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{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Andrew Monteith
| image         = AndrewMonteith23.jpg
| imagesize     = 180px
| caption       =
| riding1       = [[Perth North (federal electoral district)|Perth North]]
| parliament1   = Canadian
| term_start1   = 1874
| term_end1     = 1878
| predecessor1  = [[Thomas Mayne Daly Sr.|Thomas Mayne Daly]]
| successor1    = [[Samuel Rollin Hesson]]
| office2       = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start2   = 1867
| term_end2     = 1874
| predecessor2  = ''Riding established''
| successor2    = [[Thomas Mayne Daly Sr.|Thomas Mayne Daly]]
| constituency2 = [[Perth North (provincial electoral district)|Perth North]]
| party         = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario|Conservative]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1823|8|15}}
| birth_place   = [[County Tyrone]], [[Ireland]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1896|2|1|1823|8|15}}
| death_place   = [[Perth South, Ontario|Downie Township, Ontario]]
| occupation    = Merchant
| spouse        = Jane Dunsmore (m. 1850)
| children      = 
}}
'''Andrew Monteith''' (August 15, 1823 &ndash; February 1, 1896) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] businessman and political figure in [[Ontario]]. He represented [[Perth North (provincial electoral district)|Perth North]] in the [[Parliament of Ontario]] from 1867 to 1874 and in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] as a [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]] member for [[Perth North (federal electoral district)|Perth North]] from 1874 to 1878.

He was born in [[County Tyrone]], [[Ireland]] in 1823, the son of John Monteith, and came to [[Downie Township, Ontario|Downie Township]] in [[Perth County, Ontario|Perth County]], [[Upper Canada]] with his family in 1834. For a time, he worked with his brother who owned a store in [[Stratford, Ontario|Stratford]]. He served on the county council from 1850 to 1865 and on the town council for Stratford from 1857 to 1861. Monteith married Jane Dunsmore in 1850. He was elected to the [[1st Parliament of Ontario]] in 1867; in 1874, he was elected to the House of Commons. He resigned from politics in 1878. He died at his home in Downie Township in 1896 after suffering a [[stroke]].

His sons, [[John C. Monteith|John]] and [[Joseph Monteith|Joseph]], served as mayors of Stratford and were elected to the Ontario legislature. John's election was declared invalid on appeal.

[[Monteith Township, Ontario|Monteith Township]] in [[Parry Sound District, Ontario|Parry Sound District]] was named after Andrew Monteith.

== Electoral history ==

=== Federal ===
{{1874 Canadian federal election/Perth North}}
{{Election votes only | title=By-election: On Mr. Monteith being unseated on petition, 7 July 1875: [[Perth North (federal electoral district)|Perth North]]}}
|- 
{{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row}}  
|[[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
|Andrew Monteith 
|align="right"| 1,737    
{{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} 
|Independent
|James Fisher
|align="right"|1,717   
|}

=== Provincial ===
{{1867 Ontario general election/Perth North}}
{{1871 Ontario general election/Perth North}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5279}}
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=andrew-monteith}}
*[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3101 ''History of the County of Perth from 1825 to 1902'', W. Johnston (1903)]

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[[Category:1823 births]]
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[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
[[Category:Canadian people of Ulster-Scottish descent]]
[[Category:People from Stratford, Ontario]]
[[Category:Immigrants to Upper Canada]]
[[Category:Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]

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