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Dr. John Harold Cascaden, Sr.
Ontario MPP
In office
1879–1886
Preceded by David McLaws
Succeeded by Andrew B. Ingram
Constituency Elgin West
Personal details
Born (1840-12-03)December 3, 1840
Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland
Died August 31, 1904(1904-08-31) (aged 63)
Dutton, Ontario
Political party Liberal
Spouse Hannah Katherine Decou (m. 1872)
Children 5

Dr. John Harold Cascaden (December 3, 1840 – August 31, 1904) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Elgin West in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1879 to 1886 as a Liberal members.

He was born in Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland on December 3, 1840, and emigrated to Bruce County, Canada West with his family in 1850. He studied at the University of Toronto, receiving an M.D. in 1863, and at the Royal College of Physicians in London, England. After his first wife, Catherine Cascaden nee Ferguson, died in 1871, John Cascaden married Hannah Katherine Decou in 1872. John and Hannah had five children: David Arthur (b: 1874), Annie May (b:1875), John Harold (b:1879), Douglas Jerald (b:1881), and Gordon L. (b:1884). He served as coroner for Elgin County. John died August 31, 1904, and is buried in the cemetery of St. Stephen's Anglican Church in Dunwich, Elgin County, Ontario.

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