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Merritt served on the St. Catharines town council from 1857 to 1859. He was elected in an 1868 by-election to represent
Lincoln in the House of Commons and was reelected in 1872. In 1869, his mills and ships were sold to the firm of Norris and
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and had two ships built to transport flour. The partnership split up in 1849 and
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