Samuel Stanley Peck
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Samuel Stanley Peck was an Ontario
lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Victoria North
in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
from 1879 to 1883 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Amherstburgh Township, Prince Edward County
, Upper Canada
in 1829, a descendant of United Empire Loyalists
. In 1852, he opened the first telegraph office in Napanee for the Great Western Telegraph Company. He moved to Minden
the following year and began the study of law. Peck married Sarah Ann Harder in 1857. He served as reeve for Snowdon Township and as warden for Peterborough County
. Peck was stipendary magistrate and judge in the division courts for Haliburton County
and also served as county registrar and the first treasurer and clerk for the county. In 1876, he married Susan Vandervoort after the death of his first wife. He became reeve for Dysart Township in 1882.
He moved to North Dakota
in 1883 and died in Petaluma, California
in 1901.
The geographical township of Peck in Nipissing District
was named in his honour.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Victoria North
Victoria North
Victoria 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 Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
from 1879 to 1883 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Amherstburgh Township, Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County, Ontario
Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario.-Geography:Prince Edward County is located in Southern Ontario on a large irregular headland or littoral at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, just west of the head of the St. Lawrence River...
, Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
in 1829, a descendant of United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists
The name United Empire Loyalists is an honorific given after the fact to those American Loyalists who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to King George III after the British defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris...
. In 1852, he opened the first telegraph office in Napanee for the Great Western Telegraph Company. He moved to Minden
Minden, Ontario
Minden Hills is a township in, and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the geographical townships of Snowdon, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon and Minden. It is usually referred to as Minden, after its largest community. Minden Hills had a permanent population...
the following year and began the study of law. Peck married Sarah Ann Harder in 1857. He served as reeve for Snowdon Township and as warden for Peterborough County
Peterborough County, Ontario
Peterborough County is located in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is projected to reach a population of 159,840 by 2031, according to the Ontario Ministry of Finance's Ontario Population Projections Update...
. Peck was stipendary magistrate and judge in the division courts for Haliburton County
Haliburton County, Ontario
Haliburton is a county of Ontario, Canada, known as a tourist and cottage area in Central Ontario for its scenery and for its resident artists. Minden Hills is the county seat. Haliburton County was established in 1983, but had existed as the Provisional County of Haliburton since 1874...
and also served as county registrar and the first treasurer and clerk for the county. In 1876, he married Susan Vandervoort after the death of his first wife. He became reeve for Dysart Township in 1882.
He moved to North Dakota
North Dakota
North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....
in 1883 and died in Petaluma, California
Petaluma, California
Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...
in 1901.
The geographical township of Peck in Nipissing District
Nipissing District, Ontario
Nipissing District, Ontario is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858. The district seat is North Bay.In 2006, the population was 84,688...
was named in his honour.
External links
- http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32954The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1880 CH MackintoshCharles H. MackintoshCharles 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...
] - Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Lennox and Addington Historical Society : papers and records. Volume II (1910)
- Fragments of a Dream : pioneering in Dysart Township and Haliburton Village, L Dobrzensky (1985)