Walter William Meacham Explained

Walter William Meacham
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1886
Term End1:1989
Predecessor1:George Douglas Hawley
Successor1:Bowen Ebenezer Aylsworth
Constituency1:Lennox
Party:Conservative
Birth Date:22 September 1844
Birth Place:Colborne, Canada West
Death Place:Drummer, Peterborough, Ontario
Occupation:Physician
Spouse:Maggie Campbell (m. 1870)

Walter William Meacham (September 22, 1844  - July 27, 1905) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Lennox in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1898 as a Conservative member.

He was born at Colborne, Canada West in 1844, the son of Simon Meacham. His grandfather, Seth Meacham, had also been a doctor and came to Upper Canada from New Hampshire in 1801. Meacham studied medicine at John Rolph's Toronto School of Medicine, graduating in 1869. In 1870, he married Maggie Campbell. He practiced in Odessa.

His uncle James Hubbard Meacham was postmaster at Belleville. He died at Drummer, Peterborough, Ontario in 1905.[1]

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  1. Web site: FamilySearch.org. 1 July 2023.