Uriah Wilson Explained

Uriah Wilson
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Constituency Mp1:Lennox
Parliament1:Canadian
Predecessor1:Matthew William Pruyn
Successor1:David Wright Allison
Term Start1:1887
Term End1:1891
Predecessor2:David Wright Allison
Successor2:District was abolished in 1903
Term Start2:1892
Term End2:1904
Constituency Mp3:Lennox and Addington
Parliament3:Canadian
Predecessor3:District was created in 1903
Successor3:William James Paul
Term Start3:1904
Term End3:1911
Birth Date:17 March 1841
Birth Place:North Fredericksburg Township, Canada West
Death Place:Napanee, Ontario, Canada
Party:Conservative

Uriah Wilson (March 17, 1841  - February 2, 1918) was a Canadian politician.

Born in the Township of North Fredericksburg, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, his father James Wilson[1] was a native of England and his mother came from County Tyrone, Ireland. Wilson was educated at the public school in Napanee, Ontario. He married Mary Moyle in 1867.[2] A merchant, he represented Centre Ward in the Town Council in 1875, 1876 and 1878, and was Deputy Reeve of Napanee from 1879 to 1882. He was warden of the County of Lennox and Addington in 1882 and reeve of Napanee in 1884 and 1885, and Mayor in 1886.[1]

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Lennox at the general elections of 1887. A Conservative, he was defeated at the general elections of 1891, but was returned at a by-election held in 1892 after the election was declared void. He was re-elected in 1896, 1900, 1904, and 1908. He did not run in 1911.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.
  2. Gemmill, AJ The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897