John Whyte (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About John Whyte (politician)
- John Whyte (January 4, 1838 – September 16, 1924) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Mégantic in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1884 to 1886 as a Liberal. He was born in Dunfermline, the son of John Whyte and Elspeth Simpson.
- Whyte was educated in Fife and came to Canada East in 1858.
- In 1859, he married Harriet Donaldson Johnson.
- He worked at the Harvey Hill mine until 1862 and then was foreman at the mine in Sutton.
- He became a merchant at Leeds (later Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton) in 1865.
- He was elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1884 by-election held after George Irvine was named a judge.
- Whyte was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1886 and 1892.
- He died in Leeds at the age of 88.
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