Arthur Campbell Garden | |
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![]() Garden on being named Warden of Simcoe County (1910) | |
Ontario MPP | |
In office June 25, 1923 –October 18, 1926 | |
Preceded by | Walter Rollo |
Succeeded by | Frederick Thomas Smye |
Constituency | Hamilton West |
Warden of Simcoe County | |
In office 1910–1910 | |
Preceded by | Richard Bell |
Succeeded by | James Moore |
Personal details | |
Born | Stamford,Canada West | August 9,1860
Died | May 19,1927 66) Hamilton,Ontario | (aged
Political party | Conservative |
Profession | Commercial traveller,manager |
Arthur Campbell Garden (August 9,1860 –May 19,1927) was an Ontario businessman. He represented Hamilton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative member.
Born in Stamford [1] [a] in Welland County, [2] Garden received his schooling in Thorold. [2] After marrying in 1884,he moved to Barrie to work as a commercial traveller for Dominion Drug. [2] He was known for joining many local philanthropic activities. [3]
Garden was first elected as a councillor in Barrie's 1893 election, [4] and later returned to be elected alderman in 1906. [5] He was subsequently acclaimed in the next four elections,as Deputy-Reeve in 1907 [6] and as Reeve in 1908–1910, [3] thus becoming involved in Simcoe County politics. The Barrie Examiner noted in 1910 that "his name has been mentioned in connection with the nomination for the Legislature." [3] During his time on County Council,he was chairman of the committee that was responsible for the publication of a history of the county. [3] [b]
In 1910,he was named Warden of Simcoe County,but the Northern Advance noted that "It was the most strenuous contest seen in years." It took eight ballots for him to finally win. [7]
After 1910,he was transferred to Hamilton to become a manager at National Drug &Chemical,as Dominion Drug was now known as. [2]
In both Barrie and Hamilton,Garden was a Conservative who was actively involved in provincial politics. [3] He would be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1923 election,but declined to seek reelection in 1926 because of ill health. [2]
Garden died in Hamilton in 1927,aged 66. [2]