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John McMurrich (February 3, 1804 – February 13, 1883) was a businessman and political figure in Canada West and later Ontario. He was born near Paisley, Scotland in 1804 and came to Upper Canada in 1833 to work in a York (Toronto) dry goods business affiliated with a Glasgow-based firm. He became a partner in 1837. McMurrich served on Toronto city council in 1860. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in an 1862 by-election. He served on the Public School Board in Toronto for a number of years and was chairman from 1865 to 1867 and in 1870. In 1867, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for York North as a Liberal; he was defeated in 1871. He was a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and served as president for a number of Toronto companies. He died in Toronto in 1883. His eldest son, William Barclay, was a mayor of Toronto. Another son, James Playfair, became a distinguished zoologist. ==Legacy== McMurrich name bears on a few places in Ontario: * McMurrich/Monteith is a municipality and census subdivision in Ontario named after McMurrich.〔https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_McMurrich&action=edit〕 * McMurrich Street and McMurrich Junior Public School in Toronto are named in his honour.〔https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_McMurrich&action=edit〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John McMurrich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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