Martin M. Todd

In Galt, the name of Todd has for three generations been identified with the development and operation of railroads.

Thomas Todd, owner of the Galt Flour Mills, was a principal promoter and first president of the Galt, Preston and Hespeler Railway. On his death in 1900 his son, Martin Todd, who for some years had worked with the Great Western Railway in Hamilton, became president of the Company. Martin Todd’s son, Milne, was the third generation to be president.

Under Martin Todd’s management the railway became one of the best inter-urban electric railways in Canada, eventually also serving Berlin and Waterloo. Todd was manager of the Lake Erie and Northern Railway, and actively associated with a number of prominent Galt firms. He served many community organizations.