William Henry Waller (May 14, 1835 – December 24, 1885) was mayor of

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in 1877.Dave Mullington "Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948)" (Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House, 2005) He was born at Castle Waller in Newport,

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in 1835 and came to

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with his family in 1853. He settled in

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and was employed at '' The Globe''. In 1861, he came to Ottawa as a member of the editorial staff of the ''Ottawa Union''. He later became an insurance broker in partnership with Roderick O'Connor. Waller was an alderman on city council from 1874 to 1875 and became mayor upon the death of G. B. Lyon-Fellowes. He served as president of the Capital Mutual Building Society of Ottawa from 1876 to 1874. He was named registrar for Carleton County in 1879.

References

* ''Historical Sketch of the County of Carleton'' (1971) - originally published in 1879, reprinted by Mika Press, Belleville, Ontario

External links

''A Cyclopæedia of Canadian biography : being chiefly men of the time ...'', GM Rose (1886)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Waller, William Henry 1835 births 1885 deaths Politicians from County Tipperary Mayors of Ottawa Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario