William Robinson

November 5, 1823 (age 88)

Ballymoney, County Antrim, United Kingdom

He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1879. Robinson was president of the Kingston and Marmora Railway. He served on the town council for Kingston for 16 years and served as mayor from 1869 to 1870. He was later appointed a customs officer at Kingston. On September 15, 1850. She was also an Irish immigrant. He died on July 21, 1912. His obituary was published in the Daily British Whig on July 22, 1912. He worked as a painter for over thirty years before retiring and taking an appointment as Clerk of the Division Court, where he stayed for eleven years. He served on the City Council in several positions for over 38 years, including being the Alderman for the Rideau Ward, Mayor in 1869-1870, and as the Alderman for the Cataraqui Ward in 1897. He elected as an independent was a notable historic occasion in Ontario’s history. He negotiated to the legislature on behalf of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway and secured a $121 000.000 bond toward the building of lieutenant Robinson was a Justice of Peace for over forty years, but when the Tories were brought into Toronto in 1905 they relieved him from the post. While in office, he was responsible for exposing the corruption of the City Chamberlain and the Tax Collectors by exposing that a sun reaching nearly $16 000.00 was missing from city accounts. Robinson once said that he had only cast one Tory vote in his life, and that was when two conservatives were running in Frontenac County. “Of two evils, I chose the lesser”.

William Robinson

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Background

He was born in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, in 1823. He married Margaret Dick, daughter of David Dick.

Career

He represented Kingston in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1871 to 1879. Robinson was president of the Kingston and Marmora Railway. He served on the town council for Kingston for 16 years and served as mayor from 1869 to 1870.

He was later appointed a customs officer at Kingston.

On September 15, 1850. She was also an Irish immigrant.

He died on July 21, 1912. His obituary was published in the Daily British Whig on July 22, 1912.

He worked as a painter for over thirty years before retiring and taking an appointment as Clerk of the Division Court, where he stayed for eleven years.

He served on the City Council in several positions for over 38 years, including being the Alderman for the Rideau Ward, Mayor in 1869-1870, and as the Alderman for the Cataraqui Ward in 1897. He elected as an independent was a notable historic occasion in Ontario’s history. He negotiated to the legislature on behalf of the Kingston and Pembroke Railway and secured a $121 000.000 bond toward the building of lieutenant

Robinson was a Justice of Peace for over forty years, but when the Tories were brought into Toronto in 1905 they relieved him from the post.

While in office, he was responsible for exposing the corruption of the City Chamberlain and the Tax Collectors by exposing that a sun reaching nearly $16 000.00 was missing from city accounts. Robinson once said that he had only cast one Tory vote in his life, and that was when two conservatives were running in Frontenac County.

“Of two evils, I chose the lesser”.

Membership

He was a member of the Ontario Legislature, first elected as an independent in 1870 and again as a Liberal in 1874.

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