Samuel Platt (1812 – May 5, 1887) was a

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and

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. He was born in

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in 1812 and immigrated to Canada in 1827. CITY OF TORONTO BY-LAW No. 282-1999 To designate the property at 337 Jarvis Street (Samuel Platt House) as being of architectural and historical value or interest.
/ref> He worked as a clerk at Enoch Turner's brewery for four years and then erected a distillery of his own at Berkeley and Front Streets. Platt married a Miss Lockett in 1836. He served as a councillor for St. Lawrence Ward from 1845 to 1851, followed by a two-year term as an alderman for St. David's Ward in 1853 and 1854. In 1872, Platt was one of four citizens appointed to the Water Commission, which supervised the construction of the city's waterworks before disbanding in 1877. He was elected as an Independent to represent the federal riding of

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in 1875 and 1878. Platt also served as a director of the Consumers Gas Company.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Platt, Samuel 1812 births 1887 deaths Independent MPs in the Canadian House of Commons Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada