James Robert Wilson

James Robert Wilson

James Robert Wilson, PC, a Canadian politician, was born on September 16, 1866 in Almonte, Ontario and died on April 3, 1941. In 1884 he moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and was employed at a grocery and hardware store.

During the 1885 North-West Rebellion he led the first medical corps to Saskatoon. After the rebellion he worked as a farmer, before opening a general store in Saskatoon in 1896.

In January 1903 he was elected overseer over the village of Saskatoon, and when on July 1 of that year the village was incorporated as a town, he became its first mayor. He served until 1904, and again later as mayor of the by now city of Saskatoon from 1907-1908. He also sat on the city council from 1914-1919.

In his times as mayor he personally guaranteed a bank loan that allowed for the completion of sewer, water and electrical works, and it was also whilst he was mayor that Saskatoon's City Park was purchased.

Wilson also tried his hand at national politics, standing unsuccessfully as a federal candidate for the Conservatives in 1908, before managing to be elected in 1917. He served for four years, including a spell as a cabinet minister, before being defeated in 1921.

External links

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=8243&s=M Federal Political Biography from the Library of Parliament]

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years=1917—1921


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