Lyman Melvin Jones Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Sir Lyman Melvin Jones
Office:Senator for Toronto, Ontario
Appointed:Wilfrid Laurier
Term Start:21 January 1901
Term End:15 April 1917
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Winnipeg North
Term Start2:1888
Term End2:1892
Order3:9th
Office3:Mayor of Winnipeg
Predecessor3:Henry Shaver Westbrook
Successor3:Thomas Ryan
Term Start3:1887
Term End3:1888
Birth Date:1843 9, df=y
Birth Place:Whitchurch Township, Upper Canada
Death Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Party:Liberal

Sir Lyman Melvin Jones (21 September 1843 – 15 April 1917) was a Canadian businessman and politician.

Born into a farming family near Whitchurch, Upper Canada, Jones settled as a young man in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was the representative of A. Harris, Son and Company of Brantford. Following the merger of the Massey Manufacturing Co. and Harris's company, Jones became, in 1891, the general manager of the newly formed Massey-Harris Company based in Toronto, Ontario. On 21 January 1901, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the recommendation of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and represented the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario, as a Liberal until his death.

In 1887 and 1888, he served as Mayor of Winnipeg.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/jones_lm.shtml Lyman Melvin Jones at Manitoba Historical Society