1895 Correspondence to the Young Men’s Liberal Conservative Club of Toronto from Politician Walter Humphries Montague

On offer is a typed letter signed by Walter Humphries Montague with an edit in his own hand. Dated in London [Ontario] on January 15 1895 the letter accepts an invitation to speak at the Young Men's Liberal Conservative Club of Toronto. An additional edit exists in a different hand, as well as some anachronistic notations at the bottom. 

Walter Humphries Montague(1858-1915) was a Canadian politician and Minister of Agriculture.

He was born in Adelaide, Middlesex county, Ontario, on November 21, 1858, the son of Joseph Montague, a farmer. He was educated at the School of Medicine, Toronto, and at Victoria University, Cobourg (M.D., 1882), and he practiced medicine at Dunnville, Ontario. In 1890 he was elected to represent Haldimand in the Canadian House of Commons. In 1895 he became, for a few months, secretary of state in the Bowell administration, and at the end of that year he was appointed minister of agriculture. He was one of the "nest of traitors" charged by Mackenzie Bowell with conspiring against him in 1896, and he became a member of the Tupper administration of that year. He retired from office on the defeat of the Tupper government in July, 1896, and he was defeated in the general elections for the House of Commons in 1900. In 1913 he was elected to represent Kildonan in the

Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, and at the same time he was appointed minister of public works in the Roblin government.

This is one page 7-¾ x 13 inches, with seams from folds, is age-toned and mildly stained. Its condition is Good.