Archibald Little | |
Office1: | Ontario MPP |
Term Start1: | 1903 |
Term End1: | 1904 |
Predecessor1: | Frederick Snider |
Successor1: | Thomas Robert Atkinson |
Constituency1: | Norfolk North |
Party: | Liberal |
Birth Date: | 12 January 1837 |
Birth Place: | Mayfield, Chinguacousy Township, Peel County, Upper Canada |
Death Place: | Vancouver, British Columbia |
Occupation: | Merchant |
Archibald Little (January 12, 1837April 14, 1922) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Norfolk North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1903 to 1904. Little won his seat in a by-election after the incumbent, Frederick Snider, was unseated by a court on five charges of electoral corruption for paying for railway tickets for voters and accepting money from the Conservative Party in exchange for being the party's candidate.[1]
Little was born in Mayfield, Chinguacousy Township, Peel County, Upper Canada, the son of William Little. In 1868, he married Louisa McCool. He was a merchant in Waterford and chairman of the High School board.[2] He died in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1922.[3]