Milton Duncan McVicar (September 18, 1893 – February 3, 1938) was a farmer and politician in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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from 1934 to 1938 as a

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. The son of Peter McVicar and Annie Kerr, both natives of Scotland, he was born in

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and was educated in Petrolia. McVicar was reeve for Enniskillen from 1925 to 1934, serving as warden for

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in 1932. He was president of the local

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and was also a

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. McVicar defeated Conservative incumbent Thomas Howard Fraleigh in 1934 to win a seat in the assembly; he was reelected in 1937. He died in office in 1938.

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* 1893 births 1938 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub