death_date constituency_mp nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize term_start image name occupation predecessor parliament birth_place party website successor article_title
october 25 , 1901 elgin east british subject march 3 , 1834 1878 university of michigan st. thomas , ontario 230 1874 colin macdougall.jpg colin macdougall lawyer william harvey canadian aldborough , upper canada liberal party cc5207f0-6db9-4eed-baee-662c44fd0556 thomas arkell colin macdougall

colin macdougall

colin macdougall -lrb- march 3 , 1834 in aldborough , upper canada -- october 25 , 1901 -rrb- was a politician and lawyer .
the son of lachlin macdougall and sarah ruthwen , he was educated locally and at the university of michigan .
in 1864 , macdougall married catherine ross .
he was called to the ontario bar in 1869 .
macdougall served as reeve for the township from 1857 to 1858 and from 1860 to 1861 .
he ran unsuccessfully for the elgin west seat in the house of commons in 1867 .
he was elected to the canadian house of commons in an 1874 by-election , after the death of william harvey on june 14 , 1874 .
he lost in the 1878 election to thomas arkell .
