John Gaskin

John Gaskin (April 3, 1840 – March 21, 1908) was a ship's captain, business manager and politician in Ontario, Canada.

[1] The son of Robert Gaskin and Margaret Burton, he was born in Kingston, Upper Canada, the son of immigrants from Ireland, and was educated in Kingston.

He took part in the defence of the province during the Fenian raids as a Private in the 14th Battalion P.W.O.R.

[1] Gaskin ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative for the Kingston seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1904, losing to Liberal William Harty.

[1] An iron lion which originally stood at his house[1] was donated to the city by Gaskin's family in 1909 and stands in Kingston's MacDonald Park.