David Wright Allison (1826 in
Adolphustown, Upper Canada – May 15, 1906) was a
Canadian
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politician, farmer, manufacturer, and speculator. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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as a
Liberal
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in an 1883 by-election representing the
riding of
Lennox. He was later elected to Lennox as a Liberal in
1891
Events
January–March
* January 1
** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany.
** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence.
**Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...
. He also ran for election as an
independent
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for Lennox in the elections of
1882
Events
January–March
* January 2
** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.
** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...
, by-election of 1885,
1887
Events
January–March
* January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher.
* January 20
** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...
and by-election of 1892.
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1826 births
1906 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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