Alexander James Grant

Alexander James Grant (March 25, 1829 – ) was a Canadian politician. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page

Born in Glengarry County, Upper Canada, the son of James Grant and Catherine Dingwall, Grant received his education at the schools of Glengarry County, and until twenty six years of age, assisted his father on the farm. Glengarry County area is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario In 1851, he settled on a farm. Early in life, he took an active interest in municipal matters, holding the office of councilor for twenty-five years, and afterwards was elected warden. In Canadian federal election, 1874, he was nominated as an Independent candidate for the riding of Glengarry for the Canadian House of Commons, but was defeated. The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 3rd Parliament For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Glengarry (electoral district ---> Glengarry was a federal electoral The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and In 1875, was elected by a large majority for the Ontario Legislature, and during the succeeding session supported Liberal Premier of Ontario Sir Oliver Mowat, but later supported the Conservative party. The Ontario general election of 1875 was the third General election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. See also Politics of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (also known as Ontario Legislative Assembly or OntLA) is the Legislature The 3rd Parliament of Ontario was in session from 18 January 1875 until 25 April 1879, following the 1875 general election in which The Ontario Liberal Party is a Centrist provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. Sir Oliver Mowat GCMG, PC, QC ( July 22, 1820 &ndash 19 April, 1903) was a Canadian politician The Ontario PC Party, formally known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (in french Parti progressiste-conservateur de l'Ontario) is a Right-of-centre He has also held the positions of vice-president and president of Glengarry County Agricultural Society, director of the Farmers' Institute of his township, also Captain of No. 1 Company of Glengarry Battalion. In religion, he was a Presbyterian and held the office of elder. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity Presbyterian polity is a method of Church governance typified by the rule of assemblies of Presbyters or elders

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This article incorporates text from the The Canadian album: men of Canada, Vol. 4, a publication now in the public domain.