Memorable Manitobans: John Aldham Kyte Drummond (1847-1913)

J. A. K. Drummond Click to enlarge

Farmer, MLA (1878-79), MLA (1879-1883).

Born at Edinburgh, Scotland on 3 December 1847, the eldest son of Thomas Drummond and Mary Ferguson Kyte, he was educated in Edinburgh and Kingston, Ontario. On 18 May 1872 at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario he was married to Evadne L. Ironside, daughter of Captain Ironside, Indian Superintendent.

He was struck by a railway train and killed on 10 September 1913, while working for James Richardson and Sons at Kingston, Ontario.

Sources:

“John Drummond Killed - Former Member of Manitoba Legislature Struck by Train,” Manitoba Free Press, 11 September 1913, page 9.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 July 2013

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