Misplaced Pages

James Bonfield (1825 – January 29, 1883) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Renfrew South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1883 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Gortmore, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1825, the son of John Bonfield, and came to Canada in 1848. He worked as a clerk for lumber merchant John Egan, later opened his own general store and afterwards became a lumber merchant in Eganville. He served as reeve for Grattan Township. In 1854, he married Catherine Tracy.

His daughter Elizabeth married John Francis Dowling who also represented Renfrew South in the provincial assembly.

The Township of Bonfield, Ontario was named in his honour.

Electoral history

References

1. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205454879/james-bonfield%7C
2. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1875. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
3. "Data Explorer". Elections Ontario. 1879. Retrieved April 19, 2024.

External links

• The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1881, CH Mackintosh
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
• The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men ... (1880)

This article about an Ontario Liberal Party MPP is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1825 births
• 1883 deaths
• Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
• Irish emigrants to Canada
• Politicians from County Tipperary
• Canadian merchants
• 19th-century mayors of places in Ontario
• 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Liberal Party, Ontario MPP stubs