James Edward Smith (politician)

James Edward Smith


17th Mayor of Toronto
In office 1867–1869
Preceded by	Francis Henry Medcalf
Succeeded by	Samuel Bickerton Harman
Personal details
Born	(1831-12-25)December 25, 1831
Died	March 9, 1892(1892-03-09) (aged 60)

James Edward Smith (December 25, 1831 – March 9, 1892) was the mayor of Toronto in 1867.

Born in London, England, Smith came to Toronto with his family in 1841. He was a manager of the British Empire Life Insurance Company. He was elected to the Toronto City Council in 1857 for the St. John's ward and served until appointed mayor by his fellow Councillors in 1867. He was mayor until 1869 when he was re-elected to the City Council. He remained in Council until 1870 when he retired.^[1] He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

References

↑ John Ross Robertson (1914). Robertson's Landmarks of Toronto.

Mayors of Toronto

Mackenzie Sullivan T. Morrison Gurnett Powell Monro Sherwood Boulton Gurnett Bowes Beard Allan Robinson Hutchison Boulton Read Wilson Bowes Medcalf Smith Harman Sheard Manning Medcalf A. Morrison Beaty McMurrich Boswell Manning W. Howland Clarke Fleming Kennedy Fleming Shaw Macdonald O. Howland Urquhart Coatsworth Oliver Geary Hocken Church Maguire Hiltz Foster McBride Wemp Stewart Simpson McBride Robbins Day Conboy R. Saunders McCallum Lamport L. Saunders Phillips Summerville Givens Dennison Crombie Beavis Sewell Eggleton Rowlands Hall Lastman Miller Ford Tory

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