John Duncan McPhee
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John Duncan McPhee (June 21, 1894 – December 2, 1953) was a physician and politician in
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, Canada. He represented
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in the
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from 1943 to 1953 as a
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. The son of William Robert McPhee and Martha Hannah Hart, he was born in Atherley, Mara township and was educated in
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and at the
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. In 1915, McPhee married Kathleen Marie Robertson. He served as medical health officer, reeve, councillor and school board member.


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* 1894 births 1953 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 20th-century Canadian physicians {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub