传记
He came to British Columbia in 1858 via San Francisco.
He purchased the Thomas Donahue sawmill in New Westminster in 1860.
In 1861 he was one of the signers of the Hope Convention which petitioned for a separate government for the mainland.
He was a Member of the first Legislative Council of British Columbia in 1864-67 representing New Westminster.
In 1866 he was the High Sherrif and read the proclamation 1866 uniting the two Crown Colonies.
He was elected as a Liberal Conservative Member of Parliament for New Westminster in 1886 but died shortly afterwards.
He was the father of Anna Wilson Homer.
命名地物
Homer Street (Vancouver BC)
参考文献
- Howay, F.W. (1914)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press
- Ross, Leslie J. (1979)
- (2001) www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/House
- Walker, Elizabeth (1999).
