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Since 1998 Sarnia City Council has celebrated Alexander Mackenzie Day. Alexander Mackenzie was the second Canadian Prime Minister from 1873 to 1878.

Cobourg proclaimed the holiday as James Cockburn Day" in 1999. James Cockburn was a father of Confederation and represented the riding of Northumberland West in the Legislative Assembly of Canada, 1861-67.

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