Joseph Jamieson

Joseph Jamieson
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Lanark North
In office
1882–1891
Preceded by Donald Greenfield MacDonell
Succeeded by Bennett Rosamond
Personal details
Born (1839-03-15)March 15, 1839
Sherbrooke, Lanark County, Upper Canada
Died March 12, 1922(1922-03-12) (aged 82)
Political party Conservative

Joseph Jamieson (March 15, 1839 – March 12, 1922) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Lanark North in the Canadian House of Commons from 1882 to 1891 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Sherbrooke, Lanark County, Upper Canada, the son of William Jamieson, an immigrant from Ireland, and was educated in Perth. In 1865, he married Elizabeth Carss. Jamieson was called to the Ontario bar in 1869. He served as reeve for Almonte, warden for Lanark County and chairman of the board of license commissioners for North Lanark. Jamieson ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons in the 1878 federal election and an 1880 by-election. He resigned his seat in December 1891 after being named junior county judge for Wellington County.

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