Reuben Eldridge Truax Explained

Reuben Eldridge Truax
Riding1:Bruce South
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1913
Term End1:1921
Predecessor1:James J. Donnelly
Successor1:John Walter Findlay
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1908
Term End2:1911
Predecessor2:Robert Edwin Clapp
Successor2:John Anderson
Term Start3:1894
Term End3:1904
Predecessor3:Hamilton Parke O'Connor
Successor3:Robert Edwin Clapp
Constituency3:Bruce South
Riding4:Bruce East
Parliament4:Canadian
Term Start4:1891
Term End4:1892
Predecessor4:Henry Cargill
Successor4:Henry Cargill
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:11 October 1847
Birth Place:Montreal, Canada East
Occupation:Businessman

Reuben Eldridge Truax (October 11, 1847  - April 3, 1935) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Bruce South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1894 to 1904 and from 1908 to 1911 and Bruce East in 1891 and Bruce South from 1913 to 1921 in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member. Truax served four years as reeve and was mayor of Walkerton, Ontario in 1888 and 1889.

He was born in Montreal, Canada East in 1847 and educated in Walkerton, Ontario. In 1870, he married Jessie Porteous. He owned a sawmill, planing mill and sash and door factory. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1891 but that election was declared invalid and Henry Cargill was elected by acclamation in the by-election which followed. Truax was an unsuccessful candidate for the federal seat in Bruce South in 1911 and 1921.

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