Walter MacMorris Dack explained

Walter MacMorris Dack
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1886
Term End1:1894
Predecessor1:New riding
Successor1:John Stevenson McDonald
Constituency1:Bruce Centre
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:12 April 1852
Birth Place:Markham, Canada West
Death Place:Walkerton, Ontario
Occupation:Newspaper editor
Spouse:Jeannie Sturgeon (m. 1881)

Walter MacMorris Dack (April 12, 1852  - February 26, 1912) was an Ontario newspaper publisher and political figure. He represented Bruce Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1894 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Markham, Canada West in 1852, the son of John Walter Dack, an immigrant from Ireland. In 1881, he married Jeannie Sturgeon. Dack settled in Kincardine. He was editor and publisher of the Bruce Reporter from 1879 to 1901, when he was named Registrar of Deeds for Bruce County.

The township of Dack in Timiskaming District was named after him. He died in 1912.[1]

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  1. Web site: Walter MacMorris Dack . Family Search.org.