21 April 1913(1913-04-21) (aged 56) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Children
2
Occupation
Politician, businessman
John Lineham (21 March 1857 – 21 April 1913) was a territorial-level politician and businessman from Northwest Territories, Canada.
Lineham was born 21 March 1857 to Thomas Lineham and Barbara McIntyre in Mitchell, Canada West. He married Mary Elizabeth Martin in Collingwood, Ontario on 21 March 1894 and had two daughters.[1] Lineham would head to Brandon, Manitoba and enter the cattle business, and later in 1883 he went to Calgary ahead of the Canadian Pacific Railway.[2] Lineham purchased A. P. Samples' butcher shop with a partner and formed a successful meat business under the name "Dunn and Lineham", which would eventually be sold to William Roper Hull and later Patrick Burns.[2]
The electoral district was abolished and Lineham ran in the new High River electoral district in the 1894 Northwest Territories general election. He was easily re-elected and served his final term. He did not run for office after the assembly dissolved in 1898.[3]
John Lineham died in Calgary on 21 April 1913 from Bright's disease.[8] Upon his death Lineham left a considerable estate worth approximately CA$500,000 which was mostly left to his daughters and other family members.[9]
