Alexander Workman

Alexander Workman (28 May 1798 – 12 December 1891) was an Anglo-Irish-Canadian politician and the mayor of Ottawa from 1860 to 1862.[1]

Alexander Workman
3rd Mayor of Ottawa
In office
1860–1862
Preceded byEdward McGillivray
Succeeded byHenry J. Friel
Personal details
Born28 May 1798
Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland
Died12 December 1891(1891-12-12) (aged 93)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Spouse(s)Mary Abbot, m. 1820

Life

Workman was born in Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland. He settled in Huntley Township in Upper Canada in 1820. In 1823, he joined his brother in Montreal, where he helped operate an academy, before moving to Bytown in 1845 and establishing a hardware business there with a fellow Unitarian Edward Griffin. He became influential in attempts to organise a Unitarian Church in Ottawa but was ultimately unsuccessful. He was a city council member for many years, finally becoming mayor in 1860 and 1861. His wife, Mary Abbot, died on 23 April 1874, at the age of 72. She is buried in Beechwood Cemetery. Mr. Workman died at the age of 93.[2][3]

References
  1. Mullington, Dave (2005). Chain of Office: Biographic Sketches of Ottawa's Mayors (1847-1948). Renfrew, Ontario: General Store Publishing House. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-1-8971-1317-2.
  2. Adam, G. Mercer, ed. (1892). Prominent Men of Canada. Toronto: Canadian Biographical Publishing Co. pp. 288–289.
  3. The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Eminent and Self-made Men. Vol. Ontario. Toronto: American Biographical Publishing Company. 1880. pp. 500–501.
  • Ottawa Times and Ottawa Free Press archives (record of the death of Mary Abbot)
  • First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa webpage
  • Canada Notes (dates)
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