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Two former officials of the
anada Company were the
ry and Reform"calhdidates
the Huron • Tract in 1857,
e contest was for a seat on
e Legislate e ' Council of
ornament in pre•-
onfederation;a Canada. The
nstituency qrr that occasion
as called Tr'elcumseth, and
braced MO= and Perth
unicipalitiedi G and two in
iddlesex, 33 Irian. -
John Galt" registrar of
eds and collector of
stoms. w.;, s Returning
Rel., ands appointed the
puty retuning officers.
en voting i1jad not been
perseded Y the secret
Ilot. The liter announced
s name tote clerk, also the
operty on which he
alificd tend th'e candidate of
s choice. Many were
allengcd by scrutineers for
eor other candidate, and in
ch case abstained from
ting. hut the attempt was
Iered in the poll book.
he pull hook, containing
turns from •all the
inicipalities, was found
ling Mr. Galt's effects
ter his death in 186h;, and
1slitutes I priceless record
Huron Perth names in the
iddlc of Inst century,
ether, with the local of
eir property --usually the
sidencc•• and a certified
ishingg with
record of how great- Grit party, voted for Jones.
grandfather voted. He owned a 'lot on the
The candidates were Bayfield road here.
Thomas Mercer Jones, M.C. .Cameron, lawyer,
former Canada Company whp in• later years was to be
commissioner, Tory, and Liberal MP for West Huron,
Donald McDonald, former also voted Tory. He was a
head surveyor for the com- member of Goderich council,
piny, Reform. McDonald but only 26 years of age.
received 3,912 votes, Jones John Allen, Goderich
3.476. At Confederation, the tavern keeper, and his son
Legislative Council was Anthony, voted for Jones.
abolished, but McDonald was William Campbell, still
called to the Senate. remembered as an un -
The Reform candidate shakeable Tory, was followed
received large majoritiesin in the St. David's ward poll by
Biddulph, Hay, McGillivray, Robert Gibbons, Liberal.
Tuckersmith, Usborne, North Other names still familiar to
and South Easthope, and a older residents were William
narrow margin in the town of Swaffield, teamster: William
Goderich. ,Zones received 303 Rumball, tavern keeper;
votes in Goderich township to .lames. Runciman, founder;
!I9 Reform, and a good Adam McVicar, stonemason:
majority in most of the Perth Dr. Peter A. McDougall, who
townships.. Clinton mustered lived on North street at
only votes, of which 46 Nelson: George Videan,
were for ,loner. Turnberry blacksmith: William C.
turned out only 29 voters, of Pridham, merchant, (he
whotn 18 were for Jones. voted Jones): Jasper H.
Gooding, gentleman, and
Huron for Donald George "Achison,"
shoemaker. Deputy returning
The Huron municipalities, officers were Oliver
excluding those in Perth and Nasmyth, Daniel Gordon,
Middlesex, voted 1688 for R.B. Reynolds.
.I ones and 1859 for McDonald.
The old book is full of Colborne names
electoral oddities. M.C. -
('ameron, gentleman The Colborne township
residence Sarnia, who had section contains family
been a leader of the -Cleat' names still well known,
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William Young, J.P., was
D.R.O. and John Buchanan
clerk. Voters included Joseph
Goldthorpe, 3rd concession;
Gordon Young in the 7th,
George Morris in the 10th,
Henry Horton on the Lake
Shore road, Joseph. Fisher in
Con. 1 and Robert Bissett in
the 6th.
Archibald Sands, Godfrey
Maedel, Henry Gledhill and
Samuel Piper the miller were
all in concession 1 (Ben -
miller). Rod Adams, °car-
penter, was in the Maitland.
Patrick Million farmed in the
4th, James Million in the 5th,
and John Treble in the 6th.
William- Symington, teacher
at S.S. 3, resided in (the 7th.
Michael Fisher, patriarch of
that family, gave his vote to
Jones, who got a total of 110 in
the township compared to 98
for McDonald.
In Goderich township,
Adam Cantelon was the first
voter, followed by James
Elliott in Con. 3. On the Tots
comprising the original Bell
fruit . farm were George,
William and Archibald
Elliott. Alex. Sterling was on
Lot 32 in the 4th, George Lobb
farmed Maitland lot 7G, ,and
George Laithwaite Maitland
lot 48. John Acheson, future
,Goderich merchant, was still
on Maitland lot 29. Robert
McLean was on Maitland lot
am
91, near' Holmesville. and
Edward McLean on 25 in Con.
3. At the Goderich township
poll there voted F1ius Disney.
from Ireland: he operated a
grist mill near Homesville
and was greatgrandfather of
Walt.
Became Senator
Donald McDonald, the
successful candidate, was a
civil engineer. born in 1816 at
Caledonia, N.Y., son of
Alexander McDonald. and
according to a family
historian was a cousin of
Sheriff John Macdonald of
Goderich. He carie to Canada
•ith his parents in 1823 and
was educated at Upper
Canada College. As a civil
engineer and surveyor in the
service of. the Canada
Company he made many of
the early maps of what is now
Western Ontario. Elected in
1858 the Executive Council of
the Legislature of United
Canada, he was called to the
Senate in 186-. He died in
Toronto. January 21. 1879.
Thomas Mercer Jones was
born in England in 1795, his
paat•entage not stated in
available records. He ap-
prenticed with a London
mercantile firm. rising to a
position of responsibility. His
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