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North</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1860 – May 1863</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">15th <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1859–1860</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Breakenridge_Read" title="David Breakenridge Read">David Breakenridge Read</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_George_Bowes" title="John George Bowes">John George Bowes</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1814-09-22</span>)</span>September 22, 1814<br /><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 28, 1891<span style="display:none">(1891-12-28)</span> (aged 77)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Emma Dalton</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Adam Wilson</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">QC</a></span></span> (September 22, 1814 – December 28, 1891) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in <a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a>. He served as mayor of <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> in 1859 and 1860 and in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Council_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="Legislative Council of the Province of Canada">Legislative Council of the Province of Canada</a> for York North from 1860 to 1863. After his political career, he served as a judge and was named Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. At the time of his retirement, he was the longest-serving judge in Ontario and was subsequently knighted. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adam Wilson was born in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland in 1814 to Jane and Andrew Wilson.<sup id="cite_ref-Law_Times_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/George_Heriot%27s_School" title="George Heriot's School">Heriot’s Hospital</a> in Edinburgh<sup id="cite_ref-Law_Times_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Law_Times-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before immigrating to <a href="/wiki/Halton_County,_Ontario" title="Halton County, Ontario">Halton County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper Canada</a> in 1830 to work with his uncle.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1834, he moved to Toronto where he articled for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baldwin" title="Robert Baldwin">Robert Baldwin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baldwin_Sullivan" title="Robert Baldwin Sullivan">Robert Baldwin Sullivan</a> and was <a href="/wiki/Called_to_the_bar" class="mw-redirect" title="Called to the bar">called to the bar</a> in 1839.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, he was made partner at the Baldwin law firm.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1850, he became <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's Counsel">Queen's Counsel</a> and in 1856 he was named to a commission whose work formed the basis for the General Public Statutes of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Canada" title="Province of Canada">Province of Canada</a>. In 1858 he was a founding member of the North-West Transportation, Navigation and Railway Company. He also sued Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a> and two other ministers in 1858 for illegally keeping their political positions.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Municipal_politics">Municipal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Municipal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was elected to Toronto city council in 1855, representing St. Patrick’s Ward. He led a group of councillors who were against the influence of the railway companies in council decisions. He also organised an investigation on how <a href="/wiki/Casimir_Gzowski" title="Casimir Gzowski">Casimir Gzowski</a> won a contract to construct <a href="/wiki/The_Esplanade_(Toronto)" title="The Esplanade (Toronto)">the Esplanade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wilson was encouraged to run in the 1859 mayoral election of Toronto by the Municipal Reform Association,<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a Reform group who opposed the Conservative dominance of Toronto municipal politics.<sup id="cite_ref-Workers_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Workers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His campaign focused on the railway business’ influence over alderman’s decisions on council.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His concerns included the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Trunk_Railway" title="Grand Trunk Railway">Grand Trunk Railway</a> putting trains between residents and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Ontario" title="Lake Ontario">Lake Ontario</a> and the pollution that accumulated in various water sources along the Toronto waterfront.<sup id="cite_ref-Digging_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Digging-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson won the 1859 mayoral election in Toronto’s first direct election for mayor and won a subsequent campaign for mayor in 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His time in office included an initiative to simplify the city’s by-laws, which the Canadian Law Journal cited as an “indescribable confusion.”<sup id="cite_ref-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also focused on police reform and was a member of the Toronto Board of Police Commissioners when they fired the deputy police chief of Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-Workers_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Workers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_in_the_Legislative_Assembly">Politics in the Legislative Assembly</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Politics in the Legislative Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada" title="Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada">Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada</a> in an 1860 by-election in the riding of York North. The following year he was reelected in his York North riding but lost his simultaneous election in the riding of Toronto West. In May 1862 he became Solicitor General for Upper Canada but was not reappointed the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Judicial_career">Judicial career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Judicial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson resigned from politics in 1863 and was named a judge in the Court of Queen's Bench.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was part of the Court of Common Pleas and was an ex-officio judge of Error and Appeal until 1874.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1871 he was appointed to the Ontario Law Reform Commission. In 1878, Wilson became chief justice in the Court of Common Pleas and, in 1884, was named to the same function in the Court of Queen's Bench.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1876 Wilson claimed that <a href="/wiki/George_Brown_(Canadian_politician)" title="George Brown (Canadian politician)">George Brown</a> wrote a letter “for corrupt purposes”<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that Reform engaged in corrupt practices during previous elections.<sup id="cite_ref-Nothing_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nothing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brown was asked to answer this letter in front of judges in a “contempt of court” charge. The judges in this case disagreed on their findings and there were no further proceedings.<sup id="cite_ref-Nothing_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nothing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his rulings, Wilson would bring together applicable precedents but have little analysis of how they worked together to come to a conclusion. He also cited American law and tried to show independence from British law.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also credited with the huge amount of research that he conducted for his rulings.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_career">Writing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Writing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1861 Wilson wrote <i>The constable’s guide; a sketch of the office of constable</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_achievements">Honours and achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours and achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At his retirement Wilson was the longest-serving judge in Ontario.<sup id="cite_ref-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Court_Appeal_For_Ontario-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also <a href="/wiki/Knighted" class="mw-redirect" title="Knighted">knighted</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Nothing_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nothing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson Township in <a href="/wiki/Parry_Sound_District" title="Parry Sound District">Parry Sound District</a>, Ontario is named after him.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nothing_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nothing-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson married Emma Dalton on May 1, 1841, and adopted a daughter. He died in Toronto on December 28, 1891.<sup id="cite_ref-Biographi_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adam_Wilson&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Law_Times-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Law_Times_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Law_Times_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a14vAQAAMAAJ"><i>The Law Times Volume 92</i></a>. London: The Law Times. 1892. p. 151.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Law+Times+Volume+92&rft.place=London&rft.pages=151&rft.pub=The+Law+Times&rft.date=1892&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Da14vAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdam+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Biographi-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Biographi_2-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParker1990" class="citation web cs1">Parker, Graham (1990). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/wilson_adam_12E.html">"Wilson, Sir Adam"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_Canadian_Biography" title="Dictionary of Canadian Biography">Dictionary of Canadian Biography</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>/<a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Laval" title="Université Laval">Université Laval</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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