John Taylor Gilmour
John Gilmour | |
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York West | |
Personal details | |
Born | Liberal | March 8, 1855
Spouse(s) | Emma Hawkins (1878–1886) Margaret Edgar (1889-) |
Children | 2 |
Profession | Doctor |
John Taylor Gilmour (March 8, 1855 – July 29, 1918) was a Canadian physician, journalist and politician. He represented
He was born in
Following his stint in politics, Gilmour became active in prison reform, being named warden for the Central Prison at Toronto in 1896, a position he left to become Warden of the Ontario Reformatory at Guelph. At the time of his death he was the Ontario Parole Commissioner, and had the distinction of being the only Canadian prison official ever to serve as president of the American Prison Association (as Canada did not yet have its own prison association).
Personal life
In 1878, Gilmour married Emma Hawkins with whom he had two children, including a son Charles who later became the Junction's coroner. Following her death in 1886, he married Margaret Edgar in 1889.
Honours
When the Junction was annexed by Toronto in 1909, a street in the new ward was renamed "Gilmour Avenue" in his honour; it runs north–south from Maria Street to Woodside Avenue.