Thomas Magwood (March 28, 1851 – December 15, 1933) was an

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farmer and political figure. He represented Perth North in the

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as a

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member from 1891 to 1898. He was born in East Flamborough Township, Wentworth County,

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in 1851. He served on the township council for Mornington. In 1881, he married Elizabeth Magwood. He was elected in an 1890 by-election held after the election of

Alfred Emanuel Ahrens Alfred Emanuel Ahrens was a Canadian politician from Ontario. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in Perth North in the 1890 Ontario general election but one year later he was unseated Unseating is a political term which refe ...

was declared invalid. He died in 1933.

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* 1851 births 1933 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub