James Noxon Lapum
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Addington
In office
1867–1872
Succeeded bySchuyler Shibley
Personal details
BornJuly 1819
Erneston, Upper Canada
DiedJuly 26, 1879 (aged 5960)
Centreville, Ontario[1]
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Martha Fisk
(m. 1844)

James Noxon Lapum (July 1819 – July 26, 1879)[1] was a Canadian politician.[2]

Born in Erneston, Upper Canada[3] (now Ontario), the son of Robert Lapum,[4] he was a merchant[3] and served as postmaster for Centreville for 20 years. In 1844, Lapum married Martha Fisk.[4] He served as reeve for Camden Township for 7 years.[3] Lapum opened a cheese factory in partnership with John Stewart Miller in 1870.[5]

In 1867, he was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament for the riding of Addington. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1872.[3]

1867 Canadian federal election: Addington
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeJames Lapum1,12053.0
Liberal–ConservativeSchuyler Shibley99146.9
UnknownSir Henry Smith20.1
UnknownMr. Price10.0
UnknownD. Cameron00.0
UnknownMr. Ham00.0
UnknownMr. Lott00.0
1872 Canadian federal election: Addington
Party Candidate Votes%
Liberal–ConservativeSchuyler Shibley1,49564.0
ConservativeJames Lapum84936.0

References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record". 1889.
  3. 1 2 3 4 James Lapum – Parliament of Canada biography
  4. 1 2 The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1871)
  5. Lennox and Addington Historical Society : papers and records, Volume I (1909) Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine


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