Biografie
He was trained as a solicitor in the UK in 1851.
He came to British Columbia in 1859 and worked for a short time as a placer miner in the Cariboo.
He was a member of the Bar of the United Colony of British Columbia in 1867.
He married Joanna Tolmie, a cousin of W.F. Tolmie.
He was a partner with G.H. Carey in 1877.
In 1868-70 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Council.
He was a member of the British Columbia Board of Education 1872-79.
In 1877 he was elected as the Mayor of Victoria BC.
He served as a member of the Legislative Council in 1883-86 and was President of the Executive Counsel from 1883-84.
In 1887 he was elected as the Mayor of the City of Victoria.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia as a Judge in 1889 and he retired in 1904.
He married Joanna Tolmie in 1862.
Benannte Orte
Drake Inlet (BC). Drake Island (BC).
Referenzen
- Howay, F.W. (1914)
- Mallandaine, Edward (1887)
- Walker, Elizabeth (1999)
- Green, Valerie (1992)