Nelson Gordon Bigelow
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Nelson Gordon Bigelow was an Ontario
lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
as a Liberal in 1892.
He was born in Tecumseh Township, Simcoe County
, Upper Canada
in 1840, the son of Hiram Bigelow, and studied at Victoria University
in Cobourg
. He then articled with John McNabb and Kenneth MacKenzie and was called to the bar in 1867. In 1874, he married Minerva Edna, the daughter of Dileno Dexter Calvin. Bigelow was named Queen's Counsel
in 1889. He served as a member of the Senate for Victoria University. Bigelow was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1892 by-election held after the death of Henry Edward Clarke
.
In 1879, Bigelow and Dalton McCarthy
successfully defended Emily Stowe
, a female physician generally thought to be the first white female to practice medicine in Canada, against charges of attempting to procure an abortion.
He died in office in 1892.
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...
as a Liberal in 1892.
He was born in Tecumseh Township, Simcoe County
Simcoe County, Ontario
Simcoe County is located in central portion of Southern Ontario. The County is situated just north of the Greater Toronto Area stretching from the shores of Lake Simcoe in the east to Georgian Bay in the west...
, Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
in 1840, the son of Hiram Bigelow, and studied at Victoria University
Victoria University in the University of Toronto
Victoria University is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, founded in 1836 and named for Queen Victoria. It is commonly called Victoria College, informally Vic, after the original academic component that now forms its undergraduate division...
in Cobourg
Cobourg, Ontario
Cobourg is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Southern Ontario 95 km east of Toronto. It is the largest town in Northumberland County. Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope, to the west. It is located along Highway 401 and the former Highway 2...
. He then articled with John McNabb and Kenneth MacKenzie and was called to the bar in 1867. In 1874, he married Minerva Edna, the daughter of Dileno Dexter Calvin. Bigelow was named Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
in 1889. He served as a member of the Senate for Victoria University. Bigelow was elected to the provincial legislature in an 1892 by-election held after the death of Henry Edward Clarke
Henry Edward Clarke
Henry Edward Clarke was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Toronto West from 1883 to 1886 and Toronto from 1886 to 1892 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative....
.
In 1879, Bigelow and Dalton McCarthy
Dalton McCarthy
Dalton McCarthy , or D'Alton McCarthy, was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. It was his firm, Boulton & McCarthy in Barrie, that was the first incarnation of what is now Canada's largest law firm, McCarthy Tétrault.McCarthy was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1878...
successfully defended Emily Stowe
Emily Stowe
Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Emily Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario...
, a female physician generally thought to be the first white female to practice medicine in Canada, against charges of attempting to procure an abortion.
He died in office in 1892.