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| (19 Nov. 1861-23 June 1937), merchant, political figure. (James A. Sangster) Born at Bainsville, GC. Parents: George Sangster and his wife Jane McBain, who both emigrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1855. James A. Sangster was educated locally, and worked in early years as a carpenter and railway employee. Thereafter, he was a storekeeper for 48 years at Bainsville, where he was a partner with D.D. McCuaig under the store name of Sangster & McCuaig. For the operation of the store, see the entry for McCuaig. Sangster is described as having been the first postmaster of Bainsville (from 1884), and as having continued as postmaster for many years, but the same statement is made about his partner McCuaig; evidently, they shared the work of the postmastership. | (19 Nov. 1861-23 June 1937), merchant, political figure. (James A. Sangster) Born at Bainsville, GC. Parents: George Sangster and his wife Jane McBain, who both emigrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1855. James A. Sangster was educated locally, and worked in early years as a carpenter and railway employee. Thereafter, he was a storekeeper for 48 years at Bainsville, where he was a partner with D.D. McCuaig under the store name of Sangster & McCuaig. For the operation of the store, see the entry for [[mccuaig_duncan_d|McCuaig]]. Sangster is described as having been the first postmaster of Bainsville (from 1884), and as having continued as postmaster for many years, but the same statement is made about his partner McCuaig; evidently, they shared the work of the postmastership. |
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| <tab>Sangster was councillor and reeve for Lancaster Township, and was warden of SDG in 1922. He was elected MLA for GC in the Ontario general election of 25 June 1923, in which he ran as the Liberal candidate against Duncan A. Ross of the UFO. In the Ontario general election of 1 Dec. 1926, Sangster the Liberal candidate was defeated by Angus McGillis the Conservative candidate. In the Ontario general election of 30 Oct. 1929 Sangster the Liberal candidate reversed the verdict by defeating McGillis, though only by the narrow margin of 45 votes. For this election, the Liberals had originally nominated Stephen O’Connor, but when O’Connor withdrew because of illness Sangster succeeded him as candidate. (//Glengarry News// 18 Oct. 1929) In the Ontario general election of 19 June 1934, which saw the great Liberal sweep of Ontario which brought Mitch Hepburn into the premiership, Sangster was returned as the Liberal MLA for the Electoral District of Glengarry (which by this time included a portion of Prescott County), defeating J. Domina Villeneuve, the Conservative candidate. | <tab>Sangster was councillor and reeve for Lancaster Township, and was warden of SDG in 1922. He was elected MLA for GC in the Ontario general election of 25 June 1923, in which he ran as the Liberal candidate against Duncan A. Ross of the UFO. In the Ontario general election of 1 Dec. 1926, Sangster the Liberal candidate was defeated by Angus McGillis the Conservative candidate. In the Ontario general election of 30 Oct. 1929 Sangster the Liberal candidate reversed the verdict by defeating McGillis, though only by the narrow margin of 45 votes. For this election, the Liberals had originally nominated Stephen O’Connor, but when O’Connor withdrew because of illness Sangster succeeded him as candidate. (//Glengarry News// 18 Oct. 1929) In the Ontario general election of 19 June 1934, which saw the great Liberal sweep of Ontario which brought Mitch Hepburn into the premiership, Sangster was returned as the Liberal MLA for the Electoral District of Glengarry (which by this time included a portion of Prescott County), defeating J. Domina Villeneuve, the Conservative candidate. |
