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Thomas Dixon Craig (November 20, 1842 – April 4, 1905) was a merchant and political figure in
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
, Canada. He represented Durham East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1890 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1891 to 1900 as an Independent
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member. He was born in
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,
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in 1842 and came to
Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of th ...
with his family the following year. Craig was educated at the
University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...
. He was a tanner in Port Hope.


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''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'' JA GemmillMember's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* 1842 births 1905 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Independent Conservative MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario University of Toronto alumni {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub