Thomas Sutherland Parker, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Thomas Sutherland Parker
- Thomas Sutherland Parker (April 3, 1829 – October 24, 1868) was a physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Wellington Centre in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1868.He was born in Bradford in Upper Canada in 1829, the son of Robert Parker.
- He studied medicine at Victoria College in Cobourg and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, became a doctor and practised medicine in Guelph.
- Parker was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the North riding of Wellington in 1863.
- He was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament in 1867 and died in Guelph in 1868 while still in office, as a result of an accidental fall through a bridge after a visit to a sick child near Rockwood.
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