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About Thomas Rodman Merritt
- Thomas Rodman Merritt (October 17, 1824 – January 11, 1906) was a businessman and political figure in Upper Canada, later Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Lincoln in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1868 to 1874. He was born in Mayville, New York in 1824, the son of William Hamilton Merritt.
- He studied at Upper Canada College and Grantham Academy in St.
- Catharines.
- In 1839, he was working at a store in St.
- Catharines.
- In 1843, he opened a general store there in partnership with James Rea Benson.
- The partners bought flour mills and had two ships built to transport flour.
- The partnership split up in 1849 and Merritt kept the mills and ships.
- In 1850, he set up a shipping line that transported goods to Brantford and returned to St.
- Catharines with wheat.
- In 1853, he married Mary Benson, the daughter of his former partner's brother Thomas Benson [1]. Merritt served on the St.
- Catharines town council from 1857 to 1859.
- He was elected in an 1868 by-election to represent Lincoln in the House of Commons and was reelected in 1872.
- In 1869, his mills and ships were sold to the firm of Norris and Neelon.
- Merritt served as vice-president of the Niagara District Bank and became vice-president of the Imperial Bank of Canada after the two banks merged.
- He was also president of several companies in the area, including the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company and the St Catharines Gas Light Company.
- He retired from politics in 1874.
- He helped found Bishop Ridley College at St.
- Catharines and served as president from 1888 to 1899.
- He died in St.
- Catharines in 1906. His former home, Rodman Hall, now serves as an art gallery.
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| Date of birth/death | 13 February 1845 | 16 November 1930 | |
| Location of birth/death | Montreal | Vancouver | |
| Work location | Ottawa, Ontario | ||
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