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John Colborne Milligan (April 11, 1868 – February 17, 1942) was an
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lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Stormont in the
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from 1911 to 1914 and 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative member. He was born on a farm near
Newington, Ontario South Stormont is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. It is located southeast of Ottawa. South Stormont borders on, but does not include, the city of Cornwall. Communities The town ...
, the son of William Milligan, an Irish immigrant. He taught school and then attended the
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and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the bar in 1899 and set up practice in
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. Milligan served on the high school board, was a police magistrate and then juvenile court judge. In 1928, he was named
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. Milligan married Maud Percival.


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''Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry : a history, 1784-1945'', JG Harkness (1946)
1868 births 1942 deaths People from the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian magistrates {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub