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Herron, John
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He came to the Fort Macleod area in 1875. He was born at Ottawa, Ontario in 1853 and died in 1936 at Pincher Creek. He married Ida Lake at Lindsay, Ontario in 1878. She was born in 1855 at Oakwood, Ontario and died at Pincher Creek, in 1934. John joined the NWMP in 1875 and took his discharge in 1878. He returned to Ottawa for a few years. In 1881 he returned to Pincher Creek and went into ranching. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in 1904 and again in 1908. There were three children in the family; Georgina, Carrie and Edith.