Q:Facts: - death place: toronto , ontario - caption: the hon. sir james pliny whitney - order: 6th premier of ontario - successor: william howard hearst irwin foster hilliard - party: ontario conservative party - death date: 25 september 1914 - predecessor: george william ross theodore f. chamberlain - monarch: edward vii - spouse: alice park - term end: september 25 , 1914 - birth date: 2 october 1843 - term start: february 8 , 1905 - name: james pliny whitney - image: james whitney.jpg - birth place: williamsburgh township , upper canada - religion: anglican Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james whitney .
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sir james pliny whitney , kcmg -lrb- october 2 , 1843 -- september 25 , 1914 -rrb- was a politician in the canadian province of ontario .whitney was a lawyer in eastern ontario , conservative member for dundas from 1888 to 1914 , and the sixth premier of ontario from 1905 to 1914 .