William Lyon MacKenzie

William Lyon MacKenzie

male, deceased (1861)
William Lyon Mackenzie (March 12, 1795 - August 28, 1861) was a Scottish-Canadian journalist, politician, and leader of an unsuccessful rebellion.... More
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John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe

male, deceased (1806)
John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 - October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the... More
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Robert Baldwin

Robert Baldwin

male, deceased (1858)
Robert Baldwin was born at York (now Toronto). He, along with his political partner Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, lead the first responsible ministry... More
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Egerton Ryerson

Egerton Ryerson

male, deceased (1882)
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 - 19 February 1882) was a minister, educator, politician, and public education advocate in early Ontario,... More
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Alexander Wood

Alexander Wood

male, deceased (1844)
Alexander Wood (January 1772 - September 11, 1844) was a merchant and magistrate in Upper Canada, who was the center of a homophobic sex scandal in... More
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Paul Kane

Paul Kane

male, deceased (1871)
Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 - February 20, 1871) was an Irish-Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian... More
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Joseph Cawthra

male, deceased (1842)
Joseph Cawthra was a Canadian merchant and politician. Cawthra arrived in York, Upper Canada, (now Toronto) from Yorkshire, England, in 1802. He... More
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William McMaster

William McMaster

male, deceased (1887)
William McMaster (December 24, 1811 - September 22, 1887) was a wholesaler, Senator and banker in the 1800s. A director of the Bank of Montreal... More
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George William Allan

George William Allan

male, deceased (1901)
George William Allan, PC (January 9, 1822 - July 24, 1901) was a Canadian politician. Allan's father, William, was a pioneer who settled what was... More
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