Gideon Striker Explained

Gideon Striker
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1872
Term End1:1883
Predecessor1:James Simeon McCuaig
Successor1:James Hart
Constituency1:Prince Edward
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:1825
Birth Place:Prince Edward County, Upper Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Occupation:Businessman

Gideon Striker (c. 1825 – October 6, 1886) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Prince Edward in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1872 to 1883.

He was born in Prince Edward County circa 1825[1] [2] and educated in Picton. He was a druggist and sold groceries as well. Striker also served as reeve of Picton, warden for the county and lieutenant-colonel in the local militia. He was elected in 1871 to the provincial assembly but the election was declared invalid; he lost the subsequent by-election to James Simeon McCuaig but was declared elected later in 1872. He died suddenly in Montreal in 1886.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ancestors and Cousins of Graeme Norman and a lot of Bay of Quinte, Ontario folks . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701001231/http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmn4211&id=I19415 . July 1, 2016 . RootsWeb . September 10, 2004.
  2. Web site: Gideon Striker . Family Search.org.
  3. Book: Morgan, Henry James. The Dominion Annual Register and Review. 289. 31 January 1887. Dawson Brothers. Internet Archive.