- David Dickson Rogers
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David Dickson Rogers Member of the Canadian Parliament
for FrontenacIn office
1896–1900Preceded by Hiram Augustus Calvin Succeeded by Hiram Augustus Calvin Personal details Born June 10, 1845
County Monaghan, IrelandDied January 28, 1915 (aged 69)Political party Patrons of Industry David Dickson Rogers (June 10, 1845 – January 28, 1915) was a Canadian politician in the province of Ontario.
Born in County Monaghan, Ireland, his parents emigrated to Canada when he was an infant and settled in Prince Edward County, Upper Canada. Rogers was educated at the Kingston Collegiate Institute. A farmer, he settled in Frontenac County, Ontario. He was a Director and President of the Farmers' Institute and Agricultural Association. A member of the Patrons of Industry, a Canadian farmers' organization, he was acclaimed to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Frontenac in the 1896 federal election. He ran in the 1900 election as an independent candidate and was defeated.
References
- "Personnel of the Senate and House of Commons, eighth Parliament of Canada, elected June 23, 1896". Internet Archive. 1898. http://www.archive.org/details/personnelofsenat00montuoft.
- David Dickson Rogers - Parliament of Canada biography
Categories:- 1845 births
- 1915 deaths
- Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Canada
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Ontario
- Patrons of Industry MPs
- People from County Monaghan
- Ontario MP stubs
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