{{Short description|Canadian politician (1823–1903)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Lachlin McCallum | image = LachlanMcCallum23.jpg | image_size = 180px | riding1 = Monck | parliament1 = Canadian | term_start1 = 1874 | term_end1 = 1887 | predecessor1 = James David Edgar | successor1 = Arthur Boyle | term_start2 = 1867 | term_end2 = 1872 | predecessor2 = ''Riding established'' | successor2 = James David Edgar | office3 = Ontario MPP | term_start3 = 1871 | term_end3 = 1872 | predecessor3 = George Secord | successor3 = Henry Ryan Haney | constituency3 = Monck | party = Conservative | birth_date = {{birth date|1823|3|15}} | birth_place = Tiree, Argyllshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1903|1|13|1823|3|15}} | death_place = Stromness, Ontario, Canada | occupation = {{hlist|Contractor|politician}} | relations = | spouse = {{marriage |Priscilla Dawson Thewliss|1854}} | children = }} '''Lachlin (Lachlan) McCallum''' (March 15, 1823 – January 13, 1903) was a Canadian politician.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9607|nolist=yes}}</ref>
==Background== McCallum, born in Tiree, Argyllshire, Scotland, was a contractor and shipowner before entering politics as a Liberal-Conservative. He represented the riding of Monck in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1872, when he was defeated by James David Edgar.<ref name="parl"/> However, in 1874, McCallum defeated Edgar by a margin of just 34 votes, and was returned to Parliament.
Due to the closeness of the result, McCallum was unseated on May 12, 1875. In the subsequent byelection, McCallum again defeated Edgar, this time by a mere 4 votes.<ref name="parl"/>
McCallum was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in assembly for the Province of Canada in 1863.<ref name="johnson"/> He was also a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario having been elected in the 1871 election in the riding of Monck. He was a member of the Ontario Conservative Party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=791 |title=Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |access-date=9 March 2007 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211945/http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=791 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He served as reeve for the United Townships of Sherbrooke and Moulton in Ontario.<ref name="parl"/>
McCallum remained in the House until 1887, when he was appointed to the Senate; he served in the Senate until his death at the age of 79.<ref name="parl"/>
McCallum was the founder and Naval Captain (Colonel) of the Dunnville Naval Brigade 1861–1866. During the Fenian Raid he commanded the 'war tug' W.T. Robb and fought with his men against the Fenians in Fort Erie on the afternoon of June 2. Outnumbered 10 to 1, McCallum and sixteen other men fought their way out of Fort Erie before being rescued by the Robb.
McCallum lived in Stromness, Ontario. In 1854, he married Priscilla Dawson Thewliss. He died in office in Stromness in 1903.<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}}</ref>
== Electoral history ==
=== Federal === {{1867 Canadian federal election/Monck}} {{1872 Canadian federal election/Monck}} {{1874 Canadian federal election/Monck}} {{CanElec1-by|22 June 1875|Due to unseating of Lachlin McCallum, 12 May 1875}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal-Conservative|Lachlin McCallum|1,333}} {{CANelec|CA|Liberal|James David Edgar|1,329}} {{end}} {{1878 Canadian federal election/Monck}} {{1882 Canadian federal election/Monck}}
=== Provincial === {{1871 Ontario general election/Monck}}
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ontario MPP biography|id=lachlin-mccallum}} *{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9607}}
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