John Plummer Marcellus
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John Plummer Marcellus | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office 1905–1909 | |
| Succeeded by | David Warnock |
| Constituency | Pincher Creek |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 26, 1838 |
| Died | May 29, 1932 (aged 93) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Occupation | rancher, farmer |
John Plummer Marcellus (July 26, 1838 – May 29, 1932) was a Canadian politician and rancher from Alberta.
Early life
[edit | edit source]He was born at Morrisburg, Upper Canada. Marcellus married his wife Maria Barkley in 1871 at Dunbar, Ontario.
1905 election
[edit | edit source]Marcellus ran for the Alberta legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election. He won a hotly contested 3-way race in the Pincher Creek electoral district in rural southeast Alberta. He served one term as a backbencher in the Legislative Assembly before retiring in 1909. He died in 1932 at Pincher Creek.
