Matthew Robert Duncan
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Preceded byWilliam Sora Middlebro
Succeeded byWilliam Pattison Telford, Jr.
BornMatthew Robert Duncan
8 July 1863
8 July 1863
Died23 February 1938 (aged 74)
Matthew Robert Duncan | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Grey North | |
| In office December 1921 – September 1926 | |
| Preceded by | William Sora Middlebro |
| Succeeded by | William Pattison Telford, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Matthew Robert Duncan 8 July 1863 |
| Died | 23 February 1938 (aged 74) |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret E. Witherspoon m. 26 April 1899[1] |
| Profession | Merchant |
Matthew Robert Duncan (8 July 1863 – 23 February 1938) was a Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1921 to 1926. He was born in Owen Sound, Canada West, was an alderman there for eleven years, and was the city's mayor in 1905 and 1906.[1]
Duncan attended high school at Owen Sound and became president of Owen Sound Cereal Mills Ltd. He was elected to Parliament in the 1921 general election to represent the Grey North riding, and re-elected in 1925. In the 1926 election he was defeated by William Pattison Telford, Jr. of the Liberals.
