William Fitzsimmons was a building contractor and political figure in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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. He represented Brockville and Elizabethtown

Brockville (electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 from 1867 to 1874 and Brockville in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 member from 1879 to 1882.

He was born in County Donegal

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, Ireland

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 in 1819 and came to Perth, Ontario

Perth, Ontario

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 in Upper Canada

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 with his parents in 1823. After completing his schooling, he worked with a building contractor in Perth before settling in Brockville

Brockville, Ontario

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 in 1841. He served on the town council, also serving 8 years as mayor, and supervised the building of Victoria Hall. He served in the local militia.

External links

• History of Leeds and Grenville, TWH Leavitt (1879)