George William Monk
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Legislative Assembly of Ontario
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He was born in March Township
March Township, Ontario
March Township is a geographic township and former municipality originally part of Carleton County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It is currently part of the City of Ottawa...
, Ontario
Ontario
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in 1838. He was educated in Bytown
Bytown
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and Potsdam, New York
Potsdam (village), New York
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Monk represented Carleton
Carleton (Ontario electoral district)
Carleton was a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1968, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1987...
in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1871 to 1894 as a Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...
MLA. He was a deputy grandmaster of the Orange Lodge
Orange Institution
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in British North America.