William D. Ardagh (1828-1893)

Lawyer, judge.

Born on 21 March 1828 at Tipperary, Ireland, of Welsh descent. He was educated at the Barrie Grammar School, Upper Canada, and was called to the Upper Canada Bar 1855. In 1858 he married Martha L., daughter of Rev. S. B. Ardagh, Rector of Barrie. They had two children. He was joint editor of the Upper Canada Law Journal, 1857, and proprietor of the Barrie Advance. He served as Deputy Judge and Warden of Simcoe, and for eight years, Reeve of Barrie. He entered the Ontario Legislature 1871 as an independent Liberal Conservative, but was unseated on petition, to be re-elected in January 1872. In 1882, during his first year in Manitoba, he was appointed DeputyAttorney-General, appointed County Court Judge for the Eastern Judicial District of Manitoba in 1883, and was the revising officer for the election of 1886. From 1888 to 1889, he was President of the Manitoba Historical Society. He was a member of Winnipeg’s Board of Police Commissioners fromits formation until his death.

He died in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 16 April 1893 while returning from a Mediterranean holiday.

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Profile revised: 8 June 2008

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