George Walter Ecclestone (October 8,1865 – August 10,1940) was a hardware merchant [1] and political figure in Ontario. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1916 to 1934 as a Conservative member.
He was born in Dawn Mills,Kent County,Ontario,the son of John William Ecclestone,of Loddon and Great Yarmouth,Norfolk,England and the former Ann Jane Chiltick,born Brookeborough,Fermanagh,Ireland. In 1890,Ecclestone married Alice Warner Jacobs. He served as mayor of Bracebridge,as president of the local board of trade and as chairman of the Bracebridge Power and Light Commission. Ecclestone was elected to the assembly in a 1916 by-election held following the death of Samuel Henry Armstrong. [1]
Bracebridge is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality in Ontario,Canada.
Frank Stuart Miller was a Canadian politician who served as the 19th premier of Ontario for four months in 1985. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1971 as a Progressive Conservative member of the central Ontario riding of Muskoka. He served in the cabinet of Premier Bill Davis in several portfolios including Minister of Health and Minister of Natural Resources. He also served five years as the Treasurer of Ontario.
George Frederick Marter was a politician in the Canadian province of Ontario. He led the Ontario Conservative Party from 1894 to 1896. Marter and Patrick Brown are the only permanent Ontario Conservative leaders who did not lead the party into an election.
Norman Allan Miller is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario,representing the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka for the Progressive Conservative Party from 2001 to 2022. His father,Frank Miller,was also a Progressive Conservative MPP from the region for 11 years,and briefly served as Premier of Ontario in 1985.
Daniel Waters is a politician in Ontario,Canada. He served as a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995.
Kenneth Hilton Black was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990,and represented the central Ontario riding of Muskoka–Georgian Bay. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson.
John Classon Miller was an Ontario lumber merchant and political figure. He represented Muskoka and Parry Sound in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1882 as a Liberal member.
Jacob William Dill was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Muskoka and Parry Sound in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1884 to 1886.
John Bailey Freeman was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Norfolk North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1890 as a Liberal member.
King's Highway 118,commonly referred to as Highway 118,is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The route travels across South-Central Ontario between Highway 11 near Bracebridge and Highway 28 near Bancroft. Several communities are served by the route,including Uffington,Vankoughnet,Carnarvon,West Guilford,Haliburton Village,Tory Hill,Cardiff and Paudash.
George Edward Langford was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a Conservative-Protestant Protective Association member.
Samuel Bridgeland was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1898 to 1903.
Arthur Arnold Mahaffy was an Ontario barrister and political figure. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1903 to 1912 as a Conservative member.
Samuel Henry Armstrong was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1912 to 1916 as a Conservative member.
George Arthur Welsh DSO &Bar was a Canadian flying ace,farmer and political figure. He represented Muskoka—Ontario in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative member from 1945 to 1955.
Robert James Boyer was an Ontario journalist,author and political figure. He represented Muskoka as a Progressive Conservative member from 1955 to 1971.
Muskoka was an electoral riding in Ontario,Canada. It existed in various incarnations and names throughout its existence. It started as Muskoka-Parry Sound in 1875 and then changed to Muskoka in 1886. In 1934 it changed to Muskoka-Ontario and lasted until 1955 when it changed back to Muskoka. In 1987 it changed again to Muskoka-Georgian Bay. It was eliminated by redistribution in 1999,and its territories went to the new ridings of Parry Sound—Muskoka (66%) and Simcoe North (34%).
Frank Garfield "Gary" Denniss is a Canadian historian,newspaper columnist,retired public school teacher,speaker and ordained minister born in 1944 in Bracebridge,Ontario Denniss is the author of 43 books on the history of the District Municipality of Muskoka,
Parry Sound was an electoral riding in Ontario,Canada. It was created in 1886 when the riding of Muskoka and Parry Sound was split two ridings:Muskoka and Parry Sound. It was abolished in 1999 when it was merged into the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka.
Graydon Smith is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election. He represents the riding of Parry Sound—Muskoka as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
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