Samuel Bridgeland

Samuel Bridgeland
Ontario MPP
In office
1898–1903
Preceded byGeorge Langford
Succeeded byArthur Mahaffy
ConstituencyMuskoka
Personal details
Born(1847-07-31)July 31, 1847
Downsview, Canada West
DiedMay 6, 1903(1903-05-06) (aged 55)
Toronto, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Emma Fraser
(m. 1873)
OccupationPhysician

Samuel Bridgeland (July 31, 1847 – May 6, 1903) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Muskoka in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1898 to 1903.

He was born in Downsview, Canada West to provincial surveyor James William Bridgland and educated in Newmarket. He studied medicine at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia and then at Queen's University. He set up practice in Bracebridge. In 1873, Bridgeland married Emma Fraser.[1] He died in office in 1903.

References

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  1. ^ AJ Magurn (1902). Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1901.
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