William Lyon Mackenzie

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William Lyon Mackenzie

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William Lyon Mackenzie

William Lyon Mackenzie , the only child of Daniel Mackenzie and Elizabeth Chalmers , was born on March 12 , 1795 at Springfield , Dundee Forfarshire , Scotland . He was the very first mayor of Toronto , a politician and journalist as well

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In was in 1820 that William Lyon Mackenzie arrived in Upper Canada and on May 1824 , he was able to in print the first issue of the Colonial Advocate that voices new reform

movement . The Colonial Advocate brought fights between Mackenzie and members of the official party , the oligarchies , which also lead to destruction of Mackenzie 's printing office . Mackenzie was elected to Canadian Parliament for York County in the year 1828 . He was popular for his passionate criticism of the Family Compact as well as for his forceful manner (Russell 2008

In his news , Mackenzie addressed towards the majority in the assembly for the violent actions of the official party . The news articles were viewed as libelous by the official party in which the representative of the news was punished for Mackenzie 's act . There was an attempt to address the incapability , as seen by the majority in the official party , of Mackenzie to take a place in the assembly However , although he was expelled five times , his re-election could not be prevented . Then in 1836he was chosen to be the first mayor of Toronto (Canadian History No Date

Mackenzie was once again elected to the provincial parliament in 1834 However , in 1836 , he was defeated at the polls that brought Mackenzie to turn his attention to armed revolt . Believing that he would gain support , Mackenzie led an expedition towards Toronto on December 6 1837 . The intention of the expedition seemed more with the intention to damage than to take control of the government though . However , as Mackenzie 's force was nearing Toronto , the loyalist guards were blocking their way . The guards were able to dispersed Mackenzie 's force with few shots and on December 7 of the same year , the rebels were defeated by the loyalists . Thus , Mackenzie was forced to flee to the United States where he tried to conduct a new scheme from the Navy Island but was attacked by the Canadian Militia that caused the rebel 's supply ship to sink (Russell 2008

Then Mackenzie moved to New York and founded the Mackenzie 's Gazette but he was imprisoned for a year due to violation of US neutrality laws Mackenzie spent the next 10 years of his life in the US working for the New York Daily Tribune as a journalist . During his time in prison Mackenzie was able to write several books such as The Sons of the Emerald Isle , The Lives and Opinion of Benjamin Franklin Butler and Jesse Hoyt ' and The life and times of Martin Van Buren (Russell 2008

After receiving pardon from the government through the help and influence of his friend Mr . Hume , Mackenzie...