Jacob Baxter

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Jacob Baxter
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Jacob Baxter (June 6, 1832 – July 23, 1912) was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1887-1890 and served as Liberal MLA for Haldimand from 1867 to 1898.

He was born in Bertie Township in Welland County, Upper Canada in 1832. He studied medicine, received the degree of M.D. from the University of New York and the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and set up a medical practice in Cayuga. He also served as justice of the peace and surgeon for the local militia unit - 37th Haldimand Rifles. He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Cayuga, Ontario.

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v t e Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Stevenson Scott Currie Wells Clarke Baxter Ballantyne Balfour Evanturel Charlton St. John Crawford Hoyle Jamieson Parliament Thompson Black Kidd Hipel Clark Stewart Hepburn Davies Downer Murdoch Morrow Cass Reuter Rowe Stokes Turner Edighoffer Warner McLean Doyle Stockwell Carr Curling Brown Peters Levac

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Name	Baxter, Jacob
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Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	June 6, 1832
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Date of death	July 23, 1912
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