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punslinch township , ontario 180px conservative speaker grey south of the legislative assembly of ontario mpp for 1898 -- 1919 1923 -- 1926 1915 3 february 1856 david jamieson.jpg david jamieson -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-
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david jamieson -lrb- canadian politician -rrb-

david edgar jamieson -lrb- february 3 , 1856 -- september 17 , 1942 -rrb- was a physician and politician in ontario , canada .
he was speaker of the legislature of ontario from 1915 to 1919 and served as conservative mla for grey south from 1898 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1926 .
he was born to a scottish immigrant , william jamieson , in puslinch township , ontario .
jamieson was educated in local schools and went on to study medicine at the university of toronto .
upon graduation in 1878 , he moved to durham and set up practice there .
he was also president of the durham furniture company .
he was elected to the durham town council in 1883 and was elected reeve in 1884 and 1885 .
jamieson was an unsuccessful candidate for the grey south seat in the canadian house of commons in 1887 , losing to liberal george landerkin .
he was first elected to the provincial assembly in 1898 .
he was defeated by a united farmers of ontario candidate in 1919 but was reelected in 1923 .
jamieson served as minister without portfolio in 1926 .
he was defeated when he ran for reelection later that year .
soon afterwards , he was named chairman of the mother 's allowance commission .
he was also named chairman of the commission created by the old age pensions act of 1929 .
jamieson retired from these two appointments in 1935 and returned to the practice of medicine and his other business interests in durham .
