John Braden (June 18, 1841 – December 9, 1926) was an

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-born

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and political figure in

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. He represented Victoria City in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1894 to 1898. He was born in

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, the son of William Braden, and was educated there. Braden apprenticed as a plumber. He went to

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in 1871 and then came to the Stickeen country in British Columbia two years later, intending to prospect there. Braden established a plumbing business at

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in 1875 with a partner, operating on his own from 1883 until 1887, when he formed a new partnership with Leonard Stamford. He served on the school board and was a member of city council from 1885 to 1887. Braden married a Miss Loveland. He died in Victoria at the age of 85. He is the Great-Great-Great grandfather of Victoria broadcaster/ realtor Michael Forbes.

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