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Tiger Dunlop Days...Page 6
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and
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The first member of parliament for Huron was Captain
Robert Graham Dunlop who lived with his more famous
brother, Dr.' William "Tiger" Dunlop at Gairbraid across
the Maitland River from Goderich.
Captain Dunlop represented Huron in the Provincial
Legislature from 1835 until his death in February 1841,
about a week after the Act of Union came into force.
Two candidates were proposed to succeed him. The
Canada Company put up James McGill Strachan, eldest
son of the Bishop of Toronto and brother-in-law of Com-
missioner Thomas Mercer Jones of Goderich. The Col-
borne Clique nominated William Dunlop as their
candidate.
It was a stormy election with both candidates and their
supporters fighting hard for the vote.
The population in Huron in 1841 was about 6,000, but only
free -holders might vote — that is, those who had paid for
their land in full. Fewer than 300 persons could qualify to
vote.
One historical account records it thus:
"By the time the poll was opened Monday morning
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