About Gilbert McKechnie
Lived 1845 – 1930 (aged 84–85). Gilbert McKechnie was a Canadian politician.
Gilbert McKechnie (1842 – December 21, 1930) was a Scottish-born Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Grey South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1891 to 1894 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Campbeltown, Argyleshire in 1845 and came to Canada West in 1855.
He owned a general store and was also president of the G. B. & W. Railway. McKechnie represented Durham Township on the council for Grey County from 1877 to 1884 and in 1887. He was elected to the provincial assembly in an 1891 by-election held after the death of James Hill Hunter. McKechnie was unsuccessful in a bid for reelection in 1894.
He died on December 21, 1930.
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Gilbert McKechnie was born in 1845 in Campbeltown.
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Gilbert McKechnie died on 21 December 1930 in Ontario.
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