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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| name             = Henry Alfred Ward
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| smallimage       = Henry Alfred Ward.jpg
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| constituency_MP  = [[Durham East (federal electoral district)|Durham East]]
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [[Arthur Trefusis Heneage Williams]]
| successor        = [[Thomas Dixon Craig]]
| term_start       = 1885
| term_end         = 1891
| predecessor2     = [[Thomas Dixon Craig]]
| successor2       = District was abolished in 1903
| term_start2      = 1900
| term_end2        = 1904
| constituency_MP3 = [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]]
| parliament3      = Canadian
| predecessor3     = District was created in 1903
| successor3       = [[Charles Jonas Thornton]]
| term_start3      = 1904
| term_end3        = 1908
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1849|08|20}}
| birth_place      = [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], [[Canada West]]
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1934|05|11|1849|08|20}}
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| party            = [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]]
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'''Henry Alfred Ward''' (August 20, 1849 &ndash; May 11, 1934) was a [[Canadian]] politician.

== Biography ==
Born in [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]], [[Canada West]], the only surviving son of the late George C. Ward, [[Registrar general|Registrar]] for [[Durham County, Ontario]]. He became a lawyer and was elected Mayor of Port Hope in 1885, 1893 and 1894. He was first elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] for [[Durham East (federal electoral district)|Durham East]] in an 1885 by-election. A [[Conservative Party of Canada (historical)|Conservative]], he was re-elected in [[1887 Canadian federal election|1887]] but did not run in [[1891 Canadian federal election|1891]]. He ran again and was elected in [[1900 Canadian federal election|1900]] and [[1904 Canadian federal election|1904]] (for the riding of [[Durham (electoral district)|Durham]]).

Ward was also active in the [[Canadian Militia]], having enlisted with the 46th East Durham Battalion in 1867 and later retiring in 1909 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, having commanded the '''[[46th Durham Regiment]]''' for 6 years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=46th Durham Regiment |url=http://www.canadiansoldiers.com/regiments/infantry/46thdurhamregiment.htm |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.canadiansoldiers.com}}</ref>

The Ward family of [[Port Hope, Ontario]] were of English descent. Henry Ward was a grandson of Captain Thomas Ward (1770–1861), who as born in [[London]] and came to Canada with Governor [[John Graves Simcoe]] in 1791. Captain Ward was one of the first statute lawyers of [[Upper Canada]] and one of the first benchers of the [[Law Society of Upper Canada]]. Until 1808, he was Registrar of [[Northumberland County, Ontario]], residing at Brighton. In that year he became Registrar for [[Durham County, Ontario]] and removed to [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]]. In later life he also held the offices of Judge of the County Court and Clerk of the Peace for the Newcastle District. In 1847, Captain Ward resigned from the Registrar's office in favor of his son George C. Ward. Among the Captain's children were Mrs [[John Tucker Williams]].

== Electoral record ==
{{1904 Canadian federal election/Durham}}

==References==
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* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=17085}}

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[[Category:1849 births]]
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[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs]]
[[Category:Canadian Militia officers]]
[[Category:Mayors of Port Hope, Ontario]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario]]
[[Category:People from Northumberland County, Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]


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