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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = John Watterworth
| image         = JohnWatterworth23.jpg
| imagesize     = 180px
| office1       = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]
| term_start1   = 1872
| term_end1     = 1883
| predecessor1  = [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Alexander Mackenzie]]
| successor1    = [[Alexander Johnston (Ontario politician)|Alexander Johnston]]
| constituency1 = [[Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex West]]
| party         = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1827|11|24}}
| birth_place   = [[Elgin County, Ontario]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1903|3|1|1827|11|24}}
| death_place   = 
| occupation    = 
| relations     = 
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| children      = 
}}
'''John Watterworth''' (November 24, 1827 &ndash; March 1, 1903) was an [[Ontario]] political figure. He represented [[Middlesex West (provincial electoral district)|Middlesex West]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] as a [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]] member from 1872 to 1883.

He was born in [[Elgin County, Ontario]]. He served as reeve of [[Mosa, Ontario|Mosa Township]] and warden for [[Middlesex County, Ontario|Middlesex County]]. He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1872 by-election when the sitting member resigned to retain his seat in the federal parliament.

== Electoral history ==
{{1872 Ontario provincial by-elections/Middlesex West 2}}
{{1875 Ontario general election/Middlesex West}}
{{1879 Ontario general election/Middlesex West}}

== References ==
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*{{OntarioMPPbio|id=john-watterworth}}
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32955/266 |page=262 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1881 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}}

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[[Category:1827 births]]
[[Category:1903 deaths]]
[[Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs]]
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario]]
[[Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]

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