James Crawford was an Ontario

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 businessman and political figure. He represented Brockville

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 in the 1st Canadian Parliament

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 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in County Cavan

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, Ireland

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 in 1816, the oldest son of George Crawford, and came to Upper Canada

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 with his family during the 1820s. Crawford served in Cornwall, Ontario

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 during the Upper Canada Rebellion

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 and was a member of the Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada for several years. He served as lieutenant-colonel in the local militia from 1866 to 1871. Crawford was a contractor involved in the construction of several canal

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s on the Saint Lawrence River

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Crawford married a Miss Harris. He died in Brockville at the age of 62.

His brother John

John Willoughby Crawford

John Willoughby Crawford QC served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada from 1873 to 1875.Born in 1817 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, the son of George Crawford, John Crawford came to Canada as a child when his family settled in Brockville, Ontario. He married Helen...

served as Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.