Isaac Master

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Isaac Master (March 19, 1835 – January 6, 1898)

Liberal
member from 1878 to 1890.

He was born in Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Upper Canada in 1834, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. In 1857, he married Lydia Fried. He was first elected to the Ontario assembly in a by-election held after the death of John Fleming. He was elected again in an 1882 by-election after James Livingston was elected to the House of Commons. In 1891, he was named registrar for the county and moved to Berlin (later Kitchener). He served in that post until his death in 1898.

Electoral history

Ontario provincial by-election, January 9, 1878: Waterloo South
Death of John Fleming
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Isaac Master 1,252 50.10
Independent Mr. Merners 1,247 49.90
Total valid votes 2,499
Liberal hold Swing
Source: History of the Electoral Districts, Legislatures and Ministries of the Province of Ontario[2]: 383 

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