William Salmon (June 2, 1802 – February 8, 1868) was an English-born lawyer, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. He represented Norfolk in the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada from 1838 to 1841 as a Conservative.
He was born in Alveston, the son of Colonel George Salmon, and came to Upper Canada with his parents in 1809. Salmon studied law with John Rolph and practised for a time in London before settling in Simcoe. He was married twice: first to Emma, a sister of John Rolph, and then to a daughter of a James Fraser. He served as a major in the Norfolk militia. Salmon was elected to the assembly in an 1838 by-election held after John Rolph was expelled from the assembly for conspiring with the rebels during the Upper Canada Rebellion. He was named a judge in the Norfolk County Court in 1845. Salmon died in Simcoe.
References
- ^ Ryerson, Adolphus Egerton; Hodgins, John George; Crooks, Adam (1868). The Journal of education for Ontario. Vol. 21–22. p. 38.
- ^ Johnson, J.K. (1989). Becoming Prominent: Leadership in Upper Canada, 1791-1841. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 0-7735-0641-1.
- Chadwick, Edward Marion (1898). Ontarian families: genealogies of United-Empire-Loyalist and other pioneer families of Upper Canada. p. 187. ISBN 9780665076831.
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