John Bertram
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John Bertram was a businessman and a Member of Parliament in Canada.
Bertram was born at Fenton Barns, near Dirleton, Scotland, to Hugh Bertram and Isabella Mack. John emigrated to Canada in 1860. He married Helen Shiells in Almonte Ontario and settled in Peterborough, Ontario
where he was a wholesale hardware dealer. From 1872 to 1878 sat for Peterborough West
as a Liberal in the House of Commons.
In 1881, John moved to Toronto and became prominent as president of the Collins Inlet Lumber Company and as president of the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Company, a firm he ran with his brother George Hope Bertram
(who was also an MP). John was well known in public life and was chairman of the Dominion Commissionon Transportation and in 1897 was member of the Ontario Forestry Commission. Unitarian. He died in Toronto and was buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough Ontario.
Bertram was born at Fenton Barns, near Dirleton, Scotland, to Hugh Bertram and Isabella Mack. John emigrated to Canada in 1860. He married Helen Shiells in Almonte Ontario and settled in Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
where he was a wholesale hardware dealer. From 1872 to 1878 sat for Peterborough West
Peterborough West
Peterborough West was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953. It was located in the province of Ontario. It was created by the British North America Act of 1867 which divided the County of Peterborough was into two ridings...
as a Liberal in the House of Commons.
In 1881, John moved to Toronto and became prominent as president of the Collins Inlet Lumber Company and as president of the Bertram Engine and Shipbuilding Company, a firm he ran with his brother George Hope Bertram
George Hope Bertram
George Hope Bertram was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Fenton Barns, Scotland to Hugh Bertram and Isabella Mack, Bertram emigrated to join his brother John in Canada in 1865. After opening a hardware store in Lindsay, Ontario, he moved to Toronto in 1876...
(who was also an MP). John was well known in public life and was chairman of the Dominion Commissionon Transportation and in 1897 was member of the Ontario Forestry Commission. Unitarian. He died in Toronto and was buried in Little Lake Cemetery, Peterborough Ontario.