John Goodall Snetsinger

John Goodall Snetsinger
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Cornwall and Stormont
In office
1896–1900
Preceded by Darby Bergin
Succeeded by Robert Abercrombie Pringle
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Cornwall
In office
1871–1875
Preceded by John Sandfield Macdonald
Succeeded by Alexander Fraser McIntyre
In office
1875–1879
Preceded by Alexander Fraser McIntyre
Succeeded by William Mack
Personal details
Born (1833-10-13)October 13, 1833
Cornwall Township, Upper Canada
Died December 9, 1909(1909-12-09) (aged 76)
New York City, New York
Political party Liberal
Other political
affiliations
Ontario Liberal Party

John Goodall Snetsinger (October 13, 1833 December 9, 1909) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Cornwall in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1872 to 1879 and Cornwall and Stormont in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1896 to 1900.

He was born in Cornwall Township in Upper Canada in 1833. He owned a gristmill and general store in the town of Moulinette. Snetsinger served as reeve for the township in 1869. He was elected to the Ontario legislature in an 1872 by-election and reelected in 1875. In 1896, he was elected to the federal parliament. He successfully lobbied the federal government for a small railway station on the Grand Trunk Railway line in Moulinette. He died in New York City in 1909 while visiting.

The town of Moulinette was permanently flooded during the building of the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

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