About Leonard Burnett
Lived 1845 – 1932 (aged 87). Leonard Burnett was a Canadian politician, farmer and teacher.
Leonard Burnett (April 5, 1845 in Yorkshire, England - August 21, 1932) was a politician, farmer and teacher. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1896 election as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1896 election to represent the riding of Ontario South.
The son of Thomas Burnett and Hannah Dickenson, he moved to Canada in 1846, was educated in Greenwood, Ontario and Whitby and settled in Greenbank. Burnett taught school for three years.
Prior to his federal political experience, he was councillor for Ontario County (1871-1873) then Deputy Reeve for Reach Township, Ontario (1891) then reeve (1892-1893).
In 1870, he married Sarah Jane Dryden. Burnett died in Toronto at the age of 87.
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Who was Leonard Burnett?
England-born politician, farmer and teacher.
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Leonard Burnett was born on 5 April 1845 in Yorkshire.
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Leonard Burnett died on 21 August 1932 in Toronto.
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Leonard Burnett was a politician, farmer and teacher.
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Leonard Burnett was Canadian.
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