James Alexander Grant
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James Alexander Grant

Canadian politician

Sir James Alexander Grant (August 11, 1831 – February 5, 1920) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Russell in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative Party of Canada member from 1867 to 1874; he also represented the City of Ottawa in the federal parliament from 1893 to 1896.2

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Born Aug 11, 1831, died Feb 5, 1920.1

About

He was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1829, the son of James Grant and Jane Ord, and came to Canada with his parents in 1830. He studied at the University of Queen's College and then studied medicine at McGill College, becoming an M.D. in 1854. In 1856, he married Maria, the daughter of Edward Malloch. Grant served as the first president of the Canadian Association for the Prevention of Consumption and Other Forms of Tuberculosis (later the Canadian Lung Association), president of the College of Surgeons of Ontario and was also president of the Mechanics' Institute and Athenaeum of Ottawa. He published a number of articles in medical journals in England and Canada. Grant served as physician to several Governors General from 1867 to 1905. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a member of the Geological Society of England. He was named a KCMG in 1887. He died in Ottawa at the age of 88.

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