Sydney Charles Tweed was a businessman and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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. He represented Waterloo North

Waterloo North (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1934 as a Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

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 member.

He was born in Vankleek Hill

Vankleek Hill, Ontario

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, the son of William A. Tweed and Alice Sproule, of Irish

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 descent. In 1906, he married Winnifred Hobson. Tweed was president and managing directory of the Ontario Equitable Life and Accident Insurance Co. He served as a member of the Public Utilities Commission for Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario

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from 1926 to 1930.