Henry Alfred Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
About Henry Alfred Ward
- Henry Alfred Ward (August 20, 1849 – May 11, 1934) was a Canadian politician. Born in Port Hope, Canada West, the only surviving son of the late George C.
- Ward, Registrar for Durham County, Ontario.
- He became a lawyer and was elected Mayor of Port Hope in 1885, 1893 and 1894.
- He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Durham East in an 1885 by-election.
- A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1887 but did not run in 1891.
- He ran again and was elected in 1900 and 1904 (for the riding of Durham). The Ward family of Port Hope, Ontario were of English descent.
- Henry Ward was a grandson of Captain Thomas Ward (1770–1861), who as born in London and came to Canada with Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1791.
- Captain Ward was one of the first statute lawyers of Upper Canada and one of the first benchers of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
- Until 1808, he was Registrar of Northumberland County, Ontario, residing at Brighton.
- In that year he became Registrar for Durham County, Ontario and removed to Port Hope.
- In later life he also held the offices of Judge of the County Court and Clerk of the Peace for the Newcastle District.
- In 1847, Captain Ward resigned from the Registrar's office in favor of his son George C.
- Ward.
- Among the Captain's children were Mrs John Tucker Williams.
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