Jacob Baxter (June 6, 1832
[ – July 23, 1912][) was speaker of the Legislature of ]Ontario
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in 1887-1890 and served as Liberal
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from 1867 to 1898.Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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He was born in Bertie Township
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in Welland County
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, Upper Canada
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in 1832, the son of Jacob Baxter, former reeve of Bertie. He studied medicine, received the degree of M.D.
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and the Bellevue Hospital Medical College
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and set up a medical practice in Cayuga Cayuga often refers to:
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in partnership with his younger brother Benjamin. He also served as justice of the peace and as surgeon for the local militia unit - 37th Haldimand Rifles. In 1860, he married Rose Griffith.[''The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men'' (1880)]
/ref> He was defeated by John Senn in the 1894 general election but Senn's election was appealed and Baxter won the subsequent by-election. After retiring from politics, Baxter served as registrar for Haldimand County
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1832 births
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