Dilman Kinsey Erb

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Dilman Kinsey Erb

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| constituency_MP = Perth South

| parliament = Canadian

| predecessor = William Pridham

| successor = Gilbert Howard McIntyre

| term_start = 1896

| term_end = 1904

| birth_date = {{birth date|1857|07|16}}

| birth_place = Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Canada West

| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|02|19|1857|07|16}}

| death_place = Downie Township, Perth County, Ontario

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| spouse = {{marriage|Phoebe Huber|1881}}

| party = Liberal

| relations = Abraham Erb

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| occupation = Educator, farmer

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Dilman Kinsey Erb (July 16, 1857 – February 19, 1936) was an educator, farmer, and politician in Ontario, Canada. He represented Perth South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 as a Liberal member.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10683|nolist=yes}}

He was born in Woolwich Township, Canada West, the son of Isaac Erb and Hannah Kinsey.{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} His family was of Swiss descent and came to Waterloo County by way of Pennsylvania. Erb was educated in Bridgeport, Ontario, taught school for several years and was principal of the New Dundee public school. In 1881, he married Phoebe Huber. Four years later, he moved to Downie Township, where he became a farmer. Erb was a member of the school board and township council for Downie Township, also serving as deputy reeve. Around 1892, he was named a justice of the peace. Erb served four years as president of the Sebringville Flax Company.[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3101 History of the County of Perth from 1825 to 1902 (1903)] Johnston, W pp. 553-4 He died in Downie Township at the age of 78.

He was a distant relative of Abraham Erb,{{cite web |title=Abraham Erb Relationship to Dilman Kinsey Erb |website=Waterloo Region Generations |url=https://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca/relationship.php?altprimarypersonID=I1442&savedpersonID=&secondpersonID=I11806&maxrels=1&disallowspouses=1&generations=15&tree=generations&primarypersonID=I1442 |access-date=24 June 2022}} an early settler of Waterloo Township and the founder of Waterloo, Ontario.