Samuel Merner (9 January 1823 – 11 August 1908) was a

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businessman and politician. Born in Kien,

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, with the last name of Muerner or Mürner, he immigrated to Canada with his parents in 1837 settling in

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. He later anglicized his last name to Merner. A businessman, his career in politics started in 1857 when he became a member of the council of the village of

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. From 1873 to 1878, he was reeve of New Hamburg and served as Warden of Waterloo County in 1878. After losing a by-election in 1878 in the Ontario provincial riding of Waterloo South, he was elected to the

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in the federal riding of Waterloo South in the 1878 federal election. A

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, he was defeated in the 1882 election but was appointed to the

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in 1887 representing the

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of Hamburg, Ontario. He served until his death in 1908.

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