James Thomas Hammill Regan (June 29, 1855
– 1927
) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in
Ontario
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. He represented
Wentworth South in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1911 to 1919 as a
Conservative member.
He was born in
Chatham
Chatham may refer to:
Places and jurisdictions Canada
* Chatham Islands (British Columbia)
* Chatham Sound, British Columbia
* Chatham, New Brunswick, a former town, now a neighbourhood of Miramichi
* Chatham (electoral district), New Brunswic ...
, the son of James Regan and Sarah Hammill, and was educated in
Ancaster and
Dundas Dundas may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Dundas, New South Wales
* Dundas, Queensland, a locality in the Somerset Region
* Dundas, Tasmania
* Dundas, Western Australia
* Fort Dundas, a settlement in the Northern Territory 1824–1828
* Shire of ...
. Regan was married twice: first to Alferetta Templer in 1884 and then to Kate Alma Gabel in 1898. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the assembly in 1905 and 1908.
Regan later served as sheriff for
Wentworth County
Wentworth County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. The Murray River is the boundary to the south, and the Anabranch of the Darling River is the western boundary. It includes the area where the Darling River joins the Mu ...
.
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1835 births
1927 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
People from Chatham-Kent
Canadian farmers
Canadian sheriffs
Canadian merchants
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