Abraham Code
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abraham Code
| image = AbrahamCode23.jpg
| imagesize = 180px
| caption =
| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1869
| term_end1 = 1879
| predecessor1 = William McNairn Shaw
| successor1 = William Lees
| constituency1 = Lanark South
| party = Conservative
| birth_date = {{birth date|1828|12|28}}
| birth_place = Lanark Highlands, Ontario
| death_date = {{death date and age|1898|3|23|1828|12|28}}
| death_place = Ottawa, Ontario
| occupation = Businessman
| spouse =
| children =
}}
Abraham Code (December 28, 1828 – March 23, 1898) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lanark South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1869 to 1879.
He was born in Lanark Township in 1828 and educated there. He served as reeve for Drummond Township from 1860 to 1875. Code built a large woollen mill at Carleton Place in 1871; he was forced to close it due to financial difficulties in 1878. He was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1869 by-election held after the death of William McNairn Shaw. Code joined the federal Ministry of Internal Revenue as an Inspector of Weights and Measures in 1880. He died in Ottawa in 1898. He is buried in Beechwood Cemetery.
Electoral history
{{1867 Ontario general election/Lanark South}}
{{1869 Ontario provincial by-elections/Lanark South}}
{{1871 Ontario general election/Lanark South}}
{{1875 Ontario general election/Lanark South}}
References
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External links
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=abraham-code|old_id=766|name=Abraham Code}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060512211921/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=6013 Beckwith: Irish and Scottish Identities in a Canadian Community, GJ Lockwood]
- [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32953 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1879], CH Mackintosh
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Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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