Edmund John Glyn Hooper (July 7, 1818 – October 5, 1889) was a Canadian businessman and political figure. He represented Addington in the 1st Parliament of Ontario and Lennox in the

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as a

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member from 1879 to 1882. He was born in

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shire,

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in 1818 and came to

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with his parents in 1819. He served in the local militia during the

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. In 1843, he moved to Lennox County and established himself as a lumber merchant with his brother

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. He built a sawmill in

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which burned down in 1855. He then set up a store in

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; he moved to

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in 1863 and opened another store there. In the same year, he was appointed treasurer for the provisional council of the Counties of Lennox and Addington. In 1879, he was forced to resign from his position as treasurer when funds were found to be missing; Hooper declared bankruptcy because he was declared indebted to the county. He died in Napanee in 1889.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, Edmund 1818 births 1889 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs English emigrants to Canada