Emerson Coatsworth Explained

Emerson Coatsworth
Order:33rd
Office:Mayor of Toronto
Predecessor:Thomas Urquhart
Successor:Joseph Oliver
Term Start:1906
Term End:1907
Constituency Mp2:Toronto East
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:John Small
Successor2:John Ross Robertson
Term Start2:1891
Term End2:1896
Birth Date:9 March 1854
Birth Place:Toronto, Canada West
Death Place:Toronto
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Conservative
Honorific Suffix:KC

Emerson Coatsworth Jr., KC (March 9, 1854 – May 11, 1943) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Born in Toronto, Coatsworth was educated at the public schools, and studied privately for matriculation into the Law Society. Afterwards he attended Osgoode Hall Law School, and graduated in law in University of Toronto in 1886. A practicing lawyer, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Toronto East in the 1891 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election by Independent Conservative John Ross Robertson. In 1904, he was elected an alderman for the Toronto City Council. From 1906 to 1907, he was the 33rd Mayor of Toronto.

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