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James Moir Ferres (1813 – April 21, 1870) was a journalist and political figure in
Upper Canada
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.
He was born in
Aberdeen
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, Scotland in 1813 and studied at
Marischal College
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in Aberdeen. Ferres came to
Montreal
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in 1833 and taught at
Edward Black's school there. He then became director of the academy at Frelighsburg in the
Eastern Townships
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. In 1835, he was a co-founder of the ''Missiskoui Standard'', a weekly newspaper. In 1836, he returned to Montreal to work with the ''
Montreal Herald
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1770–1799
* ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire pour la Ville & District de Montréal'', 1778, Montréal, Fleury Mesplet, printer, and Valentin Jautard, editor and journalist
* '' La Gazette ...
''; he became editor in 1839. As a Tory supporter, Ferres received a number of political appointments. He served as secretary of the Montreal Turnpike Trust from 1840 to 1842 and, from 1844 to 1848, he was a revenue inspector at Montreal. In 1848, Ferres became editor and chief owner of the ''
Montreal Gazette
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''; he remained editor until the paper was sold in 1854. He opposed the
Rebellion Losses Bill
The Rebellion Losses Bill (full name: ''An Act to provide for the Indemnification of Parties in Lower Canada whose Property was destroyed during the Rebellion in the years 1837 and 1838'') was a controversial law enacted by the legislature of ...
of 1849 and was arrested but never prosecuted following the burning of the parliament buildings at Montreal. In 1854, he was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada in East Missisquoi as a Conservative. He was elected in
Brome in 1858.
He was named to the Board of Inspectors of Asylums and Prisons in 1861 and became chairman of the Board in 1868. In 1869, Ferres was named warden for
Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston Penitentiary (known locally as KP and Kingston Pen) is a former maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, between King Street West and Lake Ontario.
History
Constructed from 1833 to 1834, and opened on June 1, 1 ...
; Ferres died in
Kingston in 1870 and was buried at
Lachine, Quebec
Lachine () is a borough (''arrondissement'') within the city of Montreal on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It was an autonomous city until the municipal mergers in 2002.
History
Lachine, apparently from the French term ' ...
.
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1813 births
1870 deaths
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East
Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec
Alumni of the University of Aberdeen
People from Aberdeen
Immigrants to Lower Canada