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James Thompson Garrow

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Role
  
Lawyer

Died
  
August 31, 1916


Political party
  
Liberal

Party
  
Ontario Liberal Party

Name
  
James Garrow

Resigned
  
April 19, 1902

James Thompson Garrow

Cabinet
  
Minister Without Portfolio (1898-1899)

Preceded by
  
Alexander McLagan Ross

Succeeded by
  
Malcolm Graeme Cameron

James Thompson Garrow, KC (March 11, 1843 – August 31, 1916) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Huron West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1890 to 1902.

He was born in Chippawa, Welland County, Canada West in 1843, the son of Edward Garrow, a Scottish immigrant. He studied law, was called to the bar in 1868, entered practice in Goderich with Malcolm Colin Cameron and was named Queen's Counsel in 1885. In 1872, he married Mary Balfour Fletcher. Garrow served as reeve of Goderich from 1874 to 1880 and served one year as warden for Huron County. He died in 1916.

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