- Charles Wilson (Canadian politician)
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Mayor Charles Wilson 7th Mayor of Montreal In office
1851–1854Preceded by Édouard-Raymond Fabre Succeeded by Wolfred Nelson Constituency Centre Senator for Rigaud, Quebec In office
1867–1877Appointed by Royal Proclamation Succeeded by Joseph-Rosaire Thibaudeau Personal details Born April 1808
Coteau-du-Lac, Lower CanadaDied May 4, 1877 (aged 69)
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaSpouse(s) Ann Tracey Relations Daniel Tracey (brother-in-law) Religion Roman Catholic Charles Wilson (April 1808 – May 4, 1877) was a Canadian businessman and politician.
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Background
Wilson was born in Coteau-du-Lac, Quebec, son of a Scottish immigrant and a French-Canadian mother.
Wilson established a hardware business, and became a prosperous and respected merchant near the Montreal waterfront. On May 19, he married Ann Tracey, sister of Daniel Tracey.
Montreal City Politics
He served as a City Councillor of Montreal from 1848 to 1849 and from 1850 to 1852 and Mayor of Montreal from 1851 to 1854.
Protestant journalists such as John Dougall of the Montreal Witness persisted in accusing the mayor for the Gavazzi Riots. When in September 1855, at Ignace Bourget's request, Wilson received the cross of commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great from Pope Pius IX, the Protestant press resumed its accusations against the man responsible for the "St Bartholomew of Montreal."
Member of the Upper House
In 1852, he became a member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada and, following the creation of the Canadian Confederation in 1867, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate in the new nation's capital Ottawa as a Conservative party representative for the riding of Rigaud.
Death
Charles Wilson is interred in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. He is commemorated by both Wilson Avenue in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and by rue Charles-Wilson in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve.
References
- Charles Wilson at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- National Assembly biography (French)
- Charles Wilson - Parliament of Canada biography
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