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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Corelli Collard Field<br />
| image = <br />
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| office1 = [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Ontario MPP]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1886<br />
| term_end1 = 1898<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Robert Mulholland]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Samuel Clarke (politician)|Samuel Clarke]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Northumberland West (provincial electoral district)|Northumberland West]]<br />
| party = [[Ontario Liberal Party|Liberal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1830|10|5}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tavistock, Devon]], [[England]] <br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1898|2|2|1830|10|5}}<br />
| death_place = [[Cobourg, Ontario]]<br />
| occupation = Businessman<br />
| relations = [[John Collard Field]], brother<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = <br />
}}<br />
'''Corelli Collard Field''' (October 5, 1830 &ndash; February 2, 1898) was an [[Ontario]] businessman and political figure. He represented [[Northumberland West (provincial electoral district)|Northumberland West]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of Ontario]] from 1886 to 1898 as a [[Liberal Party of Ontario|Liberal]] member.<br />
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He was born in [[Tavistock, Devon|Tavistock]], [[Devon]]shire, [[England]] in 1830, the son of John Field, and was brought to [[Cobourg, Ontario|Cobourg]], [[Upper Canada]] by his parents in 1834. He operated a general store in Cobourg in partnership with his brother [[John Collard Field|John Collard]]. Field served on the public school board, served ten years on the town council and was mayor of Cobourg. He was also a commissioner of the Cobourg Town Trust.<br />
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His sister Myra Jane married [[William Kerr (Canadian politician)|William Kerr]], who represented Northumberland West in the federal parliament. He died in 1898.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J63Y-KWB|title=FamilySearch.org|website=[[FamilySearch]] |accessdate=24 June 2023}}</ref><br />
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The geographic township of Field and the community of [[Field, Ontario|Field]] in [[Nipissing District, Ontario|Nipissing District]] were named in his honour.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=corelli-collard-field}}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32962/257 |page=241 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1897 |publisher=J. Durie & Son |editor-last=Gemmill |editor-first=J.A. |location=Ottawa}}<br />
* {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.08545/319 |pages=281-282 |title=The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men |year=1880 |publisher=American Biographical Publishing Company |volume=Ontario |location=Toronto}}: Entry for John Field<br />
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[[Category:1830 births]]<br />
[[Category:British emigrants to Canada]]<br />
[[Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs]]<br />
[[Category:Mayors of Cobourg]]<br />
[[Category:1898 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]]<br />
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario]]<br />
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