Uriah Wilson (March 17, 1841 – February 2, 1918) was a Canadian politician. Born in the Township of North Fredericksburg, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, his father James Wilson was a native of

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and his mother came from

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. Wilson was educated at the public school in Napanee, Ontario. He married Mary Moyle in 1867.Gemmill, A
''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1897''
/ref> A merchant, he represented Centre Ward in the Town Council in 1875, 1876 and 1878, and was Deputy Reeve of Napanee from 1879 to 1882. He was warden of the County of Lennox and Addington in 1882 and

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of Napanee in 1884 and 1885, and Mayor in 1886. He was first elected to the

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for Lennox at the general elections of 1887. A Conservative, he was defeated at the general elections of 1891, but was returned at a by-election held in 1892 after the election was declared void. He was re-elected in

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

, and

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

. He did not run in

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Uriah 1841 births 1918 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Mayors of Napanee