William Walker (Quebec politician)
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William Walker was a Quebec
lawyer and political figure.
He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan
and Charles Richard Ogden
, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and set up practice in Montreal
. Although loyal to the British authorities, following the Lower Canada Rebellion
, he served as lawyer for several Patriotes who had been imprisoned. Walker originally supported the union of Upper
and Lower Canada
but later became editor of the Canada Times, a newspaper that supported responsible government and opposed the union. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
for Rouville
in an 1842 by-election; he resigned due to illness in 1843 and died in Montreal in 1844.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
lawyer and political figure.
He articled in law with Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan is a former English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman, left-arm fast medium and slow left-arm orthodox bowler who played for Berkshire. He was born in Reading....
and Charles Richard Ogden
Charles Richard Ogden
Charles Richard Ogden was a Joint Premier of the Province of Canada for Canada East from 1842 with William Henry Draper PM for Canada West. Odgen was a member of the Château Clique....
, was admitted to the bar in 1819 and set up practice in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. Although loyal to the British authorities, following the Lower Canada Rebellion
Lower Canada Rebellion
The Lower Canada Rebellion , commonly referred to as the Patriots' War by Quebeckers, is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada and the British colonial power of that province...
, he served as lawyer for several Patriotes who had been imprisoned. Walker originally supported the union of Upper
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...
and Lower Canada
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
but later became editor of the Canada Times, a newspaper that supported responsible government and opposed the union. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the...
for Rouville
Rouville (electoral district)
Rouville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917.It was abolished in 1914 when it was merged into St...
in an 1842 by-election; he resigned due to illness in 1843 and died in Montreal in 1844.