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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 />1864–1866</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/John_George_Bowes" title="John George Bowes">John George Bowes</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/James_Edward_Smith_(Toronto)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Edward Smith (Toronto)">James Edward Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1874–1875</td><link 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Wicklow</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 26, 1880<span style="display:none">(1880-03-26)</span> (aged 76)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>, Ontario, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/St._James_Cemetery_(Toronto)" title="St. James Cemetery (Toronto)">St. James Cemetery</a>, Toronto</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Francis Henry Medcalf</b> (May 10, 1803 – March 26, 1880) was a Canadian <a href="/wiki/Millwright" title="Millwright">millwright</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iron_founder" title="Iron founder">iron founder</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</a> during the periods 1864–1866 and 1874–1875. He was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Order_in_Canada" title="Orange Order in Canada">Orange Order in Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Henry_Medcalf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medcalf was born in <a href="/wiki/Delgany" title="Delgany">Delgany</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">County Wicklow</a>, Ireland, in 1803 and moved to <a href="/wiki/Upper_Canada" title="Upper Canada">Upper Canada</a> in 1819 with his parents, William and Martha Medcalf, and seven siblings. They lived on the <a href="/wiki/Big_Otter_Creek" title="Big Otter Creek">Big Otter Creek</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bayham,_Ontario" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayham, Ontario">Bayham, Ontario</a>. In 1823, Medcalf relocated to <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> in the United States, where he began working as a <a href="/wiki/Blacksmith" title="Blacksmith">blacksmith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Millwright" title="Millwright">millwright</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He married Mary Harrison in Philadelphia before returning with her to Canada in 1839 to run several <a href="/wiki/Foundries" class="mw-redirect" title="Foundries">foundries</a> in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-coh_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> they had four sons and two daughters together. He opened the Don Foundry and Machine Shop in 1847, which specialized in the production of agricultural machinery and <a href="/wiki/Steam_engine" title="Steam engine">steam engines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Henry_Medcalf&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medcalf was heavily involved in the <a href="/wiki/Protestant" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestant">Protestant</a> organization the <a href="/wiki/Orange_Order" title="Orange Order">Orange Order</a>, which had a strong presence in Toronto. Between 1854 and 1862, he held master positions at various Orange Order lodges in Toronto, and was a lodge grand master of <a href="/wiki/Canada_West" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada West">Canada West</a> in the period 1862–64.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was his lodge service that led him to Toronto politics and his successful election as alderman of St. Lawrence Ward in 1860 and St. David's Ward in 1863, 1867 and 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-coh_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1864 he ran in the election for <a href="/wiki/Mayor_of_Toronto" title="Mayor of Toronto">Mayor of Toronto</a> in opposition to the incumbent mayor <a href="/wiki/John_George_Bowes" title="John George Bowes">John George Bowes</a>. Medcalf was supported by a coalition of Orangemen, <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberals</a> and won the mayoralty. He won again by a large majority in 1865 and ran unopposed in 1866. Between 1867 and 1873, the mayor was selected by <a href="/wiki/Toronto_City_Council" title="Toronto City Council">Toronto City Council</a> rather than by popular vote, but when the electoral system was restored in 1874 he was re-elected for another two terms until he was defeated by the Conservative member <a href="/wiki/Angus_Morrison_(politician)" title="Angus Morrison (politician)">Angus Morrison</a> in 1876.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also ran for election in 1871 in the <a href="/wiki/Toronto_East_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Toronto East (provincial electoral district)">Toronto East</a> district, but was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Crooks_Cameron" title="Matthew Crooks Cameron">Matthew Crooks Cameron</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Medcalf's nickname in politics was "Old Squaretoes",<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a reference to his foundry work boots, an image he used to promote his "rags-to-riches story".<sup id="cite_ref-svn_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-svn-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of his most significant achievements during his time in office was in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Cabbagetown,_Toronto" title="Cabbagetown, Toronto">Cabbagetown</a> fire department in Toronto.<sup id="cite_ref-svn_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-svn-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Henry_Medcalf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medcalf died in Toronto on March 26, 1880, at age 77,<sup id="cite_ref-coh_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coh-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was buried at <a href="/wiki/St._James_Cemetery_(Toronto)" title="St. James Cemetery (Toronto)">St. James Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Alfred took over the foundry business after Medcalf's death.<sup id="cite_ref-dcb_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dcb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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