Thomas Saunders Hobbs (15 April 1856 – 30 September 1927) was an

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-born

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merchant and political figure. He represented

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in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a

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member. He was born in

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shire in 1856, the son of Thomas S. Hobbs, was educated at the

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college in Shebbear and came to

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with his family. Hobbs was a manufacturer, owned a hardware store and was vice-president of the London Board of Trade. Hobbs ran for provincial office. He was defeated by

William Ralph Meredith Sir William Ralph Meredith, (March 31, 1840 – August 21, 1923) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. He served as Leader of the Ontario Conservatives from 1878 to 1894, Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1900 until his de ...

in 1894 but elected in a by-election held later that year after Meredith was appointed judge. Hobbs was also a director of the Trusts and Guarantee Company and served as paymaster in the local militia. He died in 1927.

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''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897'' JA Gemmill
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''The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography'', HJ Morgan (1898)
1856 births 1927 deaths People from Great Torrington English emigrants to Canada Ontario Liberal Party MPPs {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub