death_date death_place birth_place imagesize party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
11 march 1908 meaford , ontario glasgow , scotland 180px liberal member north of the legislative assembly of ontario for grey 10 june 1839 1890 james cleland -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1898 james cleland
james cleland -lrb- politician -rrb-

james cleland -lrb- june 10 , 1839 -- march 11 , 1908 -rrb- was a scottish-born merchant and political figure in ontario , canada .
he represented grey north in the legislative assembly of ontario from 1890 to 1898 as a liberal member .
he was born in glasgow in 1839 , apprenticed as a tinsmith there and came to canada west in 1857 , where he entered the business of selling hardware .
in 1862 , cleland married sarah butchart .
he served as reeve and mayor of meaford .
he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1886 , losing to david creighton ; cleland defeated creighton to win the seat in 1890 .
