John Alexander Catherwood (October 26, 1857 – December 21, 1940) was a fruit grower, bee keeper and political figure in

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. He represented Dewdney from 1920 to 1928 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as a

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. He was born in Bolton Village,

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in 1857, the son of Thomas Catherwood and Ann Abercrombie, and was educated in Caledonia. In 1886, Catherwood married Edith Margaret Solloway. He was reeve of

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for 17 years. Catherwood was unseated in February 1925 by a decision of the B.C. Supreme Court after a recount reduced his majority in the election to 5; he was reinstated in June 1925. He died in Mission City at the age of 83 in 1940.

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1857 births 1940 deaths British Columbia Conservative Party MLAs {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub