William Warren Lynch
William Warren Lynch | |
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Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Brome | |
| In office 1871–1889 | |
| Preceded by | Christopher Dunkin |
| Succeeded by | Rufus Nelson England |
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| Born | September 30, 1845 Knowlton, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
William Warren Lynch (September 30, 1845 – November 23, 1916) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec.
Biography
Born near the Village of
Queen's Counsel
by the Quebec government in 1879 and the Federal government in 1881.
During the Fenian raids of 1866 Lynch took an active part in the formation of a company of volunteers at Brome, of which he became lieutenant, and remained such until his resignation in 1871. In 1870, he became editor of the Cowansville Observer. He was also Mayor of the Township of Brome, and Warden of the county. In 1874, he married Ellen Florence Pettes and they had two sons.
In
Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Brome and moved to Knowlton. A Conservative, he was acclaimed in 1875 and re-elected in 1881 and 1886. He was Solicitor-General in the cabinet of Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
and later was appointed commissioner of railways and commissioner of crown lands. In 1889, he was appointed a Judge of the Superior Court for the District of Bedford. He resigned in 1915 and died in 1916.
References
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography". Internet Archive. 1919.
- "William Warren Lynch". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
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