John Easton Mills

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Mayor John Easton Mills
5th Mayor of Montreal
In office 1846–1847
Preceded by	James Ferrier
Succeeded by	Joseph Bourret
Personal details
Born	14 October 1796 Tolland, Massachusetts, United States
Died	November 12, 1847(1847-11-12) (aged 51) Montreal, Lower Canada
Political party	Reformist
Profession	businessman

John Easton Mills (October 14, 1796 – November 12, 1847) served briefly as mayor of Montreal, Quebec.

In March 1846, Montreal city council deadlocked on the choice of a mayor. Mills had ten votes, and incumbent mayor James Ferrier had nine, but Ferrier voted for himself twice, in accordance with existing rules. Municipal paralysis ensued until December 1846, when Mills was elected decisively.

Typhus outbreak

In 1847 there was a major outbreak of typhus in Montreal among Irish immigrants. Mills organized measures to contain the epidemic and volunteered to tend to the sick, whereupon he contracted the disease himself and died after less than one year in office.^[1]

References

↑ Bruemmer, Rene (2009-05-30). "Seeking hope, they found death". Montreal Gazette (Canwest). Retrieved 2009-05-30.

v t e Mayors of Montreal

Viger McGill Bourret Ferrier Mills Bourret (2nd) Fabre Wilson Nelson Starnes Rodier Beaudry Starnes (2nd) Workman Coursol Cassidy Bernard Hingston Beaudry (2nd) Rivard Beaudry (3rd) Beaugrand Abbott Grenier McShane Desjardins Villeneuve Wilson-Smith Préfontaine Cochrane Laporte Ekers Payette Guerin Lavallée Martin Duquette Martin (2nd) Houde Rinfret Houde (2nd) Raynault Houde (3rd) Raynault (2nd) Houde (4th) Drapeau Fournier Drapeau (2nd) Doré Bourque Tremblay Cowell-Poitras (acting) Applebaum Cowell-Poitras (acting) Blanchard Coderre

Persondata
Name	Mills, John Easton
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian politician
Date of birth	1796-10-14
Place of birth	Tolland, Massachusetts, United States
Date of death	1847-11-12
Place of death	Montreal, Lower Canada

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