Rufus Stephenson

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Rufus Stephenson (January 14, 1835 – February 15, 1901) was an Ontario newspaper editor and political figure. He represented Kent in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1882.

He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1835. He worked as a printer in St. Catharines, Ontario and came to Chatham around 1850. With Charles Stuart, he took over the ownership of the Western Planet, later the Chatham Planet, which he managed until 1878. He was elected to the town council in 1861, served as reeve in 1863 and mayor in 1865-1866. He served as government whip from 1878 to 1882. After he retired from federal politics, he served as customs collector at Chatham until his death in 1901. He was a member of the Freemasons.

[edit] External links

• Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament

[edit] References

• Romantic Kent, Victor Lauriston (1952)