- Thomas Beattie
Thomas Beattie (
August 12 ,1844 –December 2 ,1914 ) was a Canadian politician.Born in
Saintfield ,County Down ,Ireland , Beattie emigrated to Canada with his parents in 1848. A businessman, he was a Major with the 7th Fusiliers ofLondon, Ontario and served during theNorth-West Rebellion . He was Vice-President of London City Gas Company and a Director of the Agricultural Savings and Loan Company. He first entered politics as an alderman in London. He was first elected to theCanadian House of Commons in the 1896 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1900 federal election but was re-elected in a 1907by-election . He served until his death in 1914. [cite book|title=Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896|url=http://www.archive.org/details/personnelofsenat00montuoft|publisher=Lovell|location=Montreal|pages=page 107]References
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* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=c8f2be61-cd6f-43fb-a893-24d9d59c84f9&Language=E Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
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Member of Parliament for London
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years=1907–1914
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