- James Hervey Price
James Hervey Price (1797 –
July 13 1882 ) was an attorney and political figure inCanada East .He was born in
Cumberland ,England in 1797, studied law atDoctors' Commons inLondon and came toUpper Canada in 1828 with his wife Elizabeth Anne Rubergall. He settled in York Township. He studied law withGeorge Rolph andWilliam Henry Draper and was admitted to practice as an attorney in 1833. He was appointed city clerk forToronto in 1834. Price helped found theBank of the People in 1835 and served as its solicitor. In 1836, he was elected to city council. He was arrested in 1837 because he was suspected of having been involved withWilliam Lyon Mackenzie but freed two weeks later.In 1841, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the 1st riding of York as a Reformer. He criticized Governor Metcalfe for ignoring the executive council's advice in making patronage appointments. Price was ommissioner of crown lands from 1848 to 1851. He supported theRebellion Losses Bill and the secularization of theclergy reserves .Price left Toronto in 1860 and settled near Bath in England. He died at Shirley near
Southampton in 1882.His wife's sister Mary Ann married
Jesse Ketchum , who was a member of the legislative assembly of Upper Canada.External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5777 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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