James Simeon McCuaig explained

James Simeon McCuaig
Riding1:Prince Edward
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1879
Term End1:1882
Predecessor1:Walter Ross
Successor1:John Milton Platt
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1871
Term End2:1872
Predecessor2:William Anderson
Successor2:Gideon Striker
Constituency2:Prince Edward
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:29 September 1819
Birth Place:Picton, Upper Canada
Death Place:Picton, Ontario
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Julia Isabella Glass
Maria Augusta Pope

James Simeon McCuaig (September 29, 1819  - August 4, 1888) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1872, and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1879 to 1882.

He was born in Picton in Upper Canada in 1819, the son of John McCuaig, was educated there and established himself in business in Picton.[1] He owned steamships that operated on Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. McCuaig served two years as Inspector of Provincial Canals. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly for the Province of Canada in 1854.[1] McCuaig was elected to the provincial assembly in a by-election in 1872 but resigned his seat to run unsuccessfully for the federal parliament later that year. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1878 supporting temperance in Prince Edward County.[2]

McCuaig was married twice: first to Julia Isabella Glass and then to Maria Augusta Pope. He died near Picton at the age of 68.[1]

Electoral history

Federal

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32956 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1882