James Alexander Sangster Explained

James Alexander Sangster
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1929
Term End1:1937
Predecessor1:Angus McGillis
Successor1:Edmund MacGillivray
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1926
Predecessor2:Duncan Alexander Ross
Successor2:Angus McGillis
Constituency2:Glengarry
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:19 November 1861
Birth Place:Bainsville, Canada West
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario
Occupation:Merchant

James Alexander Sangster (November 19, 1861  - June 23, 1937) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Glengarry in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1923 to 1926 and from 1929 to 1937 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Bainsville, Lancaster Township, Canada West, the son of George Sangster. In 1891, he married Bertha H. Haines. He served on the township council, serving ten years as reeve and warden for the United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry in 1922. Sangster was a merchant in Bainsville in partnership with D. D. McCuaig. He died in office in 1937.

On April 26, 1918, Sangster won approval for his bill pertaining to driving on the right side of the road. From that day on, all vehicles, motorized or non-motorized, have had to comply with this new regulation all over Canada.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. 'My Memories', Village of Lancaster (1887-1987), Oscar Ménard.