John Haggert (1822 – 26 January 1887 in BramptonOntario Death Registration #013350-1887) was the first mayor of the town

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, now a city, in

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, Canada. He held the post from 1874 to 1876. He was born in Eldersley near Paisley,

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, the son of Robert Haggert and Barbara Longhead. Haggert was educated in Scotland and, when he was eighteen, moved to

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where he trained as an

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. In 1842, he moved to

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, Canada West, where his parents also settled. He then moved to

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, where he manufactured agricultural implements, later moving his business to Brampton in 1849. He was later joined by his brothers and later became president of the Haggert Brothers Manufacturing Company. Haggert also served on the Brampton school board. In 1851, he married Catherine Cochrane.

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''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time'', GM Rose (1886)''Brampton : An illustrated history'', HV Loverseed (1987)
1822 births Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Mayors of Brampton 1887 deaths Immigrants to the Province of Canada {{Ontario-mayor-stub