About Melzar Avery
Lived 1854 – 1939 (aged 84). Melzar Avery was a Canadian politician and timber merchant.
Melzar Avery (September 30, 1854 – June 19, 1939) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Junetown, Escott township, Leeds County, Canada West, the son of Isaac and Mary Avery, Avery was educated at the public School of Escott. A lumber merchant, he was a member of the County Council of Frontenac for 14 years. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a 1902 by-election for the Ontario electoral district of Addington. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1904 for the electoral district of Frontenac. He was defeated in 1908.
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Canadian politician
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Melzar Avery was born on 30 September 1854 in Canada West.
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Melzar Avery died on 19 June 1939.
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Melzar Avery was a politician and timber merchant.
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