Adam J. Baker
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Adam Jacob Baker was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
representing Russell
from 1875 to 1883 and Reeve of Osgoode Township
from 1877 to 1878.
He was born in Osnabruck Township in the County of Stormont
in Upper Canada
in 1821. He manufactured barrels in the village of Metcalfe
where he was also postmaster for 20 years.
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
representing Russell
Russell (Ontario electoral district)
Russell was a federal and provincial electoral district in eastern Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1967....
from 1875 to 1883 and Reeve of Osgoode Township
Osgoode Township, Ontario
Osgoode Township is a former township that is now a part of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It encompassed the same area that is currently Osgoode Ward. The township along the Rideau River was established in 1798 and incorporated in 1850. It was an independent township in Carleton County until...
from 1877 to 1878.
He was born in Osnabruck Township in the County of Stormont
Stormont County, Ontario
Stormont County area is a county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Stormont was created in 1792, however, it was settled seven years earlier in 1785. Veterans of Loyalist regiments were among the first settlers...
in Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
in 1821. He manufactured barrels in the village of Metcalfe
Metcalfe, Ontario
Metcalfe is a large village in the Osgoode Ward of the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The local agricultural fair, the Metcalfe Fair, has been held each fall since 1856....
where he was also postmaster for 20 years.
External links
- http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32951The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1877, CH MackintoshCharles H. MackintoshCharles Herbert Mackintosh was a journalist, mayor of Ottawa from 1879–1881, represented Ottawa City as a Liberal-Conservative in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1887, and from 1890 to 1893, and served as Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories from 1893 to 1898.-Parentage and...
] - Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario