John Cascaden

John Cascaden
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Elgin West
In office 1879–1886
Personal details
Born	December 3, 1840 Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
Died	August 31, 1904 (aged 63) Dutton, Ontario
Political party	Liberal

John Cascaden was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Elgin West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1886 as a Liberal members.

He was born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland in 1840 and came to Bruce County, Canada West with his family in 1852. He studied at the University of Toronto, receiving an M.D. in 1863, and at the Royal College of Physicians in London, England. After his first wife died at a young age, Cascaden married Hannah Katherine Decou in 1872. John and Hannah had five children: David Arthur (b: 1874), Annie May (b:1875), John Harold (b:1879), Douglas Jerald (b:1881), and Gordon L. (b:1884). He served as coroner for Elgin County. John died in August 1904 and is buried in the cemetery of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario.^[1]

References

External links

• The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1880 CH Mackintosh
• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario