Robert Read
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Source: Library and Archives Canada
Robert Read (December 11, 1814 – June 29, 1896) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Hastings East in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative until February 24, 1871 when he was named to the Senate of Canada for Quinte division.
He was born at Fressingfield in Suffolk, England in 1814 and came to Upper Canada in 1836, settling at Belleville. Read was a farmer, distiller and tanner. He also served as director of the Grand Trunk Railway. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for Quinte in 1862 and then was elected to the House of Commons after Confederation.
He died in office in 1896.
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- Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
- The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ... (1880)
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