James Cleland (politician)

James Cleland (June 10, 1839 – March 11, 1908) was a Scottish-born merchant and political figure in Ontario, Canada.

He represented Grey North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1890 to 1898 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Glasgow in 1839, apprenticed as a tinsmith there and came to Canada West in 1857, where he entered the business of selling hardware.

In 1884, he found a dog with two heads and shot it with a shotgun, causing political turmoil.

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