Albert Hagar

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Albert Hagar (1827 – September 14, 1924) was a Canadian merchant and politician.

Born in North Plantagenet Township, Upper Canada (now Ontario), the son of a former Montreal merchant, he was educated in Vermont and became a farmer, merchant and lumber dealer and owned a sawmill and gristmill at Plantagenet. Hagar was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Prescott in 1867. A Liberal, he was acclaimed in 1872 and re-elected in 1874. He was defeated in 1878.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1879 for the riding of Prescott. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1883.

Hagar was also a captain in the local militia, superintendent of schools, reeve for North Plantagenet Township and warden for Prescott and Russell counties. Later in life, he was the last surviving member of the first Canadian parliament.

[edit] References

• Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)

[edit] External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
• Legislative Assembly of Ontario parliamentary history
• The Canadian parliamentary companion HJ Morgan (1873)

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by None	Member of Parliament for Prescott 1867–1878	Succeeded by Félix Routhier
Political offices
Preceded by William Harkin	Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Prescott 1879–1886	Succeeded by Francis Eugene Alfred Evanturel