George Taylor Denison III
Politician, Deceased Person
1839 – 1925
Who was George Taylor Denison III?
Lieutenant-Colonel George Taylor Denison III was a Canadian soldier and publicist.
He was born in Toronto to Colonel George Taylor Denison II, and educated at Upper Canada College. In 1861 he was called to the bar, and was from 1865-1867 a member of the city council. From the first he took a prominent part in the organization of the military forces of Canada, becoming a lieutenant-colonel in the active militia in 1866. He saw active service during the Fenian raids of 1866, and during the North-West Rebellion of 1885.
Owing to his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Conservative ministry during the Red River Rebellion in 1869-70, he abandoned that party, and in 1872 unsuccessfully contested Algoma in the Liberal interest. Thereafter he remained free from party ties. In 1877 he was appointed police magistrate of Toronto.
Colonel Denison was one of the founders of the Canada First movement, which did much to shape the national aspirations from 1870 to 1878, and was a consistent supporter of imperial federation and of preferential trade between Great Britain and her colonies.
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- Born
- Aug 31, 1839
Toronto - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Education
- Upper Canada College
- Died
- Jun 6, 1925
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on July 23, 2013
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