John Inglis McLaren was born in
Goderich,
Canada West on September 2, 1865. He moved to Hamilton in 1879, and managed the Hamilton Coffee & Spice Company for 18 years. He married Bessie S. McClure in June 1892, and they had six children. He was an alderman of Hamilton from 1907 to 1908, and was elected mayor in 1909 and 1910. He unsuccessfully ran for the
House of Commons in 1911 and 1917. He died in Hamilton on December 8, 1948. ==References==