John Plummer Marcellus

John Plummer Marcellus (July 26, 1838 – May 29, 1932) was a Canadian politician and rancher from Alberta.

John Plummer Marcellus
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
In office
1905–1909
Succeeded byDavid Warnock
ConstituencyPincher Creek
Personal details
Born(1838-07-26)July 26, 1838
Morrisburg, Ontario
DiedMay 29, 1932(1932-05-29) (aged 93)
Pincher Creek, Alberta
Political partyLiberal
Occupationrancher, farmer

Early life

He was born at Morrisburg, Ontario. Marcellus married his wife Maria Barkley in 1871 at Dunbar, Ontario.

1905 election

Marcellus ran for the Alberta legislature in the 1905 Alberta general election. He won a hotly contested 3-way race in the Pincher Creek electoral district in rural southeast Alberta. He served one term as a backbencher in the Legislative Assembly before retiring in 1909. He died in 1932 at Pincher Creek.


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