William Lount
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William Lount (March 3, 1840 – April 24, 1903) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Simcoe North in the 1st Parliament of Ontario and Toronto Centre in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1896 to 1897.
He was born in Holland Landing in Upper Canada in 1840. He was educated at the University of Toronto, studied law and was called to the bar in 1863. Lount practiced law in Barrie and, later, in Toronto. He was named Queen's Counsel in Ontario in 1876 and in the Dominion of Canada in 1881. He resigned his seat in the House of Commons in 1897.
His uncle, Samuel Lount, was executed for his part in the Upper Canada Rebellion.
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- Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- The Canadian men and women of the time : a handbook of Canadian biography, HJ Morgan (1898)
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