Daniel Black Chisholm

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Daniel Black Chisholm (November 2, 1842 – January 1, 1899) was a farmer, lawyer and mayor of Hamilton, Ontario from 1871–1872. In the 1872 federal election he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing Hamilton as a Liberal-Conservative. He was re-elected in Halton in 1874 but unseated in 1875 after an appeal and defeated in the 1875 by-election which followed.

He was born in East Flamboro Township, Wentworth County, Canada West, the son of George Chisholm. After the death of his parents, Chisholm farmed for a number of years. In 1837, he sold the farm and studied for two years at Victoria College in Cobourg. Chisholm studied law with Miles O'Reilly in Hamilton, was called to the bar in 1864 and set up practice in Hamilton. In 1864, he married Addie Davis; Chisholm and his wife were both involved in the temperance movement in Hamilton. He was president of the Standard Fire Insurance Company, the Alliance Insurance Company and the Canada Loan and Banking Company. Chisholm was also Chairman of the Provincial Board of Directors for the Hamilton and North Western Railway and served as a major in the militia.

In 1883 Chisholm left town suddenly, having suffered a large business loss around $100,000 and used clients money to repay. He and his 15 year old son fled to Evanton, Illinois, just outside Chicago. His wife was ill at the time and she later came to Chicago and petitioned for a divorce. Eventually she secured a decree of absolute divorce. Although the legality of this divorce under Canadian law was questioned, she remarried in July of 1889, to the Hon. George Eulas Foster, Minister of Finance for Canada.^[1]

References

↑ "1871-1872 - Daniel Black Chisolm". Hamilton Public Library. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Charles Magill	Member of Parliament for Hamilton with Henry Buckingham Witton 1872–1874	Succeeded by Andrew Trew Wood Aemilius Irving
Preceded by John White	Member of Parliament for Halton 1874	Succeeded by William McCraney

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Ferrie Tiffany Distin Fisher Holden Ford Kerr Cummings Magill Cummings Moore Mills McKinstry McElroy Magill Charlton Clark O'Reilly Murison Chisholm Charlton Roach Kilvert O'Reilly Magill Mason McKay Doran McLellan Blaicher A. Stewart Tuckett Colquhoun Teetzel Hendrie Morden Biggar T. Stewart McLaren Lees Allan Walters Booker Coppley Jutten Treleaven Burton Peebles Wilton Morrison Lawrence Jackson Copps Agro MacDonald Powell Morrow Wade Di Ianni Eisenberger Bratina

Persondata
Name	Chisholm, Daniel Black
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	November 2, 1842
Place of birth
Date of death	January 1, 1899
Place of death

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