William McGill

William McGill

William McGill (December 20 1814 – November 9, 1883) was an Ontario physician and political figure. He represented Ontario South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1867 to 1871.

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1814, the son of a jeweller and watchmaker, and came to Whitby Township, Upper Canada with his parents while still young. McGill studied medicine at Willoughby Medical College in Ohio, received an M.D. from McGill College in 1848 and studied at Mott's medical school in New York City. He set up practice in Oshawa. In 1848, he married Julia Ann Bates. He was elected to the medical council of the college of physicians and surgeons of Ontario in 1866. In 1871, he was defeated by Abram Farewell in his bid for reelection to the legislative assembly. McGill served on the county council from 1874 to 1876. He became an elder of the Disciples Church.

External links

* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1526 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=08545 "The Canadian biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men : Ontario volume" (1880)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=3027 "The Medical profession in Upper Canada, 1783-1850 ...", W Canniff (1894)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=4921 "Ontario County", JE Farewell (1907)]


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