Marshall Vaughan (March 16, 1884 – 1959) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Welland in the

Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...

from 1923 to 1934 as a Conservative member. He was born in

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, the son of Wilford Vaughan. He was a wholesale dealer in seeds. In 1911, he married Evelyn Maud House. Vaughan was the first mayor of Welland, serving in 1917 and 1918. He was a recruiter for the

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during World War I. He was a

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and a member of the

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and the

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. He died in 1959 and was buried in Hamilton.

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''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'', HW Charlesworth (1919)Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
1884 births 1959 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Mayors of Welland 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario 20th-century mayors of places in Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub