Peter Howard (May 21, 1772 – November 24, 1843) was a farmer, businessman, medical doctor and political figure in

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. He was born in

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in 1772. His father served with the

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during the

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. Peter settled in Elizabethtown Township in Upper Canada. In 1804, he was elected to represent

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in the

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and served until 1812 when he was defeated by

Levius Peters Sherwood Levius Peters Sherwood (December 12, 1777 – May 19, 1850) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born at St. Johns in Lower Canada. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1803. In 1804, he was appointed regi ...

. In 1806, he was named a justice of the peace in the Johnstown District. In 1808, with

Thomas Dorland Thomas Dorland (1759 – March 5, 1832) was a farmer, soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. Born in Dutchess County, New York, Dorland was a member of a family of Dutch Quakers; the family name was originally spelled "Dorlandt". During ...

and David McGregor Rogers, he withdrew from the house to protest an amendment to the District School Act. Later, he tended to support the more radical reformers, such as

Joseph Willcocks Joseph Willcocks (1773 – September 4, 1814) sometimes spelt Wilcox was a publisher and political figure in Upper Canada. He was elected to the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1807 representing York, 1st Lincoln and Haldimand. He was re-elect ...

, in the assembly. In 1816, he was reelected to represent Leeds and served until 1820. He practiced as a doctor after the

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, although he was only licensed to practice medicine in 1830. He died in

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in 1843. He is buried in the Soperton Cemetery near Delta, Ontario. His son Matthew Munsel also represented Leeds in the Legislative Assembly.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Peter Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada 1772 births 1843 deaths Physicians from Ontario Canadian justices of the peace