William Pattison Telford (October 11, 1836 – May 4, 1922) was a

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banker and politician. Born in Castleton,

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, Telford was educated at public schools in

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, Waterloo County,

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and at the

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. Telford spent three years in stone cutting and building, the next 14 years in teaching, holding a first class certificate at the expiration of that period, and two or three years in building operations. He then became a banker. Telford was president of the Sun Portland Cement Company and Manager of the Grey and Bruce Loan Company. He was with his regiment during the Fenian raids in 1866. He was a member of the

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Town Council, before being elected to the

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for Grey North in the 1904 federal election. A Liberal, he was defeated in

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. He married Margaret Couper in 1867. His son, William Pattison Telford Jr., was also a Member of Parliament.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Telford, William 1836 births 1922 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario People of the Fenian raids Immigrants to Upper Canada 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada