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Irving Moffat Cleghorn (1863-1929)

Click to enlargePhysician, MLA (1927-1932).

Born at Moffat, Scotland on 22 August 1863, his family emigrated to Canada where he was four years of age and settled at Wingham, Ontario. He came to Manitoba as a youth and graduated from the Manitoba Medical College in 1894. He then opened a medical practice at Baldur, Manitoba where he remained for the rest of his life. In 1927 he ran successfully for a seat in the Manitoba Legislature, where he took special interest in matters relating to public health and education. He died at his home in Baldur on 14 November 1929.

Source:

The Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1929.

Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.

“Dr. Cleghorn, member for Mountain, dies”, Winnipeg Tribune, 14 November 1929. [Manitoba Legislative Library, Biographical Scrapbook B8]

Profile revised: 31 January 2010

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