Background
He was born in Tecumseh Township, Simcoe County, Upper Canada in 1840, the son of Hiram Bigelow, and studied at Victoria University in Cobourg.
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Nelson Bigelow
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He represented Toronto in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal in 1892. He then articled with John McNabb and Kenneth MacKenzie and was called to the bar in 1867. Bigelow was named Queen"s Counsel in 1889.
Bigelow was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1892 by-election held after the death of Henry Edward Clarke.
He died in office in 1892.
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In 1879, Bigelow and Dalton McCarthy successfully defended Emily Stowe, a female physician generally thought to be the first white female to practice medicine in Canada, against charges of attempting to procure an abortion.
Membership
He served as a member of the Senate for Victoria University.
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Canada