James Ferrier (politician)
James Ferrier | |
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4th Mayor of Montreal | |
In office 1844–1846 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Bourret |
Succeeded by | John Easton Mills |
Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for Victoria | |
In office 1847–1867 | |
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Victoria | |
In office 1867–1888 | |
Succeeded by | Hugh Mackay |
Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec | |
In office 1867–1888 | |
Appointed by | Royal Proclamation |
Succeeded by | Hippolyte Montplaisir |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 October 1800 Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland |
Died | 30 May 1888 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged 87)
Profession | merchant |
James Ferrier (22 October 1800 – 30 May 1888) was a Scottish-Canadian politician.
Life and career
Born in
city councillor
of Montreal from 1841 to 1848.
In 1842, Ferrier took the lead in establishing the High School of Montreal, supported by William Lunn, William Collis Meredith, the Rev. Henry Esson,[2] and others, one of their purposes being to provide a solution to the growing influence of Anglicanism in education at the time. The new school opened in 1843.[3]
Ferrier became the fourth
Conservative group and represented the Senatorial Division of Shawinegan until his death in 1888. From 1867 until his death he also served on the Legislative Council of Quebec
, sitting for the division of Victoria.
Ferrier was chancellor of McGill University from 1884 to 1888. He is commemorated by Ferrier Street in northwestern Côte-des-Neiges, Montreal.
Notes
- ISBN 9780806348032.
- ^ Elizabeth Ann Kerr McDougall, “ESSON, HENRY”, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, volume 8 (University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003), accessed 28 December 2017
- ^ Peter E. Rider, Heather McNabb, Kingdom of the Mind: How the Scots Helped Make Canada (McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 5 April 2006), p. 273
References
- "James Ferrier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- James Ferrier – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.