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Place of Birth: Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada
About Aaron Sweet
- Aaron Sweet (February 12, 1854 – January 8, 1937) was an Ontario merchant and political figure.
- He represented Dundas in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1923 to 1926. He was born in Hemmingford, Canada East, the son of Richard Sweet and Eleanor Broder, the sister of Andrew Broder.
- Sweet was educated in Morrisburg.
- Sweet moved to Winchester as a young man to live with his uncle, who had opened a general store there in 1868.
- On October 11, 1881, Sweet married Mary Esther Boyd, daughter of Abraham and Mary Boyd. Sweet was an active member of the community for many years.
- He was the first Reeve of Winchester, serving in 1888, and was later a councillor from 1908 to 1909.
- He succeeded his uncle in running the general store, which he continued to do up until his death.
- The store continued to run until it burned down in the early 1980s, having been managed by a number of different people.
- Sweet was also a director of the Beach Foundry Company, and served as treasurer for the Winchester Public Library from 1905 to 1909. Sweet Corner Park, located at the corner of St.
- Lawrence and Main Streets in Winchester (the former site of the store) was named after Sweet.
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