Thomas Gibson (8 January 1825 – 1901) was an

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political figure. He represented

Huron North Huron North was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1882, and from 1917 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided ...

in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1871 to 1874 and

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from 1875 to 1898. He was a

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Life

He was born in

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Berwickshire Berwickshire ( gd, Siorrachd Bhearaig) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of t ...

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in Jan 1825, the son of Thomas Gibson (1751–1820) and his wife Helen Lunham. He was educated at the free church school in Greenlaw. He came to

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in 1854. He served as reeve for Howick Township for 7 years. He ran unsuccessfully in Huron North in 1867. The township of

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, now part of the Township of Georgian Bay in the

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, was named after him. He died in January 1901 and is buried in

Wroxeter, Ontario Wroxeter, Ontario is a community in Howick Township, part of Huron County. The first settlers of Wroxeter were the Gibson Brothers, Thomas and Robert, who founded the community in the mid-19th century. During its peak period, Wroxeter had fi ...

with his wife Elizabeth (1830–1878). His nephew was the noted mathematician Prof

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FRSE (1858–1930).

Electoral history

References

External links

Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario''The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1891'', J Durie
1825 births 1901 deaths Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Berwickshire People from Huron County, Ontario Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Immigrants to the Province of Canada {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub