Lewis Wigle Explained

Lewis Wigle
Riding1:Essex South
Parliament1:Canadian
Term Start1:1882
Term End1:1887
Predecessor1:New riding
Successor1:James Brien
Office2:Ontario MPP
Term Start2:1875
Term End2:1882
Predecessor2:New riding
Successor2:William Balfour
Constituency2:Essex South
Party:Conservative, 1875-1882
Otherparty:Conservative, 1882-1887
Birth Date:10 March 1845
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Bertha Smith

Lewis Wigle (March 10, 1845  - July 30, 1934) was an Ontario farmer, businessman and political figure. He represented Essex South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1875 to 1882 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 1882 to 1887 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Gosfield Township, Essex County, Canada West in 1845, the son of Solomon Wigle. He owned a general store at Leamington and served as reeve of Mersea from 1867 to 1875. Wigle married Rebecca Hairaine in 1868. He was president of the Leamington and St. Clair Railway and a tobacco buyer for the Empire Tobacco Company. After the death of his first wife in 1898, Wigle married Bertha Smith, the widow of a Doctor Wray. After 1887, he ran unsuccessfully four times for the Essex South seat in the House of Commons and in the 1919 provincial election as an independent Conservative. Wigle served as mayor of Leamington from 1902 to 1904.

His daughter Edith married Seger McKay, mayor of Kingsville.

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