Peter Duncan McCallum (August 26, 1853 – October 5, 1917) was an

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farmer and political figure. He represented Lambton East in the

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as a Conservative- Protestant Protective Association member from 1893 to 1898. He was born in

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in 1853, the son of Peter McCallum. He served as reeve of Bosanquet Township and as warden for

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. In 1878, he married Ann Christena Vivian. McCallum was first elected to the provincial assembly in an 1893 by-election held after the death of Hugh McKenzie. He served as Inspector of Liquor Licenses in East Lambton from 1906 to 1916 and then as assistant Inspector for

. He died in Michigan in 1917.

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''Lambton County's Hundred Years, 1849 - 1949'', V Lauriston (1949)
1853 births Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Protestant Protective Association MPPs 1917 deaths 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub