| 词条 | James Morris (Canada West politician) |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = James Morris | honorific-suffix = | image = James Morris (Canada West politician).png | imagesize = | office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada | predecessor = | successor = | term_start = 1836 | term_end = 1841 | office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | term_start2 = 1841 | term_end2 = 1843 | office3 = Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | term_start3 = 1844 | term_end3 = 1865 | birth_date = {{birth date|1798|11|01}} | birth_place = Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland | death_date = {{death date and age|1865|09|23|1798|11|01}} | death_place = Brockville, Canada West | nationality = | spouse = | party = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} James Morris (November 1, 1798 – September 23, 1865) was a businessman, banker and political figure in Canada West. He was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1798, settled with his family at Elizabethtown (later Brockville) in Upper Canada in 1808 and was educated at Sorel in Lower Canada. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1825. In 1836, he began working at a bank in Brockville. In 1838, he was appointed to a commission which administered funds raised for canal building. He was involved in the founding of Queen's College, later Queen's University, at Kingston. He represented Leeds County in the Legislative Assemblies of Upper Canada and the Province of Canada from 1837 to 1844. In that year, he was appointed to the Legislative Council. In 1851, he became the first Canadian Postmaster General, also serving on the Board of Railway Commissioners and representing the government on the board of the Grand Trunk Railway. He was speaker of the Legislative Council from 1853 to 1854 and in 1858. He served as receiver general from 1862 until 1863, when he suffered a debilitating stroke. He died at Brockville in 1865. He is the brother of William Morris (Canadian businessman) The town of Morrisburg was named after him.[1] References1. ^http://www.morrisburg.ca/history " A Glimpse of Morrisburg’s History" {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, James}} 7 : 1798 births|1865 deaths|Members of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada|Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada|Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada|Politicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire|Canadian justices of the peace |
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