Adam Wilson

Sir Adam Wilson (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 1814 and came to Halton County, Upper Canada in 1830 to work with his uncle. In 1834, he moved to Toronto where he studied law with 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 Public General 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 1861. In 1862, he served as solicitor general 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. In 1887, he was retired and was knighted. He died in Toronto on 28 December1891.

External links

* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6502 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/scot/chapter18.htm The Scot in British North America. Chapter V Canada from 1840 to 1867 Part B]

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NAME = Wilson, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = lawyer, judge and political figure
DATE OF BIRTH = September 22, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH = Edinburgh, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH = December 28, 1891
PLACE OF DEATH = Toronto, Ontario, Canada