Timothy Lee Terrill, (March 12, 1815 – August 26, 1879) was a lawyer, farmer and political figure in

Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ...

. He was born in Ascot Township, Sherbrooke County in Lower Canada in 1815, the son of Joseph Hazard Terrill, commissioner of small causes for Sherbrooke. He studied law in the office of his brother, Hazard Bailey, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was later appointed Queen's Counsel. He served in a

cavalry Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from "cheval" meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback. Cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry ...

troop during the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837. When his brother Hazard Bailey died in 1852, he ran for his seat in the Legislative Assembly representing Stanstead in November 1852 and was elected by acclamation. He was re-elected to the same seat in the general elections held in July 1854 and December 1857. In 1856, he became provincial secretary for Canada East; he resigned this office in 1857. He retired from politics in 1861 due to ill health. He suffered an attack of paralysis and died in Stanstead in 1879.

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* * 1815 births 1879 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Canadian King's Counsel {{Quebec-politician-stub