Thomas Duncan (ca 1850 – October 27, 1910
) was a
Scottish
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*Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland
*Scottish English
*Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...
-born
blacksmith and political figure in
Manitoba. He represented
Morden from 1892 to 1899 in the
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a
Liberal.
He was born in
Tannadice
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,
Forfarshire
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and educated in
Kirriemuir. Duncan came to Canada in 1871, coming west to Manitoba in 1874. He served as mayor of
Nelson from 1886 to 1887 and as warden for
North Dufferin from 1884 to 1885.
After he retired from politics in 1899, Duncan was employed with the
Canadian immigration department. His job brought him to
Syracuse, New York
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, where he died of
typhoid pneumonia in 1910.
References
Year of birth uncertain
1910 deaths
Manitoba Liberal Party MLAs
Scottish emigrants to Canada
Mayors of places in Manitoba
Canadian blacksmiths
People from Angus, Scotland
Deaths from typhoid fever
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