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John Bertram

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Preceded by
  
Charles Perry

Succeeded by
  
George Hilliard


Political party
  
Liberal

Name
  
John Bertram

John Bertram

Born
  
October 16, 1837 Fenton Barns, Scotland (
1837-10-16
)

Died
  
November 28, 1904(1904-11-28) (aged 67) Toronto, Ontario

Relations
  
George Hope Bertram, brother

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John Bertram (16 October 1837 – 28 November 1904) was a businessman and a Member of Parliament in Canada.

Bertram was born at Fenton Barns, near Dirleton, Scotland, to Hugh Bertram and Isabella Mack. John emigrated to Canada in 1860. He married Helen Shiells in Almonte Ontario and settled in Peterborough, Ontario where he was a wholesale hardware dealer. From 1872 to 1878 sat for Peterborough West as a Liberal in the House of Commons.

In 1881, John moved to Toronto and became prominent as president of the Collins Inlet Lumber Company and as president of the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Company, a firm he ran with his brother George Hope Bertram (who was also an MP). John was well known in public life and was chairman of the Dominion Commissionon Transportation and in 1897 was member of the Ontario Forestry Commission. Unitarian. He died in Toronto and was buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough Ontario.

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