John Colborne Milligan Explained

John Colborne Milligan
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1923
Term End1:1926
Predecessor1:James William McLeod
Successor1:Duncan Alexander McNaughton
Term Start2:1911
Term End2:1914
Predecessor2:William John McCart
Successor2:Robert Austin Shearer
Constituency2:Stormont
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:11 April 1868
Birth Place:Newington, Ontario
Death Place:Cornwall, Ontario
Occupation:Lawyer

John Colborne Milligan (April 11, 1868  - February 17, 1942) was an Ontario lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Stormont in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1914 and 1923 to 1926 as a Conservative member.

He was born on a farm near Newington, Ontario, the son of William Milligan, an Irish immigrant. He taught school and then attended the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the bar in 1899 and set up practice in Cornwall. Milligan served on the high school board, was a police magistrate and then juvenile court judge. In 1928, he was named King's Counsel. Milligan married Maud Percival.

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