Robert McGhee ( – June 4, 1893) was an

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farmer and politician. He represented Dufferin in the

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as a

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member from 1883 to 1886. McGhee came to Melancthon Township in

Dufferin County Dufferin County is a county and census division located in Central Ontario, Canada. The county seat is Orangeville, and the current Warden is Wade Mills. The current chief administrative officer is Sonya Pritchard. Dufferin covers an area of , ...

in 1848. He served as reeve of Melancthon from 1865 to 1879 and again from 1891 until his death in the early summer of 1893. His daughter Isabella married Manitoba politician

Edward August Edward Arthur August (15 May 1860 – 31 December 1935) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1922, as a member of the Liberal Party. August was born in Toronto, Canada West, the son ...

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* 1830s births 1893 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub