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born in Paisley, Scotland 1798 moved to Canada with his parents in 1801 appointed justice of the peace Johnstown District 1825 appointed Brockville police board 1832 involved in public meetings in Brockville urging the Government to build canals on the St. Lawrence River 1832 first elected to the House of Assembly, Upper Canada, in 1837 as a “Reformer” from Leeds County became a commissioner for the improvement of navigation of the St. Lawrence River in 1838 re-elected member for Leeds County in the united Canada Parliament in 1841 appointed to the Legislative Council in 1844 appointed to the Executive Council in 1851 appointed Canada’s First Postmaster-General in 1851 speaker of the House 1853-1854 Government Director with the Grand Trunk Railroad 1852-1854 speaker of the Legislative Council 1858 Receiver General for Canada 1862-1863 died Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario 1865

Sir James Morris ca1840. Photo courtesy of the Ontario Archives

Burpee, L.J.; The Makers of Canada Series, The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Canadian History, Oxford University Press 1926.

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