William Davis Ardagh (March 21, 1828 – April 16, 1893) was an

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented

Simcoe North Simcoe North (french: Simcoe-Nord) is a federal electoral district in central Ontario, Canada. It was established as a federal riding in 1867. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2011 Census''; 2013 representation'' Ethnic groups: 87.8% ...

in the

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from 1871 to 1874. He was born in

County Tipperary County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after th ...

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in 1828 and grew up in

County Kilkenny County Kilkenny ( gle, Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the South-East Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the cou ...

. He came to

Barrie Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically i ...

in Canada West in 1848, articled in law and was called to the bar in 1855. He entered the practice of law in

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with

John Willoughby Crawford John Willoughby Crawford (26 August 1817 – 13 May 1875) served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada from 1873 to 1875. Born in 1817 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, the son of George Crawford, John Crawford came to ...

. He served as deputy judge in Simcoe County in 1882 and was reeve and later mayor of Barrie. He moved to

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749,6 ...

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, where he served as Deputy Attorney-General and County Court judge. He also served on the Board of Police Commissioners for Winnipeg. He died in

Hoboken, New Jersey Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...

in 1893.

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Manitoba Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ardagh, William Davis 1828 births 1893 deaths 19th-century Irish people Immigrants to the Province of Canada Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Judges in Manitoba Judges in Ontario Lawyers in Ontario Mayors of Barrie Politicians from County Kilkenny Politicians from County Tipperary Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs