Inverness-shire,Scotland
John Fraser (March 3,1849 – February 1,1928) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Glen Urquhart,Inverness-shire,Scotland,Fraser came to Canada in 1852. He was mayor of Petrolia,Ontario from 1885 to 1889. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Lambton East in the 1896 federal election. A Liberal,he was defeated in 1900. In 1902,he was appointed Postmaster of Petrolia.
John George Lambton,1st Earl of Durham,,also known as "Radical Jack" and commonly referred to in Canadian history texts simply as Lord Durham,was a British Whig statesman,colonial administrator,Governor General and high commissioner of British North America. A leading reformer,Durham played a major role in the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832. He later served as ambassador to Russia. He was a founding member and chairman of the New Zealand Company that played a key role in the colonisation of New Zealand. George Woodcock says that he was,"Proud,wayward,immensely rich,with romantic good looks and an explosive temper." He was one of those "natural rebels who turn their rebellious energies to constructive purposes. Both at home and abroad he became a powerful exponent of the early nineteenth-century liberal spirit."
Dawn-Euphemia is a township in southwestern Ontario,Canada,in Lambton County. Residents primarily are employed by the agricultural industry,or by local industries such as Union Gas distribution centre,along with various smaller agricultural manufacturers or service providers. The township municipal office is located in Rutherford.
Lambton County is a county in Southwestern Ontario,Canada. It is bordered on the north by Lake Huron,which is drained by the St. Clair River,the county's western border and part of the Canada-United States border. To the south is Lake Saint Clair and Chatham-Kent. Lambton County's northeastern border follows the Ausable River and Parkhill Creek north until it reaches Lake Huron at the beach community of Grand Bend. The county seat is in the Town of Plympton-Wyoming.
Petrolia is a town in southwestern Ontario,Canada. It is part of Lambton County and is surrounded by Enniskillen Township. It is billed as "Canada's Victorian Oil Town" and is often credited with starting the oil industry in North America,a claim shared with the nearby town of Oil Springs.
Sarnia—Lambton is a federal electoral district in Ontario,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It is located in the area of the city of Sarnia,in the southwest corner of the province of Ontario.
Lambton East was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1935. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created from Lambton riding.
Patricia A. "Pat" Davidson was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 until 2015 representing the riding of Sarnia—Lambton and is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
Sarnia—Lambton is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario,Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario,Canada. It elects one member to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Alfred Thomas Gurd was an Ontario farmer,entrepreneur and political figure. He represented Lambton West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1898 as a Conservative-Protestant Protective Association member.
John Henry Fairbank was variously a surveyor,oilman,inventor,banker,politician and fire chief in Lambton County,Ontario. Fairbank is best known for his invention of the jerker-line pumping system,which quickly spread across the world its introduction in the mid-1860s. Fairbank Oil,established by Fairbank in 1861,is the oldest continually operating petroleum company,and the company's property,known as the "First Commercial Oil Field",is included in the List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario.
Leslie Warner Oke was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Lambton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1929 as a United Farmers member.
Oliver Simmons was a Canadian politician.
Charles Oliver Fairbank was an Ontario petroleum engineer and political figure. He represented Lambton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1938 to 1943.
Brooke-Alvinston is a township municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario,located within Lambton County. It was formed on January 1,2001,when the Township of Brooke was amalgamated with the Village of Alvinston.
George Moncrieff,was a Scottish-born lawyer and political figure in Ontario,Canada. He represented Lambton East in the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1896 as a Conservative member.
Buttermilk Creek is a creek in the town of Petrolia,Lambton County,Ontario,Canada.
Milton Duncan McVicar was a farmer and politician in Ontario,Canada. He represented Lambton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1934 to 1938 as a Liberal.
Major Charles Oliver Fairbank (1858–1925) was a Canadian oilman and military officer and M.D. who served in the First World War.
The International Drillers is the name given to the more than 500 drillers from Lambton County who worked in oil fields across the world between December 1873 to the mid-1940s. Many of the International Drillers grew up learning the oil business in Enniskillen County and provided the skilled labour,expertise and technology necessary for the development of the global petroleum industry.
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