Henry Wilmot (September 22, 1826 – July 1, 1888)
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100077967/henry-wilmot] was an
Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented
Frontenac in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ...
from 1883 to 1888 as a
Conservative member.
He was born in
Pittsburg Township,
Frontenac County,
Upper Canada in 1826, the son of John Wilmot. He married Anne Graham in 1850. He worked in the timber trade before becoming a farmer. Wilmot served as
reeve
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Titles
*Reeve (Canada), an elected chief executive of some counties, townships, and equivalents
*Reeve (England), an official elected annually by the serfs to supervise lands for a lord
*High-reeve, a title taken by some Englis ...
for Pittsburg and warden for Frontenac County. He also commanded the Kingston Field Battery. He was involved in the construction of the
Kingston
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Places
* List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated:
** Kingston, Jamaica
** Kingston upon Hull, England
** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia
** Kingston, Ontario, Canada
** Kingston upon Thames, ...
and
Gananoque road. He died in office in 1888.
External links
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887'' JA Gemmill*
''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ...'', GM Rose (1886)
1826 births
1888 deaths
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs
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