John Carling
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The Hon. Sir John Carling KCMG, PC |
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| Senator for Ontario | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for London |
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In office 1891–1892 |
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| Appointed by | Sir John Alexander Macdonald |
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In office 1867–1874 |
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| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | John Walker |
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In office 1878–1891 |
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| Preceded by | James Harshaw Fraser |
| Succeeded by | C. S. Hyman |
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In office 1892–1896 |
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| Preceded by | C. S. Hyman |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Beattie |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 January 1828 London, Upper Canada |
| Died | 6 November 1911 (aged 83) London, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Hannah Dalton (1849-1911) |
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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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