Cyril Archibald

Cyril Archibald was an Ontario politician. He represented Stormont in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal [Party of Canada|Liberal] member from 1872 to 1878.
He was born in Osnabruck [Township, Ontario|Osnabruck Township] in Upper Canada in 1837, the son of John Archibald and Eliza Dixon. He was educated at Upper [Canada College] and served as a Lieutenant in No. 6 company of the 59th Stormont and Glengarry Battalion during the Fenian Raid of 1870. In 1881, he married Gertrude Wood. Archibald served as reeve of Osnabruck from 1866 to 1869. Archibald also served as paymaster for the local militia. In 1881, he went to Dundas, Minnesota, where he joined his brother Edward's flour milling business. He retired from that business in 1892 and moved to Northfield, Minnesota, where he died in 1914.