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William Lyon Mackenzie

Reformer and rebel · 1795-1861

First mayor of Toronto, led an armed rising, and lived to be pardoned and re-elected.

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Life story

1. March 12, 1795 · Dundee, Scotland
   Born at Dundee in Scotland
2. May 18, 1824 · Queenston, Ontario
   Founded the Colonial Advocate to attack the Family Compact
3. March 1834 · Toronto
   Elected the first mayor of the newly incorporated city of Toronto
4. December 7, 1837 · Toronto
   Routed at Montgomery's Tavern and fled across the Niagara
5. December 1837 · Navy Island, Ontario
   Declared a republic on Navy Island in the Niagara River
6. 1849 · Toronto
   Pardoned; returned and was elected to the legislature again
7. August 28, 1861 · Toronto
   Died in Toronto; his grandson became prime minister sixty years later

In the timeline

• 1837 — The Upper Canada Rebellion

Sources

• Wikipedia article: William Lyon Mackenzie
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography
• The Canadian Encyclopedia