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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Paton
(October 10, 1839 - 1917) was an Ontario farmer, merchant and political
figure. He represented Simcoe Centre in the Legislative Assembly of
Ontario as a Liberal from 1890 to 1898. He was born in Halton County,
Upper Canada in 1839, the son of Peter Paton. The family later moved to
New Lowell in Simcoe County, where his father became the first
postmaster. Paton was involved in the lumber trade, farming and raising
livestock in partnership with his uncle Robert Hay. In 1866, he married
Amelia Anne Dewar. He served as reeve of Sunnidale Township from 1874 to
1888 and was warden for Simcoe County in 1885.
