Toronto #7: The story of William Lyon Mackenzie


Elected to the Legislature in his later years and expelled from Parliament five times, Toronto’s First Mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was a prolific journalist, editor, and a rebel who rose up against the British government and was forced to flee Upper Canada. His legacy to the new settlement was immense.

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