About Walter McCrea
Lived 1810 – 1892 (aged 81). Walter McCrea was a Canadian politician, judge and lawyer.
Walter McCrea (November 10, 1810 – June 30, 1892) was a Liberal member of the Senate of Canada for Ontario from 1867 to 1871.
He was born near Burritt's Rapids in Lanark County in 1810. He was called to the bar in 1850 and set up a practice in Chatham. McCrea served as captain in the local militia and was also mayor of Chatham in 1859. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in 1862 representing the Western division, was appointed to the Senate in 1867 and resigned in 1871, when he was appointed judge in the Algoma District and moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He died there in 1892.
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Canadian politician (1810–1892)
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Walter McCrea was born on 10 November 1810.
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Walter McCrea died on 30 June 1892.
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Walter McCrea was a politician, judge and lawyer.
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