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'''John Small''' was a [[Canadian people|Canadian politician]], who served in both the Parliaments of the [[Province of Canada]] and the [[Dominion of Canada]].<ref name=CyclopediaCanadianBiography1886/> He was elected to Parliament of the [[Province of Canada]] for the riding of [[East Toronto Riding]] in 1855, and was later elected to the [[Canadian Parliament|Parliament]] for the [[Dominion of Canada]]. | |||
He was born in 1831, the year his grandfather, also named [[John Small (politician)|John Small]] died, and was named after him.<ref name=CyclopediaCanadianBiography1886/> | |||
Both his grandfather, and his father [[Charles Coxwell Small]], had been [[Chief Clerk]] of [[Upper Canada's Privy Council]].<ref name=CanadianBioJohnSmall1746/> | |||
==References== | |||
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<ref name=CyclopediaCanadianBiography1886> | |||
{{cite book | |||
| url = https://books.google.ca/books?id=0QgxUAAx8kQC&pg=PA439&lpg=PA439&dq=Charles+Coxwell+Small&source=bl&ots=CDlA2tkQM4&sig=9lOTQPWeA6CbqEbdTtZjSEXwfAg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTscXExqHOAhWq6IMKHVFGDv4Q6AEIMDAE#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Coxwell%20Small&f=false | |||
| title = A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life ; Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers, Volume 1 | |||
| page = 439 | |||
| publisher = | |||
| author = George Maclean Rose - | |||
| year = 1886 | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
<ref name=CanadianBioJohnSmall1746> | |||
{{cite web | |||
| url = http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/small_john_6E.html | |||
| title = Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Small, John | |||
| publisher = [[Dictionary of Canadian Biography]] | |||
| accessdate = 2016-08-01 | |||
| quote = He launched one son, James Edward*, on a successful career as a lawyer and reform politician; the youngest, Charles Coxwell, succeeded him in the clerkship of the crown and pleas as well as in his militia commission. His house at York, handsomely rebuilt by Charles Coxwell, stood until 1925. | |||
}} | |||
</ref> | |||
}} | |||
Revision as of 23:19, 30 January 2024
John Small was a Canadian politician, who served in both the Parliaments of the Province of Canada and the Dominion of Canada.[1] He was elected to Parliament of the Province of Canada for the riding of East Toronto Riding in 1855, and was later elected to the Parliament for the Dominion of Canada.
He was born in 1831, the year his grandfather, also named John Small died, and was named after him.[1]
Both his grandfather, and his father Charles Coxwell Small, had been Chief Clerk of Upper Canada's Privy Council.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Maclean Rose - (1886). A Cyclopedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time. A Collection of Persons Distinguished in Professional and Political Life ; Leaders in the Commerce and Industry of Canada, and Successful Pioneers, Volume 1.
- ↑ Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Small, John. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved on 2016-08-01. “He launched one son, James Edward*, on a successful career as a lawyer and reform politician; the youngest, Charles Coxwell, succeeded him in the clerkship of the crown and pleas as well as in his militia commission. His house at York, handsomely rebuilt by Charles Coxwell, stood until 1925.”