Elisha Jessop (1843 – October 24, 1918) was a
Canadian doctor and politician.
Born in
Norfolk County,
England, Jessop emigrated to
Canada with his family in 1849. They settled in the small rural community of
Reach
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,
Ontario. He was educated in various rural schools before graduating from the
Toronto Normal School in 1864. After working as a teacher in several smaller communities, Jessop entered the
University of Toronto, graduating in 1870. He immediately enrolled in the University's medical school, and graduated as a medical doctor in 1875. Jessop set up a practice in the town of
Jordan, Ontario
Jordan is a community located on the eastern edge of the Town of Lincoln, in the Niagara Region. Jordan is bordered by the Twenty Mile Creek and Vineland to the west, Lake Ontario to the north, St. Catharines to the east, and Pelham to the s ...
. After a decade there, he returned to England for further studies, eventually returning to Canada and settling in
St. Catharines
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...
in 1887.
In 1898, at the age of 55, Jessop entered Ontario politics, successfully standing as the
Conservative candidate for the riding of
Lincoln. This began a twenty-year political career of which twelve were spent as a member of the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
.
Jessop died of heart problems while still in office and is buried at
Victoria Lawn Cemetery in St. Catharines.
External links
Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
1843 births
1918 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
English emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
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