John Stevenson (Ontario politician)

John Stevenson


Ontario MPP
In office 1867–1871
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	John Thomas Grange
Constituency	Lennox
1st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office 1867–1871
Succeeded by	Richard William Scott

Personal details
Born	(1812-08-12)August 12, 1812 Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Died	April 1, 1884(1884-04-01) (aged 71) Napanee, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Phoebe Eliza Hall (m. 1842)
Occupation	Merchant

John Stevenson (August 12, 1812 – April 1, 1884) was the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1871^[1] and served as Conservative MPP for Lennox from 1867 to 1871.^[2]

Born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Stevenson's family moved to New York State (likely to the Albany, New York area and finally to Upper Canada. He was educated in Brockville and taught school briefly. Stevenson worked in various trades before entering politics:

flour mill operator
foundry owner
axe shopkeeper
brush factory owner
lumberman
shipping company owner

In 1842, he married Phoebe Eliza Hall.^[1]

Stevenson also served as a justice of the peace and as reeve for Napanee. From 1863 to 1865, he was warden for Lennox and Addington County.^[3]

After his defeat in 1871 by John Thomas Grange, he ran for the Lennox seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1872 as an independent, losing to Richard John Cartwright, formerly a Conservative, now a Liberal. In 1878, he campaigned on behalf of Cartwright.^[1] Stevenson died in Napanee, Ontario in 1884.^[3]

Electoral history

v t e 1867 Ontario general election: Lennox
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Stevenson	1,222	53.29
	Liberal	T.W. Casey	826	36.02
	Independent	B.C. Davy	245	10.68
Total valid votes			2,293	66.35
Eligible voters			3,456
	Conservative pickup new district.
Source: Elections Ontario^[4]

v t e 1871 Ontario general election: Lennox
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thomas Grange	1,183	56.41	+3.12
	Conservative	John Stevenson	914	43.59	−9.71
Turnout			2,097	62.95	−3.40
Eligible voters			3,331
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.41
Source: Elections Ontario^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eadie, James A (1982). "Stevenson, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XI (1881–1890) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved December 13, 2005.
^ "John Stevenson, MPP". ontla.on.ca. Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved August 26, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Dale, Clare A (1992). Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library. pp. 136–41. Retrieved August 29, 2014.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1867. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1871. Retrieved March 31, 2024.

External links

John Stevenson – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history

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