Thomas Inkerman Thomson was a hardware merchant and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada. He represented Grey North

Grey North

Grey North was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Grey into two ridings: Grey South and Grey North...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1903 to 1904 as a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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He was born in Napanee, Canada West, the son of John Thomson and Annie Oswald, both natives of Ireland

Ireland

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, and was educated in Uxbridge

Uxbridge, Ontario

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. In 1877, Thomson married Maggie Walden. He served as reeve and then mayor of Owen Sound

Owen Sound, Ontario

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. Thomson was elected to the House of Commons in an 1903 by-election held after the death of Edward Henry Horsey

Edward Henry Horsey

Edward Henry Horsey, M.D. was a physician, businessman and politician.Born in Ottawa, the son of Henry Hodge Horsey and Amey Ann Rose, Horsey was a graduate of Queen's University where he studied medicine. After working for several years as a physician, he joined the Sun Life Insurance Company...

. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1904.