# Isaac Carling

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**Isaac Carling** (April 9, 1825 – August 29, 1895)[1] was an [Ontario](/source/Ontario) businessman and political figure. He represented [Huron South](/source/Huron_South_(provincial_electoral_district)) in the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) as a [Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) member from 1868 to 1871.

He was born in [London Township](/source/London,_Ontario) in 1825, the son of [Thomas Carling](/source/Thomas_Carling), the founder of the [Carling](/source/Carling) brewing company. He apprenticed as a [tanner](/source/Tanning_(leather)) in London and then moved to [Exeter](/source/Exeter,_Ontario) in 1847, where he established a tannery in partnership with his brother [John Carling](/source/John_Carling). He also opened a general store. In 1846, Carling had married Ann Balkwill. In 1851, he was appointed an inspector of taverns for the area. He served on the council for the [United Townships of Usborne and Stephen](/source/United_Townships_of_Usborne_and_Stephen,_Ontario), also serving as reeve for [Stephen](/source/Stephen_township,_Ontario) in 1867 and as the first reeve for Exeter in 1873. Carling was defeated by [Robert Gibbons](/source/Robert_Gibbons_(politician)) in the provincial general election of 1867, but he was declared elected in 1868 after an appeal. In 1871, Carling was defeated by Gibbons for the same seat. During his time in office, Carling petitioned the government for land in the Exeter region, then under the control of the [Canada Company](/source/Canada_Company), to be sold to settlers. He was Master of the local [Masonic](/source/Freemason) Lodge.

He died at his home in Exeter in 1895, after suffering a paralysing [stroke](/source/Stroke) several years earlier.

## References

1. ["Isaac Carling (1825-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial"](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16575629/isaac-carling). *[Find a Grave](/source/Find_a_Grave)*

## External links

- [Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario](http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=690) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214441/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=690) 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- [*Exeter, Situate on the London & Goderich Road ...*, JL Wooden (1973)](http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4462) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090331190047/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4462) 2009-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- [*The History of Stephen Township*, SM Mack](https://web.archive.org/web/20070926215852/http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4359)

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