James Vernall Teetzel
James Vernall Teetzel (March 6, 1853 - August 25, 1926) was mayor of Hamilton, Ontario, from 1899 to 1900. Teetzel was born on March 6, 1853, in Fingal, Ontario, Fingal, Elgin County. He attended Woodstock College, Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Galt Collegiate Institute and Osgoode Hall Law School, Osgoode Hall, Articled clerk, articling with Osler, Wink & Gwyn. In 1877, after four years in Hamilton, he was Call to the bar, called to the bar and entered partnership with Britton Bath Osler. He married Priscilla Grace Darling in 1880. He was created Queen's Counsel in 1890 and on May 16, 1903, was elevated to the bench as Judge of the High Court, Common Pleas Division. In 1910 he became chairman of the Ontario Parole Board. Teetzel served as alderman in 1884, 1885 and 1896 and became mayor in 1899 and was returned by acclamation in 1900. During his term of office Dundurn Park was acquired and the Public Parks Act was put into effect in Hamilton establishing the B ...
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Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonians. Traditionally, the local economy has been led by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries. During the 2010s, a shift toward the service sector occurred, such as health and sciences. Hamilton is ho ...
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