Thomas Scatcherd.
Thomas Scatcherd (November 10, 1823 - April 15, 1876) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He represented the North Middlesex district as a liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada between 1867 and 1876. Biography
He was born in Wyton, in Middlesex County, Upper Canada in 1823. His father, John Scatcherd, represented Middlesex West in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from 1854 to 1858, the year of his death. He married Isabella Sprague, granddaughter of Elias Moore, who represented Middlesex in the Legislative Assembly during the Rebellions of 1837. Scatcherd studied law in London and Toronto, beginning his practice in 1849. That same year he became a municipal lawyer in London . In 1861, he was elected as a member of the West Middlesex Legislative Assembly; was reelected in 1863.
Scatcherd was against the Confederacy as he believed was structured to favor Eastern Canada. Together with George Brown they opposed a tax introduced in 1866 that sought to extend the privileges of Catholic colleges in Western Canada, a tax which in turn was proposed in Eastern Canada by Alexander Tilloch Galt for Protestant colleges; this led to an abolition of both taxes and the resignation of Galt.
He died in Ottawa in 1876, before he could finish his position. His brother Robert Colin represented North Middlesex between 1876 and 1878.
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