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Leeming Carr

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Preceded by
  
George Grant Halcrow

Died
  
June 6, 1934

Role
  
Physician


Name
  
Leeming Carr

Occupation
  
Physician

Born
  
December 21, 1864 Glanford, Ontario (
1864-12-21
)

Political party
  
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Succeeded by
  
William Robert Morrison

Leeming Carr (December 21, 1864 – June 6, 1934) was a physician and political figure in Ontario. He represented Hamilton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1928 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Glanford township and was educated in Hamilton and at the University of Toronto, the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh. Carr served as a member of the Wentworth County Council from 1898 to 1900 and later was a member of the Hamilton Board of Education. He was a minister without portfolio in the provincial cabinet from 1923 to 1928. Carr resigned his seat in the assembly in 1928 after he was named sheriff for Wentworth County.

His son L. Anderson Carr Jr was also a doctor and played with the Hamilton Alerts and won the 1912 Grey Cup.

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