John Bertram

For other people named John Bertram, see John Bertram (disambiguation).
John Bertram
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Peterborough West
In office
1872–1878
Preceded by Charles Perry
Succeeded by George Hilliard
Personal details
Born October 16, 1837
Fenton Barns, Scotland
Died November 28, 1904 (aged 67)
Toronto, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Relations George Hope Bertram, brother

John Bertram (16 October 1837 – 28 November 1904) was a businessman and a Member of Parliament in Canada.

Bertram was born at Fenton Barns, near Dirleton, Scotland, to Hugh Bertram and Isabella Mack. John emigrated to Canada in 1860. He married Helen Shiells in Almonte Ontario and settled in Peterborough, Ontario where he was a wholesale hardware dealer. From 1872 to 1878 sat for Peterborough West as a Liberal in the House of Commons.

In 1881, John moved to Toronto and became prominent as president of the Collins Inlet Lumber Company and as president of the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Company, a firm he ran with his brother George Hope Bertram (who was also an MP). John was well known in public life and was chairman of the Dominion Commissionon Transportation and in 1897 was member of the Ontario Forestry Commission. Unitarian. He died in Toronto and was buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough Ontario.

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