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John Carling

The Hon.
Sir John Carling
KCMG, PC
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Senator for Ontario
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for London
In office
1891–1892
Appointed by Sir John Alexander Macdonald
In office
1867–1874
Preceded by None
Succeeded by John Walker
In office
1878–1891
Preceded by James Harshaw Fraser
Succeeded by C. S. Hyman
In office
1892–1896
Preceded by C. S. Hyman
Succeeded by Thomas Beattie
Personal details
Born (1828-01-23)23 January 1828
London, Upper Canada
Died 6 November 1911(1911-11-06) (aged 83)
London, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Hannah Dalton (1849-1911)
Relations Thomas Carling - father
William Carling - brother
Children four sons and four daughters
Residence London, Ontario
Occupation brewer
Profession politician and businessman
Cabinet Postmaster General (May 23, 1882 – September 24, 1885 and July 11, 1888 – August 5, 1888)
Minister of Agriculture (September 25, 1885 June 6, 1891 and June 16, 1891 November 24, 1892)
Religion Methodist

Sir John Carling, KCMG, PC (January 23, 1828 – November 6, 1911) of the Carling Brewery was a prominent politician and businessman from London, Ontario, Canada. The Carling family and its descendents later resided in Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Brockville, London, Toronto, and Windsor, in Canada, as well as Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

He was the son of farmer Thomas Carling, who emigrated from Etton in Yorkshire, England to Canada in 1818. In 1839, the family moved to London, where Thomas founded the Carling Brewery in 1843, using a recipe from his native Yorkshire. In 1849, the brewery was turned over to John and his brother William.

John’s political career began in municipal government, and in 1858, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. After Confederation in 1867, he represented London in both provincial and federal governments until such a practice was made illegal in 1872. In the 1871 provincial election, he defeated former London mayor Francis Evans Cornish. From 1872 to 1891, he served in the House of Commons as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), holding the position as the 7th Postmaster General from 1882 to 1885, and Minister of Agriculture from 1885 to 1891. In this position, he established the Ontario Agricultural College and the Central Experimental Farm near Ottawa. In 1888, he briefly simultaneously held the title of Postmaster General for a second time.


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