James Thompson Garrow, (March 11, 1843 – August 31, 1916) was an
Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented
Huron West
Huron West was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1917. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from parts of Huron Centre, Huron North and Huron South ridings.
The ...
in 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 ...
as a
Liberal member from 1890 to 1902.
He was born in
Chippawa,
Welland County,
Canada West in 1843, the son of Edward Garrow, a Scottish immigrant. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1868, entered practice in
Goderich with
Malcolm Colin Cameron
Malcolm Colin Cameron (April 12, 1831 – September 26, 1898) was a businessman and lawyer in Ontario, Canada. He represented Huron South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1875 and from 1878 to 1882 and Huron West from 1882 to ...
and was named
Queen's Counsel in 1885. In 1872, he married Mary Balfour Fletcher. Garrow served as reeve of Goderich from 1874 to 1880 and served one year as warden for
Huron County. He died in 1916.
References
External links
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'' JA Gemmill*
''The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography'' HJ Morgan (1898)
''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ...'', GM Rose (1886)
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1843 births
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
1916 deaths
Canadian King's Counsel