Alexander Ferguson MacLaren, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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About Alexander Ferguson MacLaren
- Alexander Ferguson MacLaren (February 3, 1854 – April 19, 1917) was a Canadian manufacturer, exporter and politician. Born in Perth, Lanark County, Canada West, the son of John MacLaren, a native of Perthshire, Scotland, MacLaren moved to Cromarty in Perth County with his family while still young.
- He was employed with a dairyman to learn cheese making but soon joined Thomas Ballantyne, a major cheese manufacturer and exporter.
- In 1890, MacLaren established his own cheese exporting business in Stratford.
- He was one of the judges at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and was the sole judge for the dairy products at the Toronto and Ottawa fairs.
- He was also President of the Ontario Dairymen's Association.
- MacLaren's company established offices in Toronto, Detroit, Chicago, New York City, London (England), Mexico, China, Japan and Africa.
- He was also president of the Imperial Wood Fibre Plaster Company, president of the Imperial Veneer Company and served on the board of directors of a number of other companies.
- In 1895, he married Janet McLeod. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Perth North at the general elections of 1896.
- A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1900 and 1904.
- He was defeated in 1908.
- MacLaren died in Toronto from kidney problems. In 1920, his company was purchased by J.
- L.
- Kraft and Brothers Company.
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