Morrison Mann MacBride

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Morrison Mann MacBride (August 20, 1877June 5, 1938) was an Ontario merchant and political figure. He represented Brant South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1919 to 1926 as a Labour member and then Brantford from 1934 to 1938 as an Independent and then Independent Liberal member.

He was born in Renfrew County, Ontario and educated in Arnprior. He learned the printing trade and came to Brantford to play with a lacrosse team there, also setting up a printing company. MacBride served as mayor of Brantford from 1918 to 1920, in 1925, from 1933 to 1934 and from 1936 to 1937. He served as Minister of Labour in the provincial cabinet from 1937 to 1938. He died while still in office in Brantford in 1938.

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