{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Samuel Platt | honorific_suffix = | image = Samuel Platt.jpg | image_size = | constituency_MP = Toronto East | parliament = Canadian | predecessor = John O'Donohoe | successor = John Small | term_start = 1875 | term_end = 1882 | birth_date = 1812 | birth_place = Armagh, Ireland | death_date = May 5, 1887 (aged 74–75) | death_place = Toronto, Ontario<ref name="johnson"/> | spouse = | party = Independent | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Samuel Platt''' (1812 – May 5, 1887) was a Canadian brewer and politician. He was born in Ireland in 1812 and immigrated to Canada in 1827.<ref name=Toronto>[http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/1999/law0282.htm CITY OF TORONTO BY-LAW No. 282-1999 To designate the property at 337 Jarvis Street (Samuel Platt House) as being of architectural and historical value or interest.]</ref>
He worked as a clerk at Enoch Turner's brewery for four years and then erected a distillery of his own at Berkeley and Front Streets.<ref name=Toronto/>
Platt married a Miss Lockett in 1836.<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>
He served as a councillor for St. Lawrence Ward from 1845 to 1851, followed by a two-year term as an alderman for St. David's Ward in 1853 and 1854.<ref name=Toronto/>
In 1872, Platt was one of four citizens appointed to the Water Commission, which supervised the construction of the city's waterworks before disbanding in 1877.<ref name=Toronto/>
He was elected as an Independent to represent the federal riding of Toronto East in 1875 and 1878.<ref>{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5384|nolist=yes}}</ref>
Platt also served as a director of the Consumers Gas Company.<ref name=Toronto/>
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