John Milton Platt

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John Milton Platt (April 18, 1840 – September 27, 1919) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Prince Edward in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1891 as a Liberal member. [1]

He was born in Athol Township, Upper Canada, [1] the son of Dyer Platt and Myria Morgan. [2] Platt was educated at the Fort Edward Institute in New York state and at Victoria University in Cobourg. In 1872, Platt married Amelia Branscombe. [3] He also served as a public school inspector and as surgeon for the militia. Platt was editor and publisher for the Picton New Nation. [4] His election in 1888 was overturned after an appeal but he won the by-election that followed. He was defeated by Archibald Campbell Miller when he ran for reelection in 1891. [1] Platt later served as warden for Kingston Penitentiary [5] from 1899 to 1913. He died in Picton at the age of 79. [2]

Electoral record

1887 Canadian federal election : Prince Edward
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal John M. Platt 2,222
 UnknownRobert Clapp2,151

By-election: On election being declared void:

By-election: 19 March 1988
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal John M. PLATT2,198
 UnknownRobert CLAPP1,971
1891 Canadian federal election : Prince Edward
PartyCandidateVotes
  Conservative Archibald Campbell Miller 2,264
  Liberal John M. Platt 2,225

References

  1. 1 2 3 John Milton Platt – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 1 2 Johnson, J.K., ed. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . Ottawa: Public Archives of Canada. pp. 467–468.
  3. ↑ Gemmill, J.A., ed. (1889). The Canadian Parliamentary Companion. Ottawa: J. Durie & Son. p. 164.
  4. ↑ Rose, Geo. Maclean, ed. (1886). A Cyclopæedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. Toronto: Rose Publishing Co. pp. 554–555.
  5. ↑ Canada's Big House: The Dark History of the Kingston Penitentiary, Peter H. Hennessy ( ISBN   1550023306)]


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