James Metcalfe

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James Metcalfe (1822 – September 13, 1886) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented York East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1878.

He was born in Cumberland, England in 1822 and was educated in Manchester. He studied architecture with his father there. In 1841, Metcalfe emigrated to Upper Canada and worked as a building contractor in Toronto. In 1851, he went to Australia, again working as a contractor builder in Melbourne, where he built several public buildings. He returned to Toronto in 1858 and later served as vice-president of the Royal Canadian Bank.

Involved in the construction of St.James Cathedral, Trinity College-University of Toronto, St. Lawrence Hall, and Toronto's first Post Office.^{[citation needed]} In Australia, he helped to construct the original Parliament Buildings in Melbourne.^{[citation needed]}

Burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery,Toronto.^{[citation needed]}

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• Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
• The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1878, CH Mackintosh
• The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men... (1880)