William Lyon Mackenzie

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Canadian political leader human journalist politician reformer

William Lyon Mackenzie was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist, politician, and reform leader who became a central figure in early Canadian democracy and led the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.

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William Lyon Mackenzie canonical 10

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian political leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
reformer ⓘ
advocatedFor responsible government in British North America ⓘ
birthDate 1795-03-12 ⓘ
birthPlace Dundee ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
citizenship Canada ⓘ
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath Canada ⓘ
deathDate 1861-08-28 ⓘ
deathPlace Province of Canada ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Scottish ⓘ
familyName Mackenzie ⓘ
founded Colonial Advocate ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
grandparentOf William Lyon Mackenzie King ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
leaderOf Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
surface form: Upper Canada Rebellion
memberOfLegislature Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
name William Lyon Mackenzie self-link ⓘ
notableFor leading the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 ⓘ
notableWork Colonial Advocate newspaper ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
newspaper proprietor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
publisher ⓘ
reform leader ⓘ
officeHeld Mayor of Toronto ⓘ
opposedTo Family Compact ⓘ
parentOf Isabel Mackenzie ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Reform Party of Upper Canada ⓘ
politicalMovement Reform movement in Upper Canada ⓘ
positionEnd 1835 ⓘ
positionStart 1834 ⓘ
religion Presbyterian ⓘ
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Toronto ⓘ
York ⓘ
wasFirstHolderOfOffice Mayor of Toronto ⓘ
yearOfEventLeadership 1837 ⓘ

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Rebellions of 1837–1838 → leader → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Family Compact → wasCriticizedBy → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion → namedAfter → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
William Lyon Mackenzie King → grandfather → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Government of Upper Canada → notableReformerOpposition → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
William Lyon Mackenzie → name → William Lyon Mackenzie self-link ⓘ
Reformers in Upper Canada → notableLeader → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → commander1 → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → leader of rebels → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
Mac-Paps → namedAfter → William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
subject surface form: Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion