Arthur Campbell Garden

Garden was first elected as a councillor in Barrie's 1893 election,^[4] and later returned to be elected alderman in 1906.^[5] He was subsequently acclaimed in the next four elections, as Deputy-Reeve in 1907^[6] and as Reeve in 1908–1910,^[3] thus becoming involved in Simcoe County politics. The Barrie Examiner noted in 1910 that "his name has been mentioned in connection with the nomination for the Legislature."^[3] During his time on County Council, he was chairman of the committee that was responsible for the publication of a history of the county.^[3][b]

In 1910, he was named Warden of Simcoe County, but the Northern Advance noted that "It was the most strenuous contest seen in years." It took eight ballots for him to finally win.^[7]

After 1910, he was transferred to Hamilton to become a manager at National Drug & Chemical, as Dominion Drug was now known as.^[2]

In both Barrie and Hamilton, Garden was a Conservative who was actively involved in provincial politics.^[3] He would be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1923 election, but declined to seek reelection in 1926 because of ill health.^[2]

Garden died in Hamilton in 1927, aged 66.^[2]

• Arthur Campbell Garden – Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history (archive)