predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date death_place party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name restingplace
john abbott thomas christie canadian near rasharkin , county antrim , ireland argenteuil 08 october 1899 montreal , quebec liberal-conservative 19 july 1841 1887 james crocket wilson
 1891 james crocket wilson crescent street presbyterian church
james crocket wilson

james crocket wilson -lrb- july 19 , 1841 -- october 8 , 1899 -rrb- was a canadian businessman and politician in the province of quebec .
born near rasharkin , county antrim , ireland , the son of samuel wilson and elizabeth crocket , wilson emigrated to montreal with his parents in 1842 .
he studied at the mcgill normal school and became a teacher in beauharnois in 1859 .
in 1862 , he became a clerk in a bookstore in belleville , upper canada and soon worked in press agency at toronto .
in 1863 , he became a clerk for a new york publisher .
he married jeanie kilgour in 1865 and moved back to montreal with her in 1867 where he was employed as a cashier and bookkeeper for a paper manufacturer .
in 1870 , he started his own business manufacturing paper bags .
he soon built a paper-mill in lachute , quebec to supply his factory .
the mill proved to be very successful and was expanded to become one of the largest paper factories in canada .
politically , he was elected to the montreal city council in 1880 and was re-elected by acclamation in 1883 .
he was elected to the canadian house of commons for the electoral district of argenteuil in the 1887 federal election .
a liberal-conservative , he did not run in 1891 .
he died in montreal in 1899 .
