John Goodall Snetsinger Explained

John Goodall Snetsinger
Constituency Mp:Cornwall and Stormont
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Darby Bergin
Successor:Robert Abercrombie Pringle
Term Start:1896
Term End:1900
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Cornwall
Predecessor2:John Sandfield Macdonald
Successor2:Alexander Fraser McIntyre
Term Start2:1871
Term End2:1875
Predecessor3:Alexander Fraser McIntyre
Successor3:William Mack
Term Start3:1875
Term End3:1879
Birth Date:13 October 1833
Birth Place:Cornwall Township, Upper Canada
Death Place:New York City, New York
Party:Liberal
Otherparty:Ontario Liberal Party

John Goodall Snetsinger (October 13, 1833  - December 9, 1909) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Cornwall in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1872 to 1879 and Cornwall and Stormont in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal from 1896 to 1900.

He was born in Cornwall Township in Upper Canada in 1833. He owned a gristmill and general store in the town of Moulinette. Snetsinger served as reeve for the township in 1869. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in an 1872 by-election and reelected in 1875. In 1896, he was elected to the federal parliament. He successfully lobbied the federal government for a small railway station on the Grand Trunk Railway line in Moulinette. He died in New York City in 1909 while visiting.

He was the maternal grandfather and a significant presence in the upbringing of travel writer M. Wylie Blanchet.[1]

The town of Moulinette was permanently flooded during the building of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Converse . Cathy . Horsdal . Marlyn . 2018 . 2008 . Following the Curve of Time: The Untold Story of Capi Blanchet . Book . English . 2nd . TouchWood Editions . 978-1-77151-296-1 .
  2. Web site: Moulinette . The Lost Villages Historical Society . December 28, 2021.