James Marshall Ferris
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = James Marshall Ferris
| image =
| imagesize = 180px
| office1 = Ontario MPP
| term_start1 = 1875
| term_end1 = 1886
| predecessor1 = William Wilson Webb
| successor1 = William Arnson Willoughby
| constituency1 = Northumberland East
| party = Liberal
| birth_date = 1828
| birth_place = County Fermanagh, Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|1893|3|2|1828|7|1}}
| death_place = Campbellford, Ontario
| occupation = Postmaster
| relations =
| spouse = {{marriage |Catherine Fralick|1857}}
| children = none
}}
James Marshall Ferris (1828 – March 2, 1893) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Northumberland East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1875 to 1886.
He was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland in 1828 and came to Canada West in 1850. In 1857, he married Catherine Fralick. Ferris served as postmaster of Campbellford, Ontario, reeve of Seymour Township and warden of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham.
Ferris acquired large amounts of property in the Campbellford area and his descendants donated the land which later became Ferris Provincial Park.
Electoral history
{{1875 Ontario general election/Northumberland East}}
{{1875 Ontario provincial by-elections/Northumberland East}}
{{1879 Ontario general election/Northumberland East}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32961 The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1877], CH Mackintosh
- {{Ontario MPP biography|id=james-marshall-ferris}}
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Category:Immigrants to the Province of Canada
Category:Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
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