T. R. Atkinson is
found dead
Simcoe, 11 Dec 1921 -- T. R.
Atkinson, ex-M.P.P. for North Norfolk, was found dead at his home here at
1 o'clock today. He had been under treatment for heart trouble, but was
downtown after 6 o'clock last evening.
He was living alone at his
residence on Colborne street, and failed to appear at the Battersby House
for dinner. Knowledge of his indisposition prompted investigation, and
John Davis, on request, entered the residence and found he had died in
bed.
Mr. Atkinson came to Simcoe from
Haldimand more than 40 years ago. He qualified as a barrister at a
comparatively advanced age. Dividing his interests between the pursuit of
his profession and other enterprises, he is said to have acquired a
competence.
He was in other days closely
associated with the military life of the county, and rose to the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel in the 39th Regiment, holding that position from 1902
to 1908.
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Thomas Robert Atkinson was born 24
Aug 1853 in Ancaster township, Wentworth county, of Irish and Scottish
parentqage. He was educated, after he had reached the age of 33, at Simcoe
High School, Queen's University, and Osgoode Hall, obtaining his LL.B.
degree from the latter.
Called to the Bar in 1896, he
practised as a barrister, but became Managing Director in the Norfolk
Evaporating and Preserving Company Ltd., at Simcoe, and was also a
Director of the London & Western Trusts Company.
He was Mayor of Simcoe in 1895 and
1896; contested the Commons seat in the Liberal interest unsuccessfully
against Lieut.-Col. Tisdale in 1900., though reducing the latter's
majority nearly one-half. He was elected to the Legislature in 1905; was
defeated by a small majority in 1908; but again returned in 1911 and 1914.
He was a Methodist.
