John Perry Vrooman | |
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Ontario MPP | |
In office 1923 (June - August) | |
Preceded by | Reginald Amherst Fowler |
Succeeded by | Charles Wesley Hambly |
Constituency | Frontenac—Lennox |
Personal details | |
Born | Centreville, Lennox and Addington County, Canada West | February 25, 1860
Died | August 23, 1923 Kingston, Ontario | (aged 63)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Rose Elizabeth Catherall
(m. 1896) |
Occupation | Physician |
John Perry Vrooman (February 25, 1860 – August 20, 1923) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Lennox in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member in 1923.
He was born in Centreville, Lennox and Addington County, Canada West, the son of William H. Vrooman. He practiced in Yarker for 8 years, then moved to Napanee in 1896. He married Rose Elizabeth Catherall. Vrooman was mayor of Napanee in 1903.[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1911. In June 1923 provincial election, he was elected in the riding of Lennox.[2] He died in two month later in August and did not get a chance to serve in the provincial house. He was buried in Napanee.[1]