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Edward William Thomson (January 1794 – April 20, 1865) was a farmer and political figure in
Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...
. He was born in
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in 1794 and settled in
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in 1808. He served with the York militia during the
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and the Rebellions of 1837, eventually commanding the 5th militia district in Canada West. He was involved in building locks on the
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and worked as a contractor on the Welland Canal in the 1840s. In 1833, he was appointed
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in the
Home District The Home District was one of four districts of the Province of Quebec created in 1788 in the western reaches of the Montreal District and detached in 1791 to create the new colony of Upper Canada. It was abolished with the adoption of the county ...
. In 1836, he was elected to the
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in the 2nd riding of
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. He was the first president of the provincial Agricultural Association and the York County Agricultural Society. He represented Canada at the London at the exhibitions of 1851 and 1862. He died in York Township in 1865. His older brother
Hugh Christopher Thomson Hugh Christopher Thomson (1791 – April 23, 1834) was a businessman, newspaper publisher and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Kingston in Upper Canada in 1791, the son of a Scottish immigrant who served with Joseph Brant du ...
was also a member of the legislative assembly. His grandson, Edward William Thomson, was a journalist and writer.


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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Edward William 1794 births 1865 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Canadian justices of the peace