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Feb 03, 1804 Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom Died on 13 Feb 1883 (aged 79)
Canadian politician
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About John Mcmurrich
- John McMurrich (February 3, 1804 – February 13, 1883) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West and later Ontario. He was born near Paisley, Scotland in 1804 and came to Upper Canada in 1833 to work in a York (Toronto) dry goods business affiliated with a Glasgow-based firm.
- He became a partner in 1837.
- McMurrich served on Toronto city council in 1860.
- He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in an 1862 by-election.
- He served on the Public School Board in Toronto for a number of years and was chairman from 1865 to 1867 and in 1870.
- In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for York North as a Liberal; he was defeated in 1871.
- He was a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and served as president for a number of Toronto companies.
- He died in Toronto in 1883. His eldest son, William Barclay, was a mayor of Toronto.
- Another son, James Playfair, became a distinguished zoologist.
