John Neilson (other)
John Neilson may refer to: *John Neilson (Canadian politician) (1776–1848), a Canadian newspaper editor and politician. *John Neilson (colonel) (1745–1833), New Jersey officer and member of the New Jersey legislature *John Neilson (architect) (c. 1770–1827), Irish-born American master carpenter, joiner and architect * John Neilson (footballer, born 1874) (fl. 1900s), Scottish footballer * John Neilson (footballer, born 1921) (1921–1988), Scottish footballer *John Alexander Neilson (1858–1915), Scottish rugby union player * Shaw Neilson (1872–1942), Australian poet See also * John Nielsen (other) *John Neilson Gladstone *John Neilson Lake John Neilson Lake (19 August 1834 in Ernestown, Ontario, Canada – 12 February 1925) was originally a preacher for the Methodist Church in Canada and eventually selected the site that became the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1881 ...

John Neilson (Canadian Politician)
John Neilson (July 17, 1776 – February 1, 1848) was a Scots-Quebecer editor of the newspaper '' La Gazette de Québec/The Quebec Gazette'' and a politician. Biography Born in Dornal, Scotland, Neilson arrived in Quebec City, Lower Canada in 1791 to work for his uncle's printing company, which he inherited in 1793. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in a bye-election in 1818, he was re-elected until 1830 and supported the Parti canadien. In 1823, he accompanied Louis-Joseph Papineau to London to lobby against the Union project in the name of the majority of the MPs in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. Again, in 1828 he was part of a delegation sent to London to present his party's demands for reform. In 1830, he took his distance from the Parti patriote, which he considered to be too radical. He opposed the Ninety-Two Resolutions of 1834, a rewrite of the 1828 demands for reform with a radical tone. In 1837, he was named to the Executive Council an ...
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