Isaac Erb Bowman (17August 18323September 1897) was an

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businessman and political figure. He represented

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in the House of Commons of Canada as a

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member from 1867 to 1878 and from 1887 to 1896. He was born Isaac Erb Baumann in Woolwich Township in

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in 1832, the son of John B. Bowman; his parents had moved there from

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in 1820. He attended school at the Rockwood Academy in Rockwood, Ontario. For a time, he taught school in the region. Bowman was a partner in a business that sold books in

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( later known as Kitchener) and in a

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in St. Jacobs. He served as clerk and treasurer for the township and was also postmaster for St. Jacobs. He served as president of the Ontario Mutual Life Insurance Company and the Mercantile Fire Insurance Company. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in an 1864 by-election for the North riding of Waterloo and he was acclaimed in the same riding after

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.''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887'', J Durie
/ref> He was defeated by Hugo Kranz when he ran for reelection in 1878; Bowman defeated Kranz to win the seat in 1887 and 1891. Bowman married Lydia Bowman. He died at Waterloo on 3 September 1897. He is buried at the Calvary United Brethren Cemetery in St. Jacobs. His son

Charles Martin Bowman Charles Martin Bowman (May 7, 1863 – October 24, 1932) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Bruce North from 1898 to 1914 and Bruce West from 191 ...

later became a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

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