John Hutchison (mayor)

John Hutchison


13th Mayor of Toronto
In office 1857–1857
Preceded by	John Beverley Robinson
Succeeded by	William Henry Boulton
Personal details
Born	1817 Port Patrick, Wigtonshire, Scotland
Died	July 7, 1863 Métis-sur-Mer, Quebec

John Hutchison (1817 – July 7, 1863) was mayor of Toronto in 1857.

Hutchison was born in 1817 in Port Patrick, Wigtonshire, Scotland, immigrated to Canada in 1828 as boy and settled in Toronto in 1847.^[1]

Before politics he was director with Toronto and Sarnia Railroad and of the Metropolitan Gas and Water Company.

Hutchison was an alderman for St. James ward from 1852 to 1853 and from 1856 to 1857. He was elected mayor in 1857.^[2] He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada.

Retired from council, Hutchison moved to Montreal and died July 7, 1863 at Metis, Quebec.

References

↑ http://proposedwebsite.weebly.com/orange-men-in-politics---2.html
↑ 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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