John McDonald Mowat (February 17, 1872 – October 7, 1916) was a lawyer and politician in

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, Canada. He served as mayor of Kingston from 1906 to 1907. Known as Major John, the son of

John Bower Mowat John Bower Mowat M.A., D.D. (June 8, 1825 – July 15, 1900) was a Presbyterian minister and university professor in Ontario, Canada. John Bower Mowat (known as Professor John), the son of John Mowat and Helen Levack, was born in Kingsto ...

and Emma McDonald, he was called to the Ontario bar in 1898. Mowat practised law in Kingston and later in

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. He ran unsuccessfully for the Kingston seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1911, losing to

William Folger Nickle William Folger Nickle KC (December 31, 1869 - November 15, 1957) was a Canadian politician who served both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada and in the Ontario legislature where he rose to the position of Attorney-General of Onta ...

. He went overseas as a

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with a Vancouver regiment during

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and was killed in action at the age of 44. His nephew

Angus McGill Mowat Angus McGill Mowat, B.A., M.A., (November 19, 1892 – September 21, 1977) was a Canadian librarian who initiated and contributed to the continuing improvement of the library systems in Saskatoon and Ontario, from the 1920s through to the 1960s. ...

also served in

, and his great-nephew is Canadian author

Farley Mowat Farley McGill Mowat, (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian writer and environmentalist. His works were translated into 52 languages, and he sold more than 17 million books. He achieved fame with the publication of his books on the Can ...

. His name is inscribed on the

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1872 births 1916 deaths Mayors of Kingston, Ontario

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