Wolfred Nelson
Mayor Wolfred Nelson | |
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8th Mayor of Montreal | |
In office 1854–1856 | |
Preceded by | Charles Wilson |
Succeeded by | Henry Starnes |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 July 1791 Montreal, Lower Canada |
Died | 17 June 1863 Montreal, Province of Canada | (aged 71)
Profession | Physician, Politician |
Wolfred Nelson (10 July 1791 – 17 June 1863) was the mayor of Montreal, Quebec, from 1854 to 1856.
Biography
Nelson was born in
Along with his younger brother Robert Nelson, he was known as a member of the Patriotes and for his leading role in the Lower Canada Rebellion.
Nelson studied at the school of his father in
He moved to
In 1827, he was elected as a member of the
In a prelude to the
On 16 November 1837, he and 25 others were charged with high treason.
On 28 February 1838, after having crossed the border from
Later, he led a group of armed citizens who resisted arrest by the British army at
Exiled to Bermuda in 1838, Nelson was granted amnesty by the British colonial government and came back to Montreal in 1842. In 1844, he was elected to the new Parliament of the Province of Canada. In 1854, he became mayor of Montreal, and he died in June 1863. He is interred in the Anglican cemetery in Sorel-Tracy and is commemorated by a park in Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
Works
- Report of Dr. Wolfred Nelson, one of the inspectors of the provincial penitentiary, on the present state, discipline, management and expenditure of the district and other prisons in Canada East, 1852 (exists also in French)
- Rapport des Drs. Nelson et Macdonnell, et Zéphirin Perrault, ecr., avocat, sur l'Hôpital de marine et des émigrés de Québec, et correspondance relative aux services du Dr. Robitaille dans le dit hôpital, 1853
- Practical views on cholera, and on the sanitary, preventive and curative measures to be adopted in the event of a visitation of the epidemic, 1854 (exists also in French)
- Five years in Panama (1880-1885)
Gallery
References
- ^ "Canada Channel: Content Summary for Rebellions of 1837–38". Northernblue.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ John Kalbfleisch, "From the archives: Wolfred Nelson: from jailed Patriote to mayor", Montreal Gazette, November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Content Summary for Rebellions of 1837-38". 5 October 2007. Archived from the original on 5 October 2007. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Biography – NELSON, WOLFRED – Volume IX (1861–1870) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Biographi.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
- ^ "Biography – NELSON, ROBERT – Volume X (1871–1880) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". Biographi.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
Sources
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Thompson, John Beswarick (2000). "Nelson, Wolfred". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. University of Toronto and Université Laval. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- Lemire, Jonathan (20 May 2000). "Nelson, Wolfred (1791–1863)". Les Patriotes de 1837@1838. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- Aubin, Georges (1998). Wolfred Nelson. Écrits d'un patriote (1812–1842). Montréal: Comeau & Nadeau. pp. 177 pages. ISBN 2-9804963-8-3.
- Chartier, Jean (5 April 1999). "Le médecin du peuple". Le Devoir (in French). Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010. (via Vigile.net)
- "Wolfred Nelson en 1849". Vieux-Montréal. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2010.