to 1878 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in London

London, Ontario

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, Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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, the son of John Scatcherd

John Scatcherd

John Scatcherd was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Canada West. He represented West Middlesex in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1858....

. In 1863, he married Margaret Oliver. Scatcherd studied law with his brother Thomas

Thomas Scatcherd

Thomas Scatcherd was a Canadian lawyer and political figure. He represented Middlesex North as a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1876....

 and set up practice in Strathroy in 1862. He served as solicitor for Strathroy from 1863 to 1873 and was mayor from 1874 to 1876. Scatcherd was elected to the House of Commons in an 1876 by-election held following the death of his brother. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1878.