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Gilbert McMicken

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McMicken was appointed to the Council of Keewatin serving as one of six members appointed on November 25, 1876. He served on the council until he was asked to resign along with the rest of the council April 16, 1877
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where he became a customs collector and a notary public. He formed a forwarding company there in partnership with James Hamilton. He was elected to the council for the
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to help establish government offices there. McMicken took on the role of lands agent and had to deal with the thorny problem of distributing land in
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throughout Canada West. McMicken was charged with collecting intelligence for the government during the period leading up to the
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Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West
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in 1864. Later that year, he was named stipendiary magistrate and
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The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register
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in 1832. He entered the business of forwarding goods at
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Clifton, Ontario
Frederic William Hill
Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
Cartier
Joseph Lecomte
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
John Sifton
Alexander Murray
London
England
Glenluce
Scotland
Winnipeg
political figure
Council of Keewatin
District of Keewatin
Scotland
Upper Canada
Chippawa
Queenston
Niagara District
Niagara Township
Niagara Falls
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Welland
Windsor
justice of the peace
Fenian raids
Dominion Police

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