Adam Wilson
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Sir Adam Wilson | |
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15th Mayor of Toronto | |
In office 1859–1860 |
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Preceded by | David Breakenridge Read |
Succeeded by | John George Bowes |
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Born | Edinburgh, Scotland |
September 22, 1814
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Toronto, Ontario |
Sir Adam Wilson QC (September 22, 1814 – December 28, 1891) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He served as mayor of Toronto in 1859 and 1860.
He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1815 and came to Halton County, Upper Canada in 1830 to work with his uncle. In 1834, he moved to Toronto where he studied law Robert Baldwin Sullivan and was called to the bar in 1839. In 1850, he became Queen's Counsel. Wilson was elected to Toronto city council in 1855, later serving two terms as mayor. In 1856, he was named to a commission whose work formed the basis for the l Statutes of the Province of Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada in an 1860 by-election in the North riding of York; he was re-elected in ral for Canada West in the Executive Council. He resigned from politics in 1863 and was named judge in the Court of Queen's Bench. He served on the Ontario Law Reform Commission. In 1878, Wilson became chief justice in the Court of Common Pleas and, in 1884, was named to the same function in the Court of Queen's Bench. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. In 1887, he was retired and was knighted. He died in Toronto on December 28, 1891.
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- The Scot in British North America. Chapter V Canada from 1840 to 1867 Part B
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- 1814 births
- 1891 deaths
- Judges in Ontario
- Canadian Knights Bachelor
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
- Mayors of Toronto
- People from Edinburgh
- People from the Regional Municipality of Halton
- Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario
- Canadian Queen's Counsel