Christopher William Bunting (September 1, 1837 – January 14, 1896) was an

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-born

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owner and

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. Born in Amigan,

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, he was the son of William Bunting and Jane Crowe and came to

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with his mother and sister in 1850 after the death of his father. Bunting worked as a compositor at the

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, later becoming a foreman. He then worked for eleven years in the wholesale grocery business. In 1868, he married Mary Elizabeth Ellis. In 1877, in partnership with John Riordon, he became co-owner of the '' Toronto Mail''. The partners gained control of the ''

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'' in 1895 and amalgamated the two papers to form the ''

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''. Bunting was elected to the

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as a Member of the Liberal-Conservatives in the

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election to represent the riding of

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. He was defeated in the

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election in the riding of

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under an unknown political affiliation. Bunting died in

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at the age of 58.Brian P. N. Beaven, “BUNTING, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed December 15, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/bunting_christopher_william_12E.html.

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* * 1837 births 1896 deaths 19th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people) Candidates in the 1882 Canadian federal election Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Irish emigrants to Canada (before 1923) Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{HistoricalConservative-Ontario-MP-stub