Samuel Platt
Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Samuel Platt (1812 – May 5, 1887) was a Canadian brewer and politician. He was born in Ireland in 1812 and immigrated to Canada in 1827.[1]
He worked as a clerk at Enoch Turner's brewery for four years and then erected a distillery of his own at Berkeley and Front Streets.[1]
Platt married a Miss Lockett in 1836.[2]
He served as a councillor for St. Lawrence Ward from 1845 to 1851, followed by a two-year term as an alderman for St. David's Ward in 1853 and 1854.[1]
In 1872, Platt was one of four citizens appointed to the Water Commission, which supervised the construction of the city's waterworks before disbanding in 1877.[1]
He was elected as an Independent to represent the federal riding of Toronto East in 1875 and 1878.[3]
Platt also served as a director of the Consumers Gas Company.[1]
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- ↑ a b c d e CITY OF TORONTO BY-LAW No. 282-1999 To designate the property at 337 Jarvis Street (Samuel Platt House) as being of architectural and historical value or interest.
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- ↑ Samuel Platt – Parliament of Canada biography
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