Thomas Magladery (December 14, 1875
– October 29, 1954) was a merchant
and political figure in
Ontario
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. He represented
Timiskaming in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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from 1914 to 1923 as a
Conservative
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member.
The son of Thomas Magladery and Jessie Rennie,
he was born in
Parkhill,
Middlesex County. Magladery served in the Canadian infantry during
World War I
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, reaching the rank of captain.
In 1910, he married Lillian Howson.
Magladery was named Deputy Minister of Immigration in 1934. He died in New Liskeard, October 29, 1954, and was buried at the Pioneer Cemetery at that same city.
[New Liskeard Pioneer Cemetery Records, City of Temiskaming Shores]
References
1870s births
1954 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
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