Mara, John Andrew

MARA, John Andrew, merchant, politician (b 21 July 1840, Toronto; d Feb 1920, Victoria). He arrived in BC with a party of OVERLANDERS from Ontario in 1862 to join the Cariboo GOLD RUSH. Instead he settled at KAMLOOPS, where he worked as a packer, then commenced a successful business career. He owned a series of steamboats on the Thompson–Shuswap system as well as a general store. A proponent of CONFEDERATION, he was elected to the provincial legislature in 1871 and served as Speaker from 1883...

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