John Waldie
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Biography
Born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland, he moved to Canada West when still a youth.[1] When the rest of his family moved to Huron County to establish a farm,[2] he decided to remain in Nelson Township, becoming a prominent wheat merchant.[3] He was Reeve of Nelson Township for two years,[1] and was instrumental in incorporating the Village of Wellington Square in 1873.[3] After Wellington Square was amalgamated with Port Nelson to become the Village of Burlington late that year,[3] he became its Reeve for five years.[1] During that time, he was also Warden of Halton County for two years.[1]
In 1885, he sold his interest in his business to his partner, and became a lumber baron, moving to Toronto in the process.[3] He founded the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company (consolidating three mills then operating)[4] that year,[2] located at Victoria Harbour, Ontario.[3] Many of the buildings he had constructed there have since been designated as heritage properties.[5] He would acquire further mills in his lifetime, including one in Spragge, Ontario just one month before his death.[1]
He was also the President of two tanneries, located at Collingwood and Burk's Falls,[1] and was a director on the boards of the Toronto Paper Company (operating in Cornwall) and the Canada Coating Mills (located in Georgetown).[1]
Waldie was also a director of the Bank of Toronto,[1] and had also been vice-president of the Landed Banking and Loan Company in Hamilton, Ontario,[1] which later became part of Canada Permanent Trust.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1887 election to represent the riding of Halton, later being re-elected in 1888, but defeated in the elections of 1891 and 1896. In that time, he developed a close friendship with Wilfrid Laurier, which proved useful after he left office.[2]
Electoral record
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Further reading
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References
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- 1833 births
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- Businesspeople from Ontario
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
- Scottish emigrants to Canada
- Canadian businesspeople in timber
- People from Hawick
- 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
- 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Mayors of Burlington, Ontario