Matthew Robert Duncan (8 July 1863 – 23 February 1938) was a
Conservative member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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from 1921 to 1926. He was born in
Owen Sound,
Canada West, was an alderman there for eleven years, and was the city's mayor in 1905 and 1906.
Duncan attended high school at Owen Sound and became president of Owen Sound Cereal Mills Ltd. He was elected to Parliament in the
1921 general election to represent the
Grey North
Grey North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, which divided the County of Grey i ...
riding, and re-elected in
1925
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. In the
1926 election he was defeated by
William Pattison Telford, Jr. of the
Liberals.
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1863 births
1938 deaths
Canadian businesspeople in retailing
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Mayors of Owen Sound
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
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