Lloyd Harris (March 14, 1867 – September 27, 1925) was a businessman and politician in
Ontario
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, Canada. He represented
Brantford
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in the
House of Commons of Canada
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from 1908 to 1911 as a
Liberal
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.
He was born in
Beamsville, Ontario
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, the son of
John Harris and Alice Jane Tufford, and was educated in
Brantford
Brantford (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 104,688) is a city in Ontario, Canada, founded on the Grand River (Ontario), Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. It is surrounded by County of Brant, Brant County, but is politically separate with ...
and
Woodstock
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. He joined
A. Harris, Son & Co. Ltd., a firm established by his grandfather
Alanson Harris
Alanson Harris (April 1, 1816 – October 3, 1894) was a Canadian businessman. He was a sawmill operator and later owner of a farm implement manufacturer in Brantford, Ontario.
Alanson Harris was born in Ingersoll, Ontario in 1816 to John Harris ...
which manufactured farm equipment and later became part of
Massey-Harris. He was president of a number of companies, including the Canada Glue Company, the Brantford Screw Company and the Harris Trust Company.
Harris served on the town council for Brantford from 1905 to 1906.
He married three times:
* to Mary Catherine Perkins in 1887;
* to Evelyn Frances Blackmore in 1896 (this marriage ended in divorce in March 1924); and
* to Jane Hendrick Robertson, the widow of John Sinclair Robertson, in April 1924.
Harris was nominated as a candidate for the
1925 federal election but died in Brantford before the election was held.
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See also
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Bell Telephone Memorial
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1867 births
1925 deaths
Brantford city councillors
Canadian manufacturing businesspeople
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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