- Thomas Cushing Aylwin
Thomas Cushing Aylwin (
January 5 1806 –October 14 1871 ) was aQuebec lawyer, judge and political figure.He was born in
Quebec City in 1806, the grandson ofThomas Aylwin . Aylwin studied atHarvard University , then articled in law and was called to the bar in 1827. He entered the practice of law in partnership with Edward Short. In 1841, he was elected to theLegislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Portneuf; he was reelected in 1844 and 1848 for Quebec City. Aylwin served as solicitor general forCanada East from 1842 to 1843, resigning to protest Governor Sir Charles Metcalfe's refusal to consult the Executive Council on patronage appointments, and served again in the same post in 1848. Later in 1848, he resigned his seat to accept an appointment as judge in the Court of Queen’s Bench. Aylwin resigned from the bench in 1868 after suffering astroke .He died in
Montreal in 1871.Aylwin Township in the
Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada, was named in his honour in 1858 (but was renamed to Kazabazua in 1976).cite web |url=http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=72427&Latitude=45,95&Longitude=-76,01666&Zoom=1700 |title=Kazabazua (Municipalité) |accessdate=2008-08-08 |publisher=Commission de toponymie du Québec |language=French]References
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=4804 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=07407 "The Canadian portrait gallery", JC Dent (1881)]
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