Matthew Robert Duncan

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 (1863-07-08)8 July 1863 Owen Sound, Canada West
Died	23 February 1938(1938-02-23) (aged 74)
Political 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.

Electoral record

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Sora Middlebro	2,923
	Liberal	William Pattison Telford Sr.	2,777

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Sora Middlebro	3,326
	Liberal	Frederick William Harrison	2,974

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Grey North
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	William Sora Middlebro	5,815
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Arthur Leslie Danard	3,521

References

1. Chambers, Ernest J. (1926). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Mortimer.

External links

• Matthew Robert Duncan – Parliament of Canada biography