A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
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A Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography: Brief biographies of persons distinguished in the professional, military and political life, and the commerce and industry of Canada, in the twentieth century
Canada -- Biography
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=Carew, John, M.L.A.= (Lindsay, Ont.), born Jan. 5, 1862, at Emily
Township, County of Victoria, son of John Carew and Jane Wilson, both
Irish. He was educated at Lindsay Public School. Married, Feb. 11, 1885,
to Margaret, daughter of Francis and Margaret Kelly, of Red Rock,
Verulam Township, County of Victoria, and is father of the following
children: Hazel May, Lieut.-Col. Francis John Carew, Annie, Ethel,
Gertrude J., Charles Lawrence, Arthur W. and Roberta Grace. Mr. Carew
has been successfully engaged in the lumber business at Lindsay for
about thirty years and is a large employer of labor. He is President and
General Manager of The John Carew Lumber Company, Limited;
Vice-President of Horn Bros. Woollen Mills; Vice-President Hodgson Bros.
Chemical Co.; Vice-President The Halton Brick Co.; Vice-President The
Canada Sand Lime Brick Co. Was elected a member of the Ontario
Legislature at the general elections in 1914 as the Conservative
representative for South Victoria. Mr. Carew is a Presbyterian in
religion, a member of the Masonic Order, and of the Independent Order of
Oddfellows. He is a Governor of the Ross Memorial Hospital at Lindsay, a
member of the Board of Education of the town, and President of the
Lindsay Central Exhibition. Mr. Carew is an enthusiastic member of the
Lindsay Curling Club. He is recognized as one of the country’s most
public spirited and progressive citizens.
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