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Samuel Platt
Samuel Platt (1812 – May 5, 1887) was a Canadian brewer and politician. He was born in Ireland in 1812 and immigrated to Canada in 1827.[2] He worked as a clerk at Enoch Turner's brewery for four years and then erected a distillery of his own at Berkeley and Front Streets.[2] Platt married a Miss Lockett in 1836.[1] He served as a councillor for St. Lawrence Ward from 1845 to 1851, followed by a two-year term as an alderman for St. David's Ward in 1853 and 1854.[2] In 1872, Platt was one of four citizens appointed to the Water Commission, which supervised the construction of the city's waterworks before disbanding in 1877.[2] He was elected as an Independent to represent the federal riding of Toronto East in 1875 and 1878.[3] Platt also served as a director of the Consumers Gas Company.[2] References
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