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About Absalom Shade Allan
- Absalom Shade Allan (November 26, 1843 – February 1, 1928) was an Ontario merchant and political figure.
- He represented Wellington West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1894.He was born near Preston, Canada West in 1843, the son of Alexander Allan, who came from Aberdeen, Scotland.
- His uncle Absalom Shade founded Galt.
- Allan was educated in Preston, Elora and Toronto.
- He taught school and then worked as a bookkeeper in Elora. In 1868, he moved to the village of Clifford, where he opened a general store.
- He married Kate Bullock in 1871.
- Allan served as the first reeve for Clifford and was warden for Wellington County from 1884 to 1885.
- He was also a justice of the peace.
- Allan served as master in the local Masonic lodge and was a member of the Presbyterian church, serving for a time as superintendent of the village Sunday school.
- In 1893, he helped draft a Children's Protection Act.
- He was defeated in the 1894 election.
- In 1901, Allan was appointed sheriff for Wellington County and he moved to Guelph.
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