About Walter MacMorris Dack
Lived 1852 – 1912 (aged 59). Walter MacMorris Dack was a Canadian journalist and politician.
Walter MacMorris Dack (April 12, 1852 – February 26, 1912) was an Ontario newspaper publisher and political figure. He represented Bruce Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1886 to 1894 as a Liberal member.
He was born in Markham, Canada West in 1852, the son of John Walter Dack, an immigrant from Ireland. In 1881, he married Jeannie Sturgeon. Dack settled in Kincardine. He was editor and publisher of the Bruce Reporter from 1879 to 1901, when he was named Registrar of Deeds for Bruce County.
The township of Dack in Timiskaming District was named after him. He died in 1912.
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Who was Walter MacMorris Dack?
Canadian politician and journalist
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Walter MacMorris Dack was born on 12 April 1852 in Markham.
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Walter MacMorris Dack died on 26 February 1912 in Walkerton.
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Walter MacMorris Dack was a journalist and politician.
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Walter MacMorris Dack was Canadian.
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