predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place cabinet party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
archibald s. currie william torrance allen 17 november 1916 cookstown , canada west alliston , ontario minister of agriculture -lrb- 1908-1914 -rrb- conservative member west of the legislative assembly of ontario for simcoe 20 june 1856 march 1 , 1898 james stoddart duff.jpg james stoddart duff
 november 17 , 1916 james stoddart duff
james stoddart duff

james stoddart duff -lrb- june 20 , 1856 -- november 17 , 1916 -rrb- was an ontario farmer and political figure .
he represented simcoe west in the legislative assembly of ontario as a conservative member from 1898 to 1916 .
he was born near cookstown , ontario , the son of john duff , an irish immigrant , and eliza jane stoddart .
duff was educated at collingwood college .
he married jane bell stoddard .
he served on the municipal council for essa township .
duff ran unsuccessfully against archibald s. currie in 1894 before defeating currie in 1898 .
he was minister of agriculture from 1908 to 1914 .
duff died in office in alliston , ontario at the age of 60 .
