Michael Thomas Stenson was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Longford

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, County Meath

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, Ireland

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, the son of John Stenson, Stenson moved with his family to Canada in 1840 settling in Canada East

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. He was educated at St. Mary's College, Montreal

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 where he took a classical course, and at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, where he took a course in agriculture. In May 1864, he obtained certificate from Military School at Montreal. He was a farmer, school teacher, was a Public School Inspector. He was Mayor of Wotton Township and Warden of Wolfe County. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Richmond—Wolfe

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 in the general elections of 1896

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. A Liberal

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, he did run in 1900

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