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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-06-30, Page 71H r for eofs years, err ental: Angi • Wi11Ia Laney rtervie ge or she c re IV !Te," fut. Il avai • sib ing al. inteo Durniq' In. I nry •eaney le fain vii neys rt Du listantt Dreaa on ich ie pets di its eligb dy, as rho"e .dships on. 1 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, h rY 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 CONGRATULATIONS GODERICH f a clew fifee aayd . 03 cv FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU G,! 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