Gavin Fleming

{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{one source|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gavin Fleming | honorific_suffix = | image = GavinFleming23.jpg | constituency_MP = Brant North | parliament = Canadian | majority = | predecessor = John Young Bown | successor = James Somerville | term_start =1872 | term_end =1882 | birth_date = {{birth date|1826|6|5}} | birth_place = near Falkirk, Scotland | death_date ={{death date and age|1890|5|17|1826|6|5}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Liberal | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession =merchant | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Gavin Fleming''' (June 5, 1826 – May 17, 1890) was a Canadian merchant and political figure. He represented Brant North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1882 as a Liberal member.

Fleming was born near Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, the son of John Fleming and Margaret Dobbie, and was educated there. He moved to Canada in 1849; his parents had come to Upper Canada in 1831. Fleming was a merchant at Glenmorris until he retired from business in 1871 and served four years as treasurer for South Dumfries Township. In 1852, he married Margaret Laprairik. He was named a justice of the peace in 1863.

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== External links == * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3683}} * {{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32951/147 |page=145 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1877 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}} *[http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3727 ''The History of the County of Brant, Ontario : containing a history of the county ...'', CP Mulvany (1883)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516202620/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3727 |date=16 May 2011 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071214125413/http://web.mac.com/nathangordon/iWeb/Memorial/Gavin%20Fleming.html Memorial Web page for Gavin Fleming]

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