23 Facts About Duncan Marshall

Duncan McLean Marshall was a Canadian journalist, publisher, rancher and politician in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta.

Duncan Marshall later served as an Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario for the electoral district of Peel, and was appointed to the Cabinet of Premier Mitchell Hepburn, serving as the Ontario's Minister of Agriculture from 1934 to 1937.

Duncan Marshall was then appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1938, serving as a Senator from Ontario until his death in 1946.

Duncan Marshall was born on September 24,1872, in Elderslie Township, Ontario, to John Duncan Marshall and Margaret McMurchy.

Duncan Marshall attended Walkerton High School and the Owen Sound Collegiate and Vocational Institute.

Duncan Marshall moved on to become the Grand Secretary and editor and publisher of the official organ of the Order of Good Templars, a temperance organization.

Duncan Marshall later moved to Toronto where he was involved in newspaper publishing and eventually acquired a number of farm interest weeklies.

Duncan Marshall made his first run at federal politics running in the Muskoka riding in the 1904 Canadian federal election he was defeated by Conservative candidate William Wright.

In 1905 Duncan Marshall moved to Alberta and was for three years managing editor of the Edmonton Bulletin.

Duncan Marshall subsequently purchased a farm near Olds, Alberta and found success as a cattle and horse breeder.

Duncan Marshall owned The Olds Gazette, a weekly newspaper in Olds, Alberta.

Duncan Marshall was an organizer for the Liberal Party of Alberta during Alberta's first provincial election in 1905.

Duncan Marshall was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the first time in the 1909 Alberta general election to the new Olds electoral district.

Duncan Marshall won the new district easily over Conservative candidate George McDonald.

Duncan Marshall was appointed to cabinet by Premier Alexander Cameron Rutherford to serve as the new Minister of Agriculture and Provincial Secretary November 1,1909, following the resignation of William Finlay due to his poor health.

Duncan Marshall said that the only vacant cabinet post was the ministry of Public Works previously held by Cushing, and that he hoped to fill it soon.

Duncan Marshall was the only member of Rutherford's cabinet to carry on in the new Sifton cabinet.

Duncan Marshall would seek a second term in office in the 1913 Alberta general election.

Duncan Marshall was defeated by William Irvine and finished the race a distant third.

Duncan Marshall was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for the Ontario Liberal Party in the 1934 Ontario general election for the Peel electoral district.

Duncan Marshall was appointed Minister of Agriculture from July 10,1934, to October 12,1937, serving one term in the legislature.

Duncan Marshall was appointed to the Senate of Canada on January 20,1938, by William Lyon Mackenzie King.

Duncan Marshall served in the Senate representing the Liberal Party of Canada until his death on January 16,1946.