McInnes, Thomas Robert

McINNES, Thomas Robert, doctor, lt gov 1897–1900 (b 5 Nov 1840, Lake Ainslie, Cape Breton Island; d 19 Mar 1904, Vancouver). The son of Scottish immigrants to Nova Scotia, he studied medicine in the US and after serving in the Civil War returned to Canada to settle in Dresden, ON. In 1874 he moved his family to NEW WESTMINSTER, where he built a successful medical practice and indulged an interest in politics. After serving as mayor from 1877 to 1878, he won election as a federal MP...

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