Valentine Stock, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: East Zorra-Tavistock, Ontario, Canada
About Valentine Stock
- Valentine Stock (June 30, 1852 – 1921) was an Ontario merchant and political figure.
- He represented Perth South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1902 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member. He was born in East Zorra Township, Oxford County, Canada West, the son of Conrad Stock, a German immigrant.
- After suffering an injury working on the family farm, he earned a teacher's certificate and taught school in East Zorra and Tavistock.
- He set up his own business in Tavistock and later, with a partner, formed a company selling flax there.
- Stock married Mary M.
- Marty in 1887.
- In 1889, he was named clerk for South Easthope Township and served until 1919.
- He was an unsuccessful candidate in an 1899 provincial by-election in Perth South; he defeated Samuel Nelson Monteith in the general election held in 1902.
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