Thomas Bain (14 December 1834 – 18 January 1915) was a Scottish born

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arian. Bain was born in

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, the son of Walter Bain, and migrated to

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with his family when he was three years old. They settled on a bush farm in Wentworth County near

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. He was elected to the County Council in the 1860s and became Warden. He was first elected to the

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in the 1872 federal election as a

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. He was re-elected on six subsequent occasions, serving as an MP for 28 years before retiring in 1900. In the House, he usually spoke on agricultural issues, and became Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Colonization in 1896. In 1874, he married Helen Weir. When the

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, died unexpectedly in July 1899,

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asked Bain to become the new Speaker for the remainder of Egar's term. Bain served as Speaker until the House was dissolved for the 1900 election in which he did not run. After retiring from politics, Bain became President of the Landed Banking and Loan Company and the Malcolm and Souter Furniture Company. He died in

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at age 80.

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